GHAI supports civil society organizations (CSOs) to secure social and political will for equitable and sustainable financing for immunization and primary health care; work towards increasing immunization coverage for priority vaccines in focus countries including HPV, and the hexavalent and malaria vaccines with a special emphasis on reducing the number of children who do not receive any vaccines (zero-dose children); and ensuring efficient use and allocation of domestic resources and international donor funds for primary health care and immunization service delivery.
Our Activities
GHAI draws upon our budget advocacy framework and successes in increasing domestic financing for preventing epidemics, hypertension and primary health care to supports CSOs in these countries to:
Engage political decision-makers about the need for sustainable financing for immunization and primary health care.
Build government, civil society and media capacity to advocate for domestic health financing.
Demonstrate demand for investments in immunization and primary health care to increase immunization coverage and reduce the number of zero-dose children through media coverage and public discourse.
Develop political strategies to remove bottlenecks affecting the allocation and spending of immunization and primary health care funds.
Support national and regional networks of parliamentarians to ensure informed oversight of governments’ commitments to overall domestic budgeting, Gavi vaccine co-financing and accountability for immunization programs in line with the April 2025 Istanbul Call To Action by MPs from Africa and Asia.
Track budget writing, allocation and spending to inform advocacy.
This work is supported by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
On April 16, 2025, 21 parliamentarians from Africa and Asia signed the Istanbul Parliamentary Call to Action for Immunization Financing at a forum supported by GHAI and Gavi. One year later, 187 MPs are engaged across 10 countries. Eight parliamentary immunization caucuses have launched. Ten civil society partners are driving advocacy for increased domestic vaccine financing as countries prepare to transition from donor support.
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