Equity Reference Group Papers

The ERG has developed a series of products focusing on immunisation equity. The February 2020 “Perspectives” piece in the Bulletin of the World Health Organisation presents arguments for why increasing equity in immunisation coverage is an important precursor to universal health coverage, and provides a set of recommendations set forth by the Equity Reference Group for Immunisation.

In addition, the ERG has created a series of discussion papers to explore the landscape of inequity in immunization coverage. The papers examine commonly used metrics, available data and guidance, and promising programmatic approaches (from both within and outside of health) to reduce inequity, particularly relating to the thematic priorities of work: urban poor areas, remote/rural areas, children affected by conflict, and gender-related inequities and barriers to immunization.

The papers provide actionable recommendations, focused on community-level change agents, to tackle the key drivers of inequity and improve the immunization of vulnerable and underserved populations. 

Gavi Support Guidelines

Eligible countries can access detailed guidelines to manage the support they receive from Gavi.

Resource Library

This database compiles technical resources (tools, technical guidance, information documents and databases) of relevance for improving coverage and equity of immunization services. Intended users of the database include managers of national immunization programs and EPI & PHC technical advisers and partners. This database has been designed to guide your search of available resources in three different ways. 

• Browse by topic: 6 main categories with several sub-categories. 

• Browse by question 

• Browse by the IRMMA Framework for Zero-Dose. 

Each of the search options allows you to compare the different resources by summary, purpose, strengths and limitations. Please note that some resources are placed under multiple categories. But for the IRMMA framework, we have minimized the use of multiple classifications to help maintain a more targeted list of resources.