Join Us! COVIDaction Vaccine Data Co-Lab Event: Leveraging Data to Support LMICs Vaccine Prioritisation
COVAX vaccines are just beginning to be released to low and middle income countries (LMICs), but before vaccines can save lives, governments, National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs), National Statistical Offices (NSOs), and other actors must develop their vaccine allocation strategies.
In alignment with national-level deployment and vaccination plans (NDVPs), data and related analytics tools are emerging as a key priority to creating equitable and impactful national allocation strategies, especially with the emerging new variants and the need to reopen public spaces.
However, many LMICs lack both the data and easy to use analytics tools to design these plans. As has been highlighted by ministries and partners across many LMICs, creating plans for vaccine distribution requires data at every step, especially high-quality subnational data.
High-quality data — that is accessible in easy to use formats — is at the foundation of equitable, transparent and efficient vaccine delivery, and feeds directly into micro-planning at the national, regional and local level. The image above is an example of granular, geospatially supported data that is required to:
- Understand who is most vulnerable and at risk for COVID-19;
- Estimate numbers and location of frontline and essential workers;
- Plan for distribution to last-mile communities (especially vaccines requiring cold-chain storage); and
- Track numbers and percentages of distribution by risk, location, and population type for public accountability and for ongoing planning.
Join Us! COVIDaction Vaccine Data Co-Lab Event
Join the FCDO-funded COVIDaction programme, Nethope, and the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD) for:
- An overview of key data gaps and needs by LMIC governments for COVID-19 vaccine allocation and prioritisation.
- Fraym, Surgo Ventures and the Sabin Institute Lightning Talks on their recent and ongoing partnerships with governments on vaccine allocation and prioritisation programmes.
- Panel discussion with Q&A exploring vaccine allocation challenges and opportunities shared by panellists from diverse roles and perspectives.
- Details on future Vaccine Data Co-Lab open calls for matchmaking funds.
Details and How to Join
When: April 15th, at 9am EDT/2pm BST/4pm EAT (2 hour event)
Where: Register for the Zoom call here
ENGAGE: Follow the event on @COVIDactionTech @NetHope_org Data4SDGs hashtag #VaxDataCoLab #COVIDaction
Who Should Attend?
- FCDO, USAID and other donors: in-country advisors, health, humanitarian, and statistics advisors and anyone working on or with an interest in vaccine prioritisation
- NetHope Members who use or generate data on vaccine prioritisation in LMICs as well as their institutional fundraisers and development teams, senior medical officers, programme officers and programme designers in LMICs, programme data scientists, and MEL colleagues who are involved in the design and rollout of vaccine allocation and delivery programmes.
- Country government staff looking for ways to support national vaccine allocation programmes
- Others within the humanitarian & development space
The COVIDaction Vaccine Data Co-Lab
The COVIDaction Vaccine Data Co-Lab is a FCDO-supported programme working with partners engaged in the use of data that inform vaccine prioritisation, planning and rollout across LMICs. This includes: 1) collaboration with governments, civil society organisations, and network partners to highlight research and best practices; 2) coordination with existing in-country data partners to address data gaps and ensure alignment with global initiatives run by COVAX and others, and; 3) an open call for technical assistance and matchmaking funds that support governments directly.
