GENÈVE, le 15 juillet 2019 – 858 personnes étaient inscrites pour participer à cet événement sous l’égide de l’Accélérateur d’impact le 15 juillet 2019.
Avec la participation de Carolina Danovaro (OMS), Mamadou Diallo (UNICEF), David Koffi (ADS), et Carol Tevi-Benissan (OMS).
Voici l’enregistrement de l’événement.
Une ASV est toute activité vaccinale conduite en plus des services de vaccination systématique.
Les enquêtes de couverture vaccinale post-campagne:
“I would like to join hands with other Scholars to create a data improvement plan that will improve the quality of data in Lagos and in Nigeria as a whole.”
Simisola Abedeji, Data Assistant, WHO, Nigeria
Over 600 professionals from 53 countries connect to lead transformative change towards the global immunization goals.
GENEVA, 1 JULY 2019 – The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) today launched the first-ever exercise of its new Impact Accelerator. Open to all Alumni working on immunization, over 600 alumni from 53 countries have pledged to create a new dynamic, transforming projects developed during courses they have taken together into measurable progress towards the global goals for immunization.
“The Impact Accelerator offers a flexible approach to support professionals on the ground working for impact better and faster, together” explains Reda Sadki (@redasadki), president of the Geneva Learning Foundation. “We noticed Scholar Alumni were, without any support from us, implementing Scholar projects in the field and spontaneously coming together in informal groups. When we performed the first impact evaluation, we found real, measurable impact from such initiatives. We realised that there was an opportunity to accelerate such change.”
Over a third of the Scholars who have signed up to the Impact Accelerator programme work at the district level. Two thirds have displayed exceptional talent and leadership in Scholar courses, serving as volunteer tutors and coaches known as “Accompanists”.
These are the professionals who together have the potential to transform global guidelines into action in the field.
The structure and activities of the Impact Accelerator were finalised through five consultative meetings with Alumni. “It was indispensable”, says Sadki, “to recognise the value of Scholars’ experience and expertise of their own contexts. They know where the children are.”
“I would like to participate in the Impact Accelerator as a country team leader. I will first and foremost want to put in place a solid Scholar group for my country that is recognized, validated and supported by the country’s immunization leadership.”
Charlotte Njua Mbuh, Data Manager and Surveillance Officer, South Regional Delegation of Public Health, Cameroon
Alongside this inaugural exercise, the Foundation has also partnered with Dr David Koffi, who is leading a GAVI-supported project to accelerate the development of a new generation of vaccination coverage survey leaders. This project to improve the quality of surveys will provide field-based training to a small group drawn from the WHO Survey Scholar programme, an 18-week course to teach the WHO Coverage Cluster Surveys Reference Manual.
About the Foundation’s Scholar Approach
The Geneva Learning Foundation’s Scholar Approach is a state-of-the-art evidence-based package for capability development required to lead complex change. This unique Approach has already been shown to not only enhance competencies but also to foster collaborative implementation of transformative projects that begin as course work and end with impact.
The Scholar Approach is being developed with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF).
GENEVA, 24 May 2019 (The Geneva Learning Foundation) – The sixteenth cohort from the WHO Scholar programme since 2016, kicking off Monday, aims to transform not one but four guidelines from WHO and UNICEF into action to reduce inequities and improve coverage.
300 immunization professionals from 51 countries were selected by WHO from over 1,500 applicants for this Level 2 Scholar certification. Alongside the course, the programme is also offering a webinar series for which over 2,200 participants have registered.
In six weeks, each Scholar will develop a context-specific action plan, drawing on the guidelines, to the extent that they are relevant and useful, but also on the experience and expertise of their peers.
One third of these new Scholars have direct responsibility for national immunization planning and another third contribute to it, with equal proportions of participants from central and district levels.
The participation of district-level immunization leaders is especially important, as this is “ground zero” where vaccination efforts ultimately succeed or fail. One in four are working at the district level.
UNICEF’s Godwin Mindra, author of the urban inequity tool kit said: “The work that we do at HQ would make no sense if at the country level it’s not translated into practical interventions. That’s why we come back to you at the country level, at the district level”
In the past, immunization training approaches have resorted to broken “cascade” or “training of trainer” models that have failed to produce the change needed to “move the needle” of immunization outcomes.
In the WHO Scholar programme, every course participant has direct access to the best available global experts, in addition to the knowledge contained in the guidelines.
Furthermore, 100 Scholars in the new cohort have more than ten years of immunization experience, providing deep experience and practical knowledge that complements the global guidelines.
Over half of each cohort volunteers to serve as Accompanists, who form a tightly-knit community of peer tutors, coaches, and mentors to welcome and guide new Scholars.
This course will be offered in French later this year, as the WHO Scholar programme is multi-lingual.
About the WHO Scholar programme
The Geneva Learning Foundation’s Scholar Approach is a state-of-the-art evidence-based package for capability development required to lead complex change. This unique Approach has already been shown to not only enhance competencies but also to foster collaborative implementation of transformative projects that begin as course work and end with impact.
WHO has used the Scholar Approach since 2016 to support country-level action planning and capability development to improve immunization outcomes:
The WHO Scholar programme’s network is growing rapidly, with 4,467 English speakers and 2,968 Francophones from 90 countries having participated in the programme’s activities.
Working together, Scholars have used WHO guidelines to develop more than 2,000 peer-reviewed, context-specific projects, with over 90% reporting that they routinely use what they learned from the programme.
Over 400 programme participants have served as Accompanists, supporting their peers and exercising leadership in new ways that challenge failed, conventional training-of-trainer and cascade models.
In some countries, Scholars have spontaneously initiated informal, self-led and motivated groupings of professionals operating across agencies that may provide a different kind of lever for systemic change than traditional top-down approaches to addressing immunization challenges.
Building on these emergent dynamics, Scholars are now being invited to join the first Impact Accelerator, working with colleagues from their country toward collaborative project implementation.
The programme is fully digital, with no upper limit to the number of participants, and has mobilized participants without having to offer per diem, travel, or hotel accommodation.
The WHO Scholar programme is being developed by the Geneva Learning Foundation and its partners for the World Health organization, with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF).
The assumption that countries have the capacity to take on recommendations from the best available knowledge, achieve understanding, and turn them into effective policy and action, leaves unanswered the mechanisms through which a publication, a series of meetings, or a policy comparison may lead to change.
Technology has already transformed the ability of international organizations to move from knowledge production and diplomacy to new forms of scalable, networked action needed to tackle complex global challenges. This has created a significant opportunity for leaders to deliver on their mission.
‘Skills’ are necessary but insufficient
Some organizations are already offering high-quality, multi-lingual learning. Many are using digital technologies to scale, often at the cost of quality, helping large numbers of learners develop competencies. Conventional courses seldom produce change, even if they become digital and scalable. On their own, these are no longer innovative – much less transformative – goals. Several international organizations have built corporate universities and other types of learning functions that remain confined to the margins of the business and under threat from the next restructuring. None of these initiatives have moved the needle of impact.
Transforming for impact
At the Geneva Learning Foundation, we have developed a low-cost, scalable package of interventions for international organizations to leverage digital transformation to: (1) bridge the gap between thinking and doing at country level; and (2) foster the emergence of country leadership for positive change.
In our first three years, we have worked with partners across several thematic areas, developing this package to translate global guidelines into effective local action, to support capability development from competency to implementation, and to perform multi-country peer review at scale.
Over 1,500 professionals in 90 countries have already participated in pilots.
96% of graduates are applying what they gained from the best available global knowledge to implement projects and lead change.
A new economy of effort to produce change
This package can complement or replace existing low-volume, high-cost face-to-face workshops and conferences that are difficult to scale and measure.
It is entirely digital (motivating participants without offering travel, hotel, or per diem) and participants do not need to stop work to participate, significantly reducing both expenditure and opportunity cost, while improving efficacy.
It has fostered the emergence of informal, self-led and motivated groupings of professionals operating across agencies that may provide a different kind of lever for systemic change than traditional top-down approaches to addressing challenges and can replaced failed, conventional training-of-trainer and “cascade” models.
Recognizing the value of such emergent dynamics creates authentic opportunities to accelerate the transformation for impact.
Fostering such emergence is the hard part.
Sustainable transformation for impact
Last but not least, our business modelling demonstrates that, if the organization has healthy relationships with its stakeholders, financial sustainability (cost recovery) can be achieved within three years, so this is not one more mechanism dependent on donor good will.
As we have seen existing partnerships leads to promising results – above and beyond our own expectations – we are slowly growing in confidence about the strengths and sustainability of what began as a series of small-scale pilot projects and experiments.
Along the way, we have also learned how difficult it is to find the right mix of ingredients to move from ideas to successful execution to develop such a programme if it is to contribute to systemic change.
We will be at the OECD Forum on 20-21 May 2019 to share these promising results with organisations and governments that see the need for new, better ways of achieving change in policy and practice.
About the author
Reda Sadki (blog | Twitter) is the founder and president of the Geneva Learning Foundation, the Swiss non-profit organization with the mission to connect learning leaders to research, invent, and trial breakthrough approaches for new learning, talent and leadership as a way of shaping humanity and society for the better.
In the past, Reda Sadki worked for the United Nations, primarily for the World Health Organization, and at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
Over 2,000 immunization professionals have already registered to attend the webinar series offered by the WHO Scholar programme to support countries in planning and implementing immunization strategies to reduce inequities and improve coverage. More information about the webinars…
Due to overwhelming demand beyond our initial capacity of 1,000 participants, we are now streaming each webinar on Facebook Live. (If you are already registered, you do not need to go to Facebook and may join using the invitation link you received by e-mail.)
These webinars are open to everyone.
There is no upper limit to the number of participants who can view the stream on Facebook.
If you find that you are unable to join the webinar room itself (using the ZOOM application), please view our Facebook page.
The Geneva Learning Foundation’s Scholar Approach is a state-of-the-art evidence-based package for capability development required to lead complex change. This unique Approach has already been shown to not only enhance competencies but also to foster collaborative implementation of transformative projects that begin as course work and end with impact.
WHO has used the Scholar Approach since 2016 to support country-level action planning and capability development to improve immunization outcomes:
The network is growing rapidly, with 4,467 English speakers and 2,968 Francophones having participated in the programme’s activities.
Working together, Scholars have used WHO guidelines to develop more than 2,000 peer-reviewed, context-specific projects, with over 90% reporting that they routinely use what they learned from the programme.
Over 400 programme participants have served as Accompanists, supporting their peers and exercising leadership in new ways that challenge failed, conventional training-of-trainer and cascade models.
In some countries, Scholars have spontaneously initiated informal, self-led and motivated groupings of professionals operating across agencies that may provide a different kind of lever for systemic change than traditional top-down approaches to addressing immunization challenges.
Building on these emergent dynamics, Scholars are now being invited to join the first Impact Accelerator, working with colleagues from their country toward collaborative project implementation.
The programme is fully digital, with no upper limit to the number of participants, and has mobilized participants without having to offer per diem, travel, or hotel accommodation.
The WHO Scholar programme is being developed by the Geneva Learning Foundation and its partners for the World Health organization, with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF).
Why is the World Health Organization offering this webinar series?
WHO recognizes that countries may need support to plan and implement the strategies and activities included in guidelines.
Many new strategies and related guidance documents to reduce inequities and improve coverage have been developed at WHO based on the GRISP (Global Routine Immunization Strategies and Practices) and RED (Reaching Every District) guidelines.
The WHO Scholar programme is therefore offering a webinar series open to everyone, focusing on four topics within the broad GRISP umbrella:
Reducing missed opportunities for immunization (MoV).
Strengthening immunization in the second year of life (2YL).
Integrating immunization across the life course and with other health interventions.
Urban immunization and other targeted strategies to reduce inequities.
These open, interactive webinars:
aim to answer “How do I…?” with practical examples and methods shared by a global expert.
support the progress of participants, who will be able to engage directly with the presenters.
will be open to attendance by those who are not taking the course, with no upper limit to the number of attendees.
Who should participate?
You stand to benefit from these webinars if…
You work in the MoH or partner agency in the national or sub-national EPI programme or you are part of the WHO EPI staff in a country office.
You are part of national or sub-national planning processes (cMYP, annual planning, GAVI TCA/HSS planning)
You are motivated to implement innovative ideas to reduce inequities and increase immunization coverage in your country context.
You have innovative ideas but need support to move from idea to action.
Participants in the WHO Scholar Level 2 certification in reducing inequities and improving coverage are expected to attend these webinars.
Webinar 1. Establishing and strengthening immunization in the second year of life (2YL)
Pre-hospital emergency care practitioners have different job roles, practices, and challenges. But the risk of violence is one thing almost everyone has in common, even in peaceful settings.
Community-based ambulance staff and volunteers from the Red Cross Red Crescent and other ambulance organizations from all over the world registered to attend the first #Ambulance English Webinar of 2019. They discussed about the rights and responsibilities of healthcare personnel and why is it important to know them.
The next #Ambulance! webinar will take place on 10 April 2019.
Click here now to register for the next #Ambulance! webinars. They are held every second Wednesday of the month. (If you will be connecting from a mobile device, you will need to use the Webinar ID: 579-349-559.)
In 2016 and 2017, the Geneva Learning Foundation partnered for the first time with the Norwegian Red Cross. Together, we worked with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to convene over 3,000 community-based ambulance practitioners from 110 countries. Together, they documented, analyzed, and peer reviewed 270 front-line incidents of violence.
This spring, we are inviting you to join this global Community of Action for four webinars, during which you and other practitioners will share stories, dilemmas and insights to make access to health care and its provision safer and better protected.
The recording, presentation, highlights, and selected quotes from our first webinar are now available in the Health Care in Danger community. If you are not yet a member of the Health Care in Danger community, you will first need to create your account.
To download the flyer announcing the webinars, click here. (Please share this with your colleagues.)
GENÈVE, LE 10 DÉCEMBRE 2018 – Voici les objectifs du sixième webinaire de l’Académie du monitorage de la vaccination (AMV):
Examinez comment les outils numériques peuvent améliorer les programmes de vaccination.
Réfléchissez sur les catégories communes de systèmes numériques.
Anticipez les défis et les risques avec les projets de technologies de l’information et de la communication (ICT).
Carine Gachen de GAVI était l’invitée de Jan Grevendonk pour ce webinaire.
Les webinaires de l’Académie du monitorage de la vaccination sont ouverts à tous. Si nous la capacité maximale de 1,000 participants est atteinte, vous pouvez toujours participer à l’événement sur notre page Facebook.
Vous voulez en savoir plus sur l’Académie de surveillance de la vaccination? Cliquez ici…
GENÈVE, LE 3 DÉCEMBRE 2018 – Ce webinaire portait sur les systèmes numériques d’information de santé (SNIS). Les participants ont été invités à partager leur expérience de l’utilisation d’un système de monitorage de la vaccination.
Carine Gachen de GAVI était l’invitée de Jan Grevendonk pour ce webinaire.
Ces webinaires de l’Académie du monitorage de la vaccination (AMV):
visent à répondre «Comment faire…?» Avec des exemples pratiques et des méthodes partagés par des experts reconnus.
participent à la progression des apprenants au cours de certificat de niveau 1 de l’Académie.
seront ouverts à ceux qui ne suivent pas le cours, sans limite du nombre de participants.
Les webinaires de l’Académie du monitorage de la vaccination sont ouverts à tous. Si nous la capacité maximale de 1,000 participants est atteinte, vous pouvez toujours participer à l’événement sur notre page Facebook.
Vous voulez en savoir plus sur l’Académie de surveillance de la vaccination? Cliquez ici…
IMA webinars are open to everyone. If we reach capacity (1,000 participants), you can still participate in the event on our Facebook page, where it will be broadcast on Facebook LIVE.
Want to know more about the Immunization Monitoring Academy? Click here…
