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ADVIM Starts Final Phase of Training for Immunization Financing

January 19, 2012

AMP’s ADVIM project is now carrying out the third and final phase of a training program to develop skills in advocacy for immunization financing. The 34 participants include members of health, planning and finance ministries as well as representatives of civil society from Benin, Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire.

The training program includes six months of blended learning, developed by AMP in collaboration with international experts to meet local needs. The first phase, starting in mid-October 2011, involved one and a half months of distance learning featuring tailor-made learning modules. The second phase, held mid-December 2011, comprised one week of classroom learning in Benin, led by national and international experts in advocacy, health promotion, communications, and negotiation.

The students are now developing advocacy mini-projects in their professional environments. In all, 19 mini-projects, covering 10 themes, will be implemented in the first quarter of 2012. Students will receive technical support from experts in each of the three countries and ADVIM team members. The best mini-projects will be discussed at AMP’s EPIVAC 3rd technical conference from February 16-18, 2012.

Established in 2009 with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, ADVIM is a three-year project that develops advocacy initiatives for immunization financing at all levels of the health system in participating countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire). Efforts are carried out in collaboration with the ministry of health and partner ministries, WHO, UNICEF, WAHO, civil society, and the private sector.