From COVID-19 to IA2030: Celebrating the first year of digital health collaboration

In July 2020, immunization professionals from 85 countries came together to create the COVID-19 Peer Hub, doubling the number of active participants in the Geneva Learning Foundation’s immunization platform. In the face of the unknown, we came together from health facilities to the national planning teams – every level of the health system –, inventing new ways to work together across geographic borders in the face of a common challenge. We shared ideas, tapping into our collective know-how, first to keep vaccination going, keeping both staff and families safe, and then to prepare for the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines. One year on, many of the Peer Hub’s founders are helping to lead their countries’ COVID-19 response and vaccine introduction. This is no coincidence. One year on, our platform has become the world's largest digital health community for national and sub-national immunization managers. Join us Monday, as we launch a new call to action in response to the urgent needs of today, look to the future of Immunization Agenda 2030, and imagine together how people who deliver vaccines will help build a new kind of movement for Primary Health Care (PHC). Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-challenges