One Shot, Long Life!
One Shot, Long Life!
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One shot, Long Life! is a podcast focused on The Global Health Advocacy Incubator's (GHAI) and its partner CSOs' Immunization Budget Advocacy program, aiming to boost advocacy for domestic funding and accountability to reach zero-dose children and improve immunization coverage across many low- and middle-income countries. Through conversational interviews, it seeks to elevate thought leadership and foster knowledge exchange among policymakers, donors, and health officials to strengthen immunization efforts in low- and middle-income countries.
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The podcast concentrates on global health advocacy, immunization financing, and health equity, featuring topics like Nigeria's immunization financing gap, showcased in the first episode that discusses challenges faced by the country in securing domestic funding and innovative approaches to tackle these issues.
One shot, Long Life! is a podcast focused on The Global Health Advocacy Incubator’s (GHAI) and its partner CSOs’ Immunization Budget Advocacy program, aiming to boost advocacy for domestic funding and accountability to reach zero-dose children and improve immunization coverage across many low- and middle-income countries. Through conversational interviews, it seeks to elevate thought leadership and foster knowledge exchange among policymakers, donors, and health officials to strengthen immunization efforts in low- and middle-income countries.
Zambia is facing a critical immunization gap. Coverage for children under one has plummeted from approximately 84% in 2021 to just 64% in 2023, leaving many of the 700,000 babies born annually vulnerable. This decline is happening as the country faces a stark financial reality: a transition from Gavi support which requires it to increase its co-payment for critical vaccines as per its agreement with Gavi from the outset, and projected general annual vaccine costs approaching $35 million by 2030, taking into due to population increase, increased vaccine costs and the introduction of new vaccines (such as the one against malaria).
In response, Zambia’s lawmakers have formed a groundbreaking parliamentary caucus for immunization financing.
In this episode of ”One Shot, Long Life!”, host Abel Akara Ticha speaks with the architects of this new strategy:
- Hon. Christopher Kang’ombe, Chair of Zambia’s National Assembly Committee on Health
- Wesley Kampaya Mwambazi, GHAI’s In-Country Coordinator
- Mwila Musonda, Advocacy Officer for the Churches Health Association of Zambia (CHAZ)
They discuss how this bipartisan caucus will use legislative power to address systemic challenges, from low budget execution rates and high vaccine wastage to the need for innovative domestic financing.
Join us to learn how Zambia is turning political will into legislative action to secure a healthy future for every child.
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