✨ Your Monthly Booster Newsletter ~ July 2025

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July 2025

Each month, we deliver the latest Boost Community news directly to your inbox to keep you informed about various initiatives, programs, and opportunities.

As we soak up the final stretch of summer, the Boost team will be taking a short break at the beginning of August. We’ll pause our newsletters and programming during this time, but we’ll be back in a few weeks with fresh updates, stories, and opportunities to engage.

Wishing the Boost Community a Happy Summer! 🌞

🌍 See the Impact of ACAT!

Explore how immunization leaders across ten countries are applying storytelling, trust-building, and community activation strategies from Boost's Advanced Community Activation Training (ACAT) in our latest blog. This one-year reflection showcases powerful frontline stories, local impact, and lessons you can apply in your own work. Stay tuned for upcoming live engagements and trainings!

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Looking for inspiration or practical tools to strengthen your immunization efforts? 📚✨

Don’t miss the chance to explore key insights and resources from our recent Boost learning engagements! So far in 2025, Boost has hosted 20 bilingual live learning engagements with 2,122 unique registrants​. Moreover, 20 Boost Champions have held leadership roles across nearly half of our engagements.

From climate-resilient immunization and combating antimicrobial resistance to engaging communities and increasing gender equity, our sessions featured expert voices and real-world strategies to strengthen immunization programs.

Catch up on special series like Communicating with Confidence and The Future of HPV Vaccination below!

This interactive dialogue series, launched in February, enhanced participants' understanding of the critical link between the climate crisis and immunization programs and equipped them with the community engagement and environmental monitoring skills needed to adapt immunization programs in the face of climate challenges.

Our Climate Resilient Immunization Dialogue Series Report captures powerful stories, practical tools, like the co-designed monitoring tool, and key insights from over 200 participants across 60+ countries. From zero-dose challenges to innovative frontline solutions, this report highlights why immunization professionals must be at the center of climate preparedness.

🎥 Session Recordings (English)

📁 Presentations (English)

📊 Dialogue Series Summary Report (English)

This three-part live engagement series supported health workers in becoming skilled champions of vaccination. Through interactive discussions and peer learning activities, participants gained valuable tools and insights to share accurate information with compassion and credibility.

Meaningful Conversations to Address Vaccine Hesitancy

🎥 Session 1 Recording (English) and 📁 Session 1 Presentation (English)

Communicating on Vaccine Safety and Contraindications

🎥 Session 2 Recording (English) and 📁 Session 2 Presentation (English)

Providing a Positive Experience of Vaccination

🎥 Session 3 Recording (English) and 📁 Session 3 Presentation (English)

This two-part live engagement series shared lessons learned on recent Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine campaigns and research conducted in Nigeria and Ethiopia. Through a behind-the-scenes look at new vaccine introduction strategies, implementation research, and global best practices, participants gained valuable tools and insights to support HPV vaccination campaigns in their own contexts.

Partnerships for Success: Insights from Nigeria's Multi-Pronged HPV Introduction Approach

🎥 Session 1 Recording (English) and 📁 Session 1 Presentation (English)

From Campaigns to Routine HPV Vaccination: Research Lessons & Future Strategies

🎥 Session 2 Recording (English) and 📁 Session 2 Presentation (English)

This live engagement highlighted current typhoid trends and how TCV country support is expanding access to lifesaving vaccines worldwide. The regional insights from the experts in Burkina Faso, Bangladesh and Nepal brought these global perspectives to life, showing how communities are turning vaccines into victories against typhoid.

🎥 Session Recording (English)

📁 Session Presentation (English)

In this live engagement, leading experts explored the vital role of vaccines in combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) across diseases like typhoid, cholera, shigellosis. Panelists shared success stories and challenges from low- and middle-income countries in Africa and Asia, along with actionable strategies for policymakers, health care workers, and global health advocates.

🎥 Session Recording (English)

📁 Session Presentation (English)

💬 AMR Messaging Guide

This interactive session was designed to gather valuable feedback on the draft Urban Immunization Toolkit (UIT) 2.0—originally developed in 2018 to support effective immunization strategies in urban settings. During the session, participants reviewed specific modules in breakout groups and provided insights on how to improve the toolkit’s effectiveness, adaptability, and ease of use. The session emphasized the need for practical, context-specific guidance to address the unique challenges of urban immunization, such as population mobility, informal settlements, and vaccine hesitancy.

🎥 Session Recording (English)

📁 Session Presentation (English)

This live engagement underscored the value of intersectoral collaboration in supporting HPV vaccination efforts in Bangladesh and beyond. We heard from the ideSHI team about key lessons learned from the recent HPV vaccine campaign in Bangladesh, including the impressive coverage rates achieved through education, social media, evidence-based advocacy, and community engagement.

🎥 Session Recording (English)

📁 Session Presentation (English)

Explore our Boost Champion Live Series to hear directly from colleagues working on the frontlines of immunization. These sessions spotlighted the experiences, challenges, and successes of Boost Champions from around the world. Learn how they have implemented innovative strategies, overcoming local barriers, and drove impact within their communities.

1️⃣Storytelling & Active Listening in Empathetic Immunization: Watch as Rita explores how empathy, not just sympathy, can transform immunization work.

2️⃣Integrating Immunization with Primary Health Services: Watch Martha and Dr. Eposi as they explore key challenges and lessons learned from Cameroon's experience, demonstrating how integrated approaches can enhance service quality.

3️⃣Advancing Life Course Immunization in LMICs. Watch Pretty as she powerfully articulates the critical importance of the Last Child Initiative (LCI) and the urgent need for new vaccines, while providing a insightful overview of global vaccination progress.

4️⃣Polio Vaccinations in Urban Settings. Watch Tina share her firsthand experience implementing polio vaccination campaigns in Kano State, Nigeria, and the innovative adaptations she employed to overcome key challenges.

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