UGANDA LEARNING HUB FOR IMMUNISATION EQUITY
Study Period: February 2023 – December 2025
With support from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration (IDRC) together with PATH and Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) are implementing a three-year Learning Hub (LH) for immunization equity project in Uganda. The LH is being implemented in close collaboration with the immunisation program of the Ministry of Health and aims to generate evidence on identifying and reaching Zero Dose children (ZDC), Under Immunized (UI) children, and missed communities in Uganda to inform immunization equity interventions. Specifically, the project seeks to:
1. characterize the ZDC, UI children, and missed communities in Uganda, and understand the barriers and challenges of reaching them.
2. examine the implementation outcomes (i.e., acceptability, reach, adoption, fidelity, implementation cost, sustainability and effectiveness) of ongoing and planned immunisation approaches to reaching ZDC, UI children, and missed communities in Uganda.
3. evaluate the utility of different data capture platforms for identifying ZDC, UI, and missed communities in Uganda.
Principal investigator/Hub director: Prof. Moses Kamya
Study Site: Kasese, Mubende and Wakiso districts
Achievements
• A launch meeting for the project was held on 27th March 2024.
• Developed a learning agenda to inform the design and implementation of the immunization equity interventions in Uganda.
• Conducted a rapid assessment of barriers to reaching ZDC and UI children between August 2023 and March 2024 in Kasese, Wakiso and Mubende districts.
• Undertook an evaluation of the utility of the different data capture platforms for identifying ZDC, UI and missed communities in Uganda in Lira and Mukono districts (March to December 2023).
• Conducted an evaluation of UNICEF’s zero dose support to Kamuli and Wakiso districts (November 2023 to July 2024).
• Conducted a baseline targeted community survey in Mubende district in April to June 2024.
• Conducted dissemination meetings in Mubende (on 21st June 2024) and at national level (on 28th June 2024)
