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‘Vaccines don’t kill, they protect lives’

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Going forward, the aim is to integrate immunisation into primary health care, integrate it with strengthening health systems

Health outbreaks and pandemics are Africa's biggest challenges in this day and age. Post COVID-19, it is imperative to implement a new approach towards inclusive health, particularly on the backdrop of vaccine hesitancy across Africa, say some experts at the Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention. The launch of the Saving Lives and Livelihoods (SLL) initiative Phase 2, aims to do that and more.

A budget of $638 million has been allocated for this project. The key areas that the SLL will focus on include improving healthcare workforce, refining diagnostics and vaccines, and partnerships to support primary healthcare.

The objectives of SLLs include increasing adult vaccination and life course immunisation policies and programming tools.

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