Africa CDC unveils Continental Immunisation Strategy 2026-2030 to improve vaccine coverage
Africa faces slowing vaccination progress with 7.1 million children missing routine vaccines in 2025. The Africa CDC has launched the Continental Immunisation Strategy 2026-2030 to address financing, data, healthcare integration, community engagement, vaccine manufacturing, and epidemic preparedness. Key priorities include sustainable domestic financing, digital systems, primary healthcare integration, community partnerships, and vaccine sovereignty.
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Africa is experiencing a slowdown in vaccination coverage, with about 7.1 million children under one year old missing routine vaccines in 2025, according to The Conversation.
In response, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) launched the Continental Immunisation Strategy 2026-2030, aiming to reverse this trend amid rising outbreaks, funding pressures, and population growth.
The strategy focuses on six areas: financing and political commitment; data and digital systems; life-course vaccination integrated with primary healthcare; community engagement; vaccine manufacturing and supply; and emergency preparedness with epidemic-ready immunisation systems.
Experts emphasize five priorities across these areas: sustainable domestic financing to ensure reliable vaccine delivery despite fiscal constraints; fit-for-purpose digital systems; integration with primary healthcare; genuine community partnerships; and vaccine sovereignty linked to epidemic preparedness.
This initiative highlights the critical need for predictable national budgets and better resource use to maintain immunisation gains that have saved millions of lives in Africa over the past decades.