Immunisation Advocacy Champions

In partnership with the Sabin Vaccine Institute’s Immunization Advocates programme, the Nursing Now Challenge is working to elevate the voices and perspectives of early-career Nurses and Midwives with the aim of influencing discussions and decisions on vaccine equity and acceptance at local, national and global levels.

Our Immunisation Advocacy Champions

The Nursing Now Challenge and the Immunization Advocates are committed to supporting Nurses and Midwives around the world, ensuring their voices and experiences are heard and acted upon. Over the coming months, the Nursing Now Challenge and the Immunization Advocates will support the Immunisation Advocacy Champions to develop advocacy activities to promote vaccine equity and acceptance.

Through this work, we will also encourage and support other early-career Nurses and Midwives to share their experiences and perspectives in order to improve policies and campaigns for COVID-19 vaccine rollout and reverse the global backslide in routine immunisation rates.

We have announced our next cohort of winners, the Immunsation Advocacy Champions 2023! They will begin their storytelling training soon, read more about them here.

Vince Blaser

Director, Advocacy and Outreach, Vaccine Acceptance & Demand, Sabin Vaccine Institute

“Nurses and midwives deliver the majority of health services around the world and are crucial gatekeepers for families and communities to make informed decisions about vaccines and immunizations. As policymakers make decisions about COVID-19 vaccine rollouts and routine immunization campaigns, nurses and midwives’ stories can help lead the push for vaccine equity and acceptance in all communities.”