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The Boost Community represents more than 130 countries from around the world.
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Platform Update
Year-End Update
As 2021 comes to an end, the Boost Community continues to offer several new initiatives, programs and opportunities for its members. Between August and December, Boost hosted nearly 40 live engagements and training sessions covering topics such as vaccination throughout the life course, responsive feedback and enhancing skills in immunization planning, implementation and monitoring.
December 23, 2021
Platform Update
Mid-Year Update
Throughout the first half of 2021, the Boost Community launched several new programs, initiatives and opportunities for its members. During this period, the Boost Community hosted over 30 live engagements covering topics such as enhancing supportive supervision, vaccine misinformation and a return to routine immunization. These offerings allowed Boost to better understand the needs and challenges faced by immunization professionals.
June 30, 2021
Monthly Platform Overview
November and December Insights
As 2020 comes to an end, things have not quieted down for the Boost Community, as one might expect. Instead, in November and December alone, the Boost Community hosted a total of nine live engagements covering topics such as vaccine misinformation, vaccine coverage and community activation. Read more...
December 23, 2020
Monthly Platform Overview
October Insights
The conversations and activities have not slowed down on the Boost Community platform as we enter the last quarter of the year. This month, Boost Community membership surpassed 1,000 members, a significant milestone for a community of practice that has existed for less than a year. Read more...
October 30, 2020
Ongoing & New Boost Initiatives
Insights Dialogue Platform: The Boost Community, the Bay Area Global Health Alliance and the Alliance for Advancing Health Online, officially launched the Insights Dialogue platform, which is focused on sharing the evidence and how-tos to vaccine program implementers, public health communicators, behavior change scientists and other stakeholders.
Global Mass Vaccination Site Collaborative (GMVSC): The Boost Community and Ariadne Labs, a joint center for health systems innovation at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, are excited to announce our Global Mass Vaccination Site Collaborative (GMVSC), aimed at providing resources, accessible tools and experts available to assist vaccination site(s) operations in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
The Collaborative will feature an open-access website and a Learning Group (which is now live) on Boost Community, where you can access resources, tools, conversations and events related to mass vaccination roll outs.
Bright Spots (Round 3): Boost is excited to continue the Bright Spots initiative with the release of another round of stories in early January 2022, which focus on key lessons learned from implementing immunization programs during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as returning to routine immunization.
Boost recently hosted Bright Spots live engagements that allow participants to learn more about how their teams engaged with a diverse set of stakeholders to improve immunization coverage in their respective communities.
Current Number of Boost Members
Nigeria
261
Members
Kenya
154
Members
India
113
Members
Ghana
83
Members
Where our members work
254
Ministry of Health (National)
341
Ministry of Health (Sub-National)
387
Civil Society Organization or International Non-governmental Organization
349
Multinational or Bilateral Organization
383
Other (Consultant, Private Sector, Academia, Other Govt. Entity)
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