PHC and COVID-19 Vaccination
To end this crisis and build a safer and healthier future, we must invest in PHC-based vaccination strategies that strengthen health systems – not detract from them.
The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked unprecedented scientific speed, collaboration and investment to develop the vaccines that will be essential to ending the current crisis. As countries work to address the urgent need for these lifesaving tools, they now face the monumental task of delivering them – while also effectively and efficiently channeling resources in ways that will strengthen health systems for the long-term.
Vaccination strategies that marshal primary health care’s focus on meeting people’s needs can build support for and confidence in vaccines and help us distribute them equitably. Investing in a PHC approach to vaccination will also bolster countries’ long-term goal of building integrated, people-centered services to achieve health for all.
PHC can help countries shape an effective, equitable approach to COVID-19 vaccination and build effective health systems.
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Leveraging PHC for COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts
As the front line of a country’s health system, primary health care has a vital role to play in ensuring the vaccine rollout takes place rapidly, safely and equitably. -
Strengthening PHC through COVID-19 Vaccination
Investing in a PHC approach to vaccination will bolster countries’ long-term goal of building integrated, people-centered services to achieve health for all.