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TFI recommendation for communication Polio/EPI

TFI recommendation for communication Polio/EPI. Results from the follow-up consultation on Polio/EPI indicators Paryss Kouta, UNICEF WCARO Dakar - Senegal, 08 April, 2008. Recommendation TFI 2007.

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TFI recommendation for communication Polio/EPI

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  1. TFI recommendation for communication Polio/EPI Results from the follow-up consultation on Polio/EPI indicators Paryss Kouta, UNICEF WCARO Dakar - Senegal, 08 April, 2008

  2. Recommendation TFI 2007 • WHO, UNICEF and partners should support countries to intensify their communication activities and to develop communication indicators to be systematically used in polio eradication activities in all countries. Progress towards achieving these indicators should be presented at the 2008 TFI meeting

  3. Recommendation - TFI 2007 • Why developing communication indicators to be systematically used in polio eradication and Routine EPI?

  4. Indicators help to: • Measure capacity/planning • Measure activity implementation • Measure results of communication activities • Measure achievement of programme objectives

  5. Targeted countries • Nigeria • Niger • DRC • Chad • As observer: Cote d’Ivoire, Central Africa Republic • Liberia, last day afternoon

  6. Partners involved • Communication Initiative, Canada • Immunisation Basics, Washington • FICR, Geneva • WHO, Geneva • WHO, Nigeria

  7. Objective of the Dakar meeting April 5 and 7 • Review and update the four WCARO priority countries’ communication indicators • Outline use of quality indicators to better measure progress

  8. Key results from the meeting • Joint recommendations • Follow-up to meeting • Standard Communication Indicators • Specific country indicators • Country recommendations

  9. Example of polio communication indicators • % of HRDs that include a polio communication strategy in their microplan? _____ (# districts with communic strategy in microplan / # HRDs) • % of HRDs with specific communication strategy to address under-immunized (e.g. < 3 doses) for polio vaccination _______ (# HRDs with under-immunized communication strategy / # HRDs)

  10. Example of Routine communication indicators • % of RI HRDs with specific communication strategy to identify and track newborns for vaccination _______ (# HRDs with newborn communication strategy / # HRDs) • % of HRDs with specific communication strategy to reduce RI drop-outs _____ (# HRDs with drop-out communication strategy / # HRDs)

  11. Follow-up to meeting • Countries to complete their draft indicator tables developed during meeting and submit them to UNICEF/WCARO by next week. (Niger to organize an in-country meeting to finish their indicator table and send to UNICEF/WCARO by April 18.) • Facilitators to send base indicator request to countries by end April. Countries to submit responses by end May. • Countries to send update on status of implementation of their indicators by end June and end October to UNICEF/WCARO • WCARO to compile data and prepare report/presentation for TFI by end November.

  12. About recommendations … • All the countries have requested inter-agency technical support to strengthen RI and polio communication strategic plans, including indicators

  13. Perspectives 2008 in WCAR • Data (collection, analysis and use) • Indicators (regular update and systematic use) • Quality communication micro plans (social mapping, community participation…) • Secured budget for long term and large scale communication interventions • Budget for communication consultants in Chad and DRC • Secured budget for regular country support from UNICEF Regional Office; • Capacity Building workshops on Communication for CSD (including Immunisation) in WCARO • Enhance of inter agency partnership

  14. MERCITHANK YOUFor your very kind attention

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