Hailey S. Bednar, MPH, is an Emergency Response Specialist, Response Crisis and Preparedness Unit, CDC Foundation, Atlanta, GA.
Ramot Adeboyejo, MPH, is an Emergency Response Officer, Response Crisis and Preparedness Unit, CDC Foundation, Atlanta, GA.
Health Secur. 2023 Sep-Oct;21(5):341-346. doi: 10.1089/hs.2023.0004. Epub 2023 Aug 8.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the CDC Foundation collaborated with implementing partners in Zambia and Tanzania to address challenges related to vaccination access and hesitancy through strategic partnership, technical assistance, and community engagement. These efforts were successful in fostering collaborations among community partners and health authorities and actively engaging the ministries of health. This article describes 2 case studies from Zambia and Tanzania involving different strategies to build health system capacity through projects that improved vaccination access and reduced hesitancy. Such projects illustrate how efforts that strengthen public health and healthcare systems have further positive implications for building localized response systems through context-tailored approaches and building capacity of local healthcare workers. The case studies are examples of public health emergency response projects that successfully increased vaccination access and reduced hesitancy in local communities by rapidly implementing projects to strengthen health system capacity and resilience.
在 COVID-19 大流行期间，疾病预防控制中心基金会与赞比亚和坦桑尼亚的实施伙伴合作，通过战略伙伴关系、技术援助和社区参与，解决与疫苗接种获取和犹豫相关的挑战。这些努力成功地促进了社区伙伴和卫生当局之间的合作，并积极参与卫生部的工作。本文描述了赞比亚和坦桑尼亚的 2 个案例研究，涉及通过改善疫苗接种获取和减少犹豫的项目来建立卫生系统能力的不同策略。这些项目说明了通过量身定制的方法加强公共卫生和医疗保健系统的努力如何通过建立本地化的应对系统以及增强当地卫生工作者的能力，对建立本地化的应对系统产生进一步的积极影响。这些案例研究是公共卫生应急响应项目的范例，通过迅速实施加强卫生系统能力和弹性的项目，成功地增加了当地社区的疫苗接种获取并减少了犹豫。
