The technical and administrative policies of PAHO are established through meetings of the Organization’s Governing Bodies. Governing Bodies comprises the following: The Pan American Sanitary Conference, the Directing Council, and the Executive Committee. The auxiliary advisory body to the Executive Committee is the Subcommittee on Program, Budget, and Administration.
PAHO's Governing Bodies approved in September 2021, the resolution "Reinvigorating Immunization as a Public Good for Universal Health" to revitalize immunization programs in Member States through the application of innovative approaches and best practices.
In addition, the resolution provides an assessment of the current status of immunization programs in the Region, identifying key areas and challenges, and proposes priority lines of action based on a revitalized vision of immunization as a public good for universal health.
To achieve this vision in the Americas, the document proposes six lines of action:
- Strengthen governance, leadership, and financing of immunization programs
- Enhance monitoring of vaccine coverage and surveillance, incorporating digital intelligence strategies into routine analysis
- Strengthen the integration of immunization programs into the primary health care system toward universal health
- Develop innovative and strategic communication approaches to build social awareness and trust in vaccines and increase access to services
- Strengthen human resource capacities for immunization programs
- Use scientific evidence to guide decision making and program implementation
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Regional Immunization Action Plan for the Americas 2030
The Regional Immunization Action Plan (RIAP) for the Americas, based on the strategic framework Reinvigorating Immunization as a Public Health Good for Universal Health with six strategic lines of actions, represents a fundamental step to consolidate the progress achieved and offers a concrete vision to address current and future challenges to achieve the established targets for the year 2030.
Reinvigorating Immunization as a Public Good for Universal Health
Yearly Progress Reports of the Regional Immunization Action Plan (RIAP) 2015-2020
Approved Plans of Action by Member States must present progress reports to member countries during the Directing Council. For the Immunization Plan of Action, several reports have been presented to PAHO's Governing Bodies.
- CD54/7: Regional Immunization Action Plan (RIAP) 2015 - 2020
- CD54.R8: Resolution on Immunization Action Plan
- Progress report (Information until the end of 2015). Published in 2016
- Midterm progress report (information until the end of 2016). Published in 2017
- Progress report (Information until the end of 2017). Published in 2018
- Progress report (Information until the end of 2018). Published in 2019
- Progress report (Information until the end of 2019). Published in 2020
- Final report (information until the end of 2020). Published in 2021
Immunization Agenda 2030
The World Health Assembly, with the support of countries and partners, has endorsed the Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030), a new global vision and strategy, to address challenges related to immunization over the next decade and save over 50 million lives.
IA2030 envisions a world where everyone, everywhere, at every age, fully benefits from vaccines to improve health and well-being. It aims to maintain hard-won gains in immunization, recover from the disruptions caused by COVID-19, and achieve even more – by leaving no one behind, in any situation or at any stage of life.
