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LDS IMMUNIZATION INITIATIVE
HISTORY• LDS joined the international
Measles Initiative in 2003• 2003-2012: LDS Church has
contributed $16.6 million• 2011: LDS partnered with
the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI)
• 2012: Immunization made a major humanitarian initiative
LDS PARTICIPATION 2003-2012
Approximately 63,600 volunteers have provided 801,400 hours of service in 35 countries
OBJECTIVES• Assist the Measles & Rubella Partnership
in saving children’s lives• Teach members of the church and others
to be “true volunteers” by serving without expecting compensation
• Help build routine vaccinations and sustainability of local health systems
2012 CAMPAIGNSUNF (measles) GAVI (pnuemo,
rota)•Cape Verde, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe•Haiti•Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
•Ghana•Madagascar•Tanzania•Zambia
LDS-GAVI PROJECT, KENYAWorld Pneumonia Day • 350 member volunteers• 1,800 volunteer hours• 63,000 flyers distributed• 2,100 posters• 900 T-shirts• 300 head scarves
HAITI 2012 CAMPAIGNSocial Mobilization
Support 22-30 April 2012
• 1047 member volunteers
• 17,514 volunteer hours • 76,000 flyers distributed• 200 T-shirts made• 95.7% vaccination
• Partnership was initiated by GAVI, who lead the way in providing pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccines• Church is able to select partner countries and scale of
participation• GAVI works to “graduate” countries when sustainability
is achieved• Partnership is mutually beneficial to each organization’s
objectives• We will build additional partnerships with faith-based
organizations
GAVI PARTNERSHIP
FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS• Shift primary focus to routine vaccinations & sustainability • Develop new social mobilization model• Determine role of domestic and in-country faith
communities• Define relationship between FBOs and other NGOs and
GOs• Improve campaign coordination between NGOs to reduce
overlap/duplication in resources and costs• Expand campaigns to new areas