Deepa Risal Pokharel

Senior Adviser, Social &Behaviour Change |Team Lead- Immunization Demand, UNICEF HQ

[Deepa Risal Pokharel @DeepaRisal]

Kudos to UNICEF India for organizing a great field visit in UP. Impressive commitment of religious leaders in influencing communities to vaccinate all children. 25 years of partnership between unicef and religious leaders has been instrumental in building trust in vaccination.

[Deepa Risal Pokharel @DeepaRisal]

joint meeting on immunization-zero dose, demand, gender and human resource for health meeting in Delhi brought together global partners and selected countries together to discuss progress and challenges and way forward for GAVI 6.0. Strong focus on demand and gender.

[UNICEF Benin @UNICEF_Benin]

Clarita, 6 months old, is the first baby in Benin to get the malaria vaccine. 💉

Adding this vaccine to routine immunizations strengthens the fight against severe malaria in Benin.

A big win for health in the country!
Watch this👇

#VaccinesWork
@gouvbenin @gavi @USAID

[Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance @gavi]

Cultural beliefs, staffing issues, new facilities—Nigeria’s root cause analysis reveals what’s really holding back #immunisation efforts. Read the full story via @DigitalScholarX: https://t.co/2d7QOmhyvM

[UNICEF Health @UNICEFhealth]

Just 3 weeks in, the Nigeria Immunization Collaborative – launched by @UNICEF, @DigitalScholarX, and @NphcdaNG – has already brought together over 4,000 passionate participants from all 36 🇳🇬 states and 300+ Local Government Areas.

👏 @UNICEF_Nigeria
https://t.co/Nl0zA7bBUq

[Deepa Risal Pokharel @DeepaRisal]

7 take-aways from Nigeria’s first Immunization Collaborative peer learning exercise https://t.co/JKiTuMEH3f via @redasadki

[The Geneva Learning Foundation @DigitalScholarX]

Read @Gavi’s new article about the #Nigeria Immunization Agenda 2030 Collaborative to make #VaccinesWork
https://t.co/FgbqdTLhvO

[The Geneva Learning Foundation @DigitalScholarX]

🇳🇬 Attention #Nigerian health professionals! 🇳🇬
Ahead of the 1st Nigeria #Immunization Collaborative, health workers are sharing challenges and goals.

Learn more and apply https://t.co/3Khdt8CyFd

Are you an immunization champion ready to take your impact to the next level? 📷 #vaccineswork

[Deepa Risal Pokharel @DeepaRisal]

National EPI review meeting kicked off in Pakistan. Innovative tailored strategies managed to reduce #zd children in the country. Khuli kacheheri, helpline, social listening and community feedback highlighted how community voices are listened to & addressed.

[Deepa Risal Pokharel @DeepaRisal]

Demand Hub Meeting day 2-on HPV, NIS and success stories from countries on key interventions

[Ephrem T. Lemango @Dr_Ephrem]

The global vaccine demand hub meeting kicked off today in Kathmandu. It was a great pleasure to join countries and partners in this convening. We discussed the journey of immunization programme over the past 50 years, and emphasized the importance of boosting vaccine confidence.