The United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing and the Immunization Agenda 2030
The International Federation on Ageing’s Vaccines4life aims to serve as a global point of connection and network of experts from around the world to shape and influence age-related policy. The work is guided by the targets and objectives of the Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) and the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing.
The goal of the combined agendas is to ensure that healthy ageing is achieved globally by implementing a life course approach to immunization and progressing towards the sustainable development goals. Prevention, access and equity are the three pillars of action that ground the country’s policy levers and frame our intentions.
The United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing and the Immunization Agenda 2030
The International Federation on Ageing’s Vaccines4life aims to serve as a global point of connection and network of experts from around the world to shape and influence age-related policy. The work is guided by the targets and objectives of the Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) and the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing.
The goal of the combined agendas is to ensure that healthy ageing is achieved globally by implementing a life course approach to immunization and progressing towards the sustainable development goals. Prevention, access and equity are the three pillars of action that ground the country’s policy levers and frame our intentions.
Our news
Explore up to date information about a wide variety of V4L projects, download reports, latest videos, press releases and get access to helpful infographics.
Respiratory Season Campaign
Multiple resources; videos, infographics, roadmaps
Evidence to Action: Towards Improved Vaccination Policy in LTC highlights urgent steps to advance vaccination in long-term care.
Report
IFA Study Highlights Gaps and Opportunities for a Life Course Approach in NITAGs
Press Release
Informing National Adult Immunization Strategies and Actions
Expert Meeting Roadmap
2025 Shingles Press Release
Press Release
The Global Atlas for Adult Vaccination (GAAV)
Interactive map, Press Release, Executive Summary
Podcast Series: hMPV - A Common Yet Unknown Respiratory Threat
Podcast series
Civil Society Action in NITAGs
Consensus Statement
Driving Pneumococcal Vaccination Policy to Protect Older Canadians
Policy Briefs
IFA and EuGMS Statement of Action
Statement of Action
Raising awareness of RSV as part of your vaccine preventable respiratory diseases in Canada
Press Release
Socio-Economic Value of Adult Immunisation Programmes Report
Report
Registration is now open for the virtual workshop Informing National Adult Immunization Strategies and Action in Germany and France
Virtual Workshop
IFA launches their Shingles Atlas for Adult Vaccination (SAAV) advocacy tool
Press Release
Technical Report on the AV-HCP ECHO Series
Technical Report
Advancing Immunization Through the Decade of Healthy Ageing
Report
Adult Pneumonia Vaccination in Long-term Care settings in Canada
Brochure, Fact sheet, Vaccination Eligibility Infographic
Improving Canadian Adult Influenza Immunization Rates Through Knowledge and Action
Brochure, Fact sheet, Postcards
Tackling RSV: Raising awareness, driving prevention
Podcast, video recording, visual assets
Addressing adult immunisation inequity and improving the uptake rates of adult vaccination among older people
Policy brief
The role of pharmacy in life-course vaccination
Statement of Policy
Adult vaccination healthcare providers education ECHO series
Education, learning opportunity
Presidential Symposium on Immunisation for All Ages
Executive Summary
Prioritisation of Vaccine Preventable Respiratory Diseases –2022
Call to Action
Driving Policy Change through the Targeted Accelerated Implementation of the Adult Vaccination Advocacy Toolkit (AVAT) Expert Meeting Executive Summary: Prague, Czech Republic
Executive Summary
Burden of disease - A focus on acute respiratory viruses in older adults
Podcast
WHO announces that COVID-19 is no longer a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC)
Press release
Influencing adult pneumonia vaccination policy
Summary report, consensus statement, country-level reports
Improving vaccine confidence in the most vulnerable populations
Executive summary, consensus statement, message bank, press kit
Influenza stakeholder showcase
Executive summary, consensus statement, policy brief, infographic, message bank, press kit
Adult pertussis vaccination
Executive summary, consensus statement, policy brief, infographic, message bank, press kit
Adult pneumonia vaccination in long-term care settings
Technical report, consensus statement, press release
Our news
Explore up to date information about a wide variety of V4L projects, download reports, latest videos, press releases and get access to helpful infographics.
Areas of expertise
Prevention, access and equity are foundational in a cross-disciplinary agenda which aims to improve awareness that translates to changed behavior against the life-threatening consequences of VPDs. Through the lens of these three pillars, V4L strategically targets the key themes of primary integrated care, long-term care and vulnerable populations, age-friendly environments, combating ageism, and immunization for all ages.
Prevention
Prioritise immunisation throughout life as a key pillar of expanded prevention strategies and a central component of universal health coverage.
Access
Remove barriers to access for appropriate immunisation throughout life to ensure all people are protected and no one is left behind.
Equity
Reduce inequities in timely, appropriate, and affordable access to immunisation throughout life.
Portfolios
Healthy ageing is about creating environments (including immunization protection) and opportunities that enable people to be and do what they have reason to value, regardless of where a person lives their lives. To support this, the VacciNet database include various materials under the following themes:
Vaccines by disease
Learn more about Vaccine4Life’s work around infectious diseases, including influenza, pneumococcal pneumonia, pertussis, shingles, and COVID-19.
Equity and advocacy
Learn more about Vaccine4Life’s pillars of prevention, access, and equity to ensure that immunization is a priority in the prevention of vaccine-preventable diseases for older adults.
NITAGs
Learn more about Vaccine4Life’s review of the National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs).
Long-term care
Learn more about Vaccine4Life’s commitment to improve uptake rates of immunization to those most vulnerable, including residents of long-term care settings.
Portfolios
Vaccines by disease
Equity and advocacy
NITAGs
Long-term care
Join the World Coalition
IFA acknowledges support from GSK and Sanofi Pasteur for Vaccines4Life through unrestricted educational grants and is proud to be part of the Vaccines Safety Net (VSN) Database.
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