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.
News and Resources
Explore up to date information about a wide variety of V4L projects, download reports, latest videos, press releases and get access to helpful infographics.
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
AV-HCP ECHO Program Learning Series
ECHO report, Technical report, Infographic, Press kit
Adult Vaccination Advocacy Toolkit (AVAT)
Report, Social media toolkit, Webinars
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 [Coming soon]
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
Reports and Statements
Join us!
Take advantage of this global networking opportunity, and learn from partners and leaders in the field of ageing!
Join the World Coalition
Health promotion and disease prevention in later stages of life are necessary to a healthy ageing population but require combating ageist attitudes, beliefs and practices of society, healthcare providers and the broader policy environment.
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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