In partnership with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and others, the Gavi-funded Humanitarian Partnerships (ZIP) is breaking new ground in how immunisation services reach communities affected by insecurity, conflict or crisis. 

The programme, which was launched in 2022, spans across 11 African countries in the Sahel and Horn of Africa. This report showcases the achievements and learning from the first two ZIP awards Raise 4 Sahel and REACH.

From December 2022 through June 2024, ZIP, Gavi’s Humanitarian Partnerships, provided 845,000 first doses and 479,000 last doses of vaccines to infants and children in communities where national immunisation programmes (NIPs) face barriers associated with insecurity, conflict or crisis across 11 African countries.

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, recognises the leadership of NIPs as primary recipients of Alliance support. Gavi also recognises that external shocks can create exceptional and often time-bound barriers that restrict NIP access to communities. When these cannot be overcome with Gavi cash grants to governments, gaps in vaccine programming leave communities vulnerable. Gavi upholds an equity imperative to ensure no child is left behind with immunisation, including children in communities beyond the reach of government health services due to insecurity, conflict or crisis.