Global Vaccination Initiative

As global Covid-19 vaccine supply stabilizes, overcoming demand challenges is the next hurdle to protect the world’s most vulnerable from severe illness. To boost vaccination rates and improve global health equity, The Rockefeller Foundation is working with in-country partners to gain knowledge, share insights, and create more demand for vaccines in communities with low vaccination rates.

Challenging demand and delivery issues are preventing low- and middle-income countries from accelerating vaccination campaigns. The Rockefeller Foundation’s Global Vaccination Initiative supports country-driven efforts to increase demand for vaccinations by addressing barriers — access, trust, and information — that have been consistently underestimated, misunderstood, and underfunded in the global Covid-19 response to date, while leveraging data from traditional and emerging sources to make health systems more proactive.

We work with partners on the ground to scale up projects that leverage data and digital tools to drive more effective vaccination interventions. By understanding the factors that drive low vaccination rates — like whether people live near or far from a vaccination site, the information they’ve received about vaccines, and questions they still have about whether to get them — we can better inform campaigns, allocate resources, and address gaps in information to more effectively reach communities impacted by Covid-19.

To help in-country partners build tailored, comprehensive solutions to increase Covid-19 vaccination rates, we collaborate with partners to gather data and evidence about vaccine demand. This approach will catalyze fast and effective responses to Covid-19 outbreaks, while also helping to inform responses to other existing diseases and future health threats.

Dependable, committed funding is critical to help strengthen vaccination strategies over the long-term. Our initiative advocates for increased financing to address vaccination barriers and for flexibility in the use of funding to help local health systems provide routine immunization and other essential health services. This is essential to building sustainable and resilient health systems armed to face future challenges.

We aim to address the factors driving lower vaccination rates in certain communities to accelerate an equitable pandemic response and strengthen health systems.