Five African countries unite to tackle zero-dose children through stronger immunisation systems

Its roadmap includes advancing platform interoperability, expanding the individual vaccination registry, sustaining the OPTIVAC model through domestic financing, disseminating the EPI Good Practices Manual and strengthening the mapping of zero-dose children.

The five delegations identified 21 priority actions, with digital individual tracking of children and stronger domestic financing emerging as priorities across all the national roadmaps.

The initiative forms part of a regional effort launched during the Ministerial Dinner held on the sidelines of the 2025 Galien Forum Africa, with the goal of using peer learning to accelerate immunisation and sustainably reduce the number of zero-dose children.