D-7 Teach to Reach 9: Get ready to learn about measles outbreaks, HPV vaccination, climate change, and neglected needs of women’s health

7 days before the world’s largest networked learning event for health professionals, find out what’s on at Teach to Reach 9.

Request your invitation https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach

With 7 days to go until October 13, 2023, meet health leaders who will be at Teach to Reach: Connect 9 and discover what we are learning ahead of the event, on questions such as:- How to respond to measles outbreaks?- How to successfully vaccinate against HPV (human papillomavirus)?- How to identify and reach zero-dose children in urban and peri-urban areas (with UNICEF)

This edition of Teach to Reach isn’t just about vaccination. Find out how health professionals:- dealing with the health effects of climate change- take action against Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS), a neglected tropical disease that affects around 56 million women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa.“Learning happens best when people seek answers to their specific daily challenges. Teach to Reach is proof that immunization professionals are hungry to learn, and hungry to share.”–Dr Kate O’Brien and Ephrem T Lemango

Since January 2021, successive editions of Teach to Reach have connected 64,705 participants in one-to-one networking sessions and group sessions to share experience.

As we work towards achieving the Immunization Agenda 2030 goals, it is crucial to support and empower health professionals at the local level.

For health professionals, Teach to Reach offers a unique opportunity to:1. Share experience with colleagues from all over the world2. Get help with your toughest challenge3. Get fresh ideas to help you succeed

“Uniquely, the Geneva Learning Foundation’s platform and its Teach to Reach events provide a way to link [health professionals] together, so that they can share experiences about what works and equally important, what doesn’t work, while learning from each other.” – Ephrem T Lemango, Associate Director of Immunization, UNICEF

For global partners, Teach to Reach: Connect is an opportunity to:1. connect with a large community, platform, and network of health professionals working on the frontlines, especially in LMICs;2. listen to healthcare workers’ perspectives and responses to local challenges;3. engage in meaningful dialogue with people who deliver vaccines on issues that matter most to them; and4. support women and men on the frontline of service planning and delivery.

“While we can provide tools and guidance, we need to do more to empower immunization professionals to identify and solve their own problems, wherever they are working, and whatever those problems are.” – Dr Kate O’Brien, Director of the Department for Immunization, Vaccines, and Biologicals (IVB), World Health Organization (WHO)

What can we learn from Teach to Reach: Connect?Follow this link to discover remarkable new insights shared by 14,134 frontline immunization professionals in 89 countries at the last Teach to Reach: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7766585

Read the preface by Dr Kate O’Brien, Director of the Department for Immunization, Vaccines, and Biologicals (IVB), World Health Organization (WHO) and Ephrem T. Lemango, Associate Director of Immunization at UNICEFhttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-can-we-learn-from-14134-frontline-health

Learn more about peer learning at scalehttps://redasadki.me/2023/09/01/teach-to-reach-peer-learning-at-scale/

Find more learning from Teach to ReachGet insights and data from the Teach to Reach open access repositoryhttps://zenodo.org/communities/teachtoreach/?page=1&size=20

View previous Teach to Reach sessionshttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLti7k0eaN3gQM1Vnie2tjar6rih9FqTfk

Poor connectivity? Get the Teach to Reach podcast https://www.learning.foundation/podcastTeach to Reach is supported by The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) and partners

What is the Geneva Learning Foundation?One-page answer https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7316466Full brochure: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7057015