Welcome Boost for Routine Immunization Through Pragmatic Financial Management: Follow-Up Resources

On Thursday, May 20, Boost hosted the seventh live engagement in an ongoing series highlighting Bright Spots in the immunization field! This session featured a team from the Solina Centre for International Development and Research (SCIDaR) who shared their experiences from the design to implementing financial management interventions for routine immunization services to northern Nigeria.

Throughout the presentation, the SCIDaR team brought to light some key lessons learned from this impactful work: 

1. The influence, convening power and active participation of the high-profile foundation principals has facilitated and sustained commitment of key government executives

2. Continuous advocacy has been pivotal to ensuring that the RI program is a nonpartisan endeavor and remains an inherent priority for all key actors

3. The MoU has also played a key role in galvanizing all partner resources around one state RI plan, irrespective of direct financial contributions to the basket making accountability a collective responsibility

4. Establishment of funding structures that promote sustainability is key to sustainable financing and time, accountability and voice are equally important drivers as partner funds

5. Capacity building for the government team has proven a useful intervention in sustaining the gains from the intervention and expansion to other programs

6. Keeping things simple while co-creating with end-users makes for better adaptability and change management; institutionalizing innovations requires context, continuous iteration and value proposition

Want to learn more?  

📚 Read the full Bright Spots story 

🎥 Watch the webinar recording, now on Sabin’s YouTube channel

👩‍🏫 Look through the full webinar presentation

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📚 Check the RI MoU start-up guide for details on supply-side interventions implemented in Yobe, Nigeria 

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