I am presenting this in response to the community assignment on a GRISP transformative investiment.

TRANSFORMATIVE INVESTMENT: Invest in the shared responsibility for immunization delivery between communities and the immunization programme to reach uniformly high coverage through high demand and quality services.

In order to attain the optimum goal for immunization in Sierra Leone, it has been recognized that a common vision for the survival of children lies in shared responsibility for delivering the goals for immunization. Families, communities, health providers as well as policy makers need to work together to ensure high coverage for immunization in my country.

My Initial 7-10 strategies/activities related to the Transformative Investment above include:

1. Ensure good interaction and collaboration between communities and the immunization services
2. Promote community ownership of health facilities through clinic or health committees
3. Put together information materials to promote immunization for child-to-child promotion
4. Include advocacy and communication in immunization planning at all levels
5. Work with civil society organizations including professional associations, religious groups and market women to promote Immunization among their members and involve them in policy-making and planning
6. Use social media and mobile technology to promote immunization
7. Use celebrity appeal and community leaders to promote immunization
8. Improve the interpersonal communication skills of community mobilizers
9. Undertake community dialogue to research into reasons for vaccine hesitancy, segmenting the population and developing specific and targeted strategies to address concerns
10. Using participatory techniques, evaluate programme challenges with qualitative and quantitative methods in communities, and households

My Priority Strategies/activities include the following:

1. Ensure good interaction and collaboration between communities and the immunization services
2. Promote community ownership of health facilities through clinic or health committees
3. Put together information materials to promote immunization for child-to-child promotion
4. Work with civil society organizations including professional associations, religious groups and market women to promote Immunization among their members and involve them in policy-making and planning
5. Undertake community dialogue to research into reasons for vaccine hesitancy, segmenting the population and developing specific and targeted strategies to address concerns