Objectives under this strategic goal include:

  1. organising education and training programmes;
  2. contributing to the improvement of pre-service EPI training programmes/curricula for training institutions; and
  3. contributing to the improvement of knowledge of in-service staff through dedicated themed programmes.

Activities Undertaken:

  1. Vaccinator accreditation – short courses in vaccinology and the Higher Certificate (Vaccinology) programme
  2. HPV Symposium: Implementing HPV vaccination in Africa: opportunities for strengthening adolescent health. Menlyn Boutique Hotel, Pretoria, South Africa, 24 March 2015
  3. Stakeholder Meeting: Improving skills and institutional capacity to strengthen country adolescent immunisation programmes and health systems in the African region. Menlyn Boutique Hotel, Pretoria, South Africa, 25 March 2015
  4. Second WAKA HPV AFRICA Symposium. Southern Sun Hotel OR Tambo, Johannesburg, South Africa, 28–29 May 2015
  5. Workshop for southern African countries: Implementing HPV vaccination in Africa: Opportunities for strengthening adolescent health. Premier Hotel OR Tambo, Kempton Park, South Africa, 5–7 October 2015
  6. Third WAKA HPV AFRICA Symposium. Hotel Sultani, Kinshasa, DR Congo, 2–4 December 2015
Theme: Avant by Kaira