Partnerships & Collaborations

Partnerships and collaborations are fundamental to achieve our mission. Key collaborations and partnerships are described below.

World Health Organization Regional Offices

NESI has held a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO) since 2004. In the context of this MoU, NESI and WHO/AFRO collaborate on a variety of training and education initiatives, including Mid-Level Manager (MLM) trainings, vaccinology courses, and the development of training materials.

NESI has also worked with the World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO/EMRO) through a joint plan of action.

Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance

At the 10th Gavi Board Meeting in 2003, Gavi made a formal endorsement of NESI’s activities.

Collaboration Agreements

Collaboration agreements have been established with:

• SAVIC (South African Vaccination & Immunisation Centre at the Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South Africa) since 2012
• SOMIPEV (Société Marocaine d’Infectiologie Pédiatrique et de Vaccinologie, Morocco) since 2013
• UNPAD (University of Padjadjaran, Indonesia) since 2014
• ECAVI (East Africa Centre for Vaccines and Immunization, Uganda) since 2019
• GHD/EMPHNET (Global Health Development/The Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network, Jordan) since 2020

Other collaborations

NESI also maintains active collaborations with a number of additional universities and non-profit organisations. These include the following:

African Region:

• South African Medical Research Council (SA-MRC), South Africa
• University of Cape Town (UCT) – Vaccines for Africa (VACFA), South Africa
• University of the Free State, South Africa
• University of Pretoria, South Africa 
• Stellenbosch University, South Africa
• University of Nairobi, Kenya
• Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC), Kenya
• East Africa Centre for Vaccines and Immunization (ECAVI), Kenya
• Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Ghana
• University Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal
• Institut de Recherche en Santé de Surveillance Epidémiologique et de Formation (IRESSEF), Senegal
• Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ), Zambia

Eastern Mediterranean Region:

• University of Jordan, Jordan
• University of Marrakech Cadi Ayyad, Morocco

European Region:

• Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Germany
• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
• Université Claude Bernard Lyon (UCBL), France