NESI
Network for Education and Support in Immunisation
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The Ebola Vaccine Preparedness Initiative offers a training programme with the overall goal of supporting countries for successful introduction of the Ebola vaccine.
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Areas of Work
NESI engages in a number of activities to accomplish its mission. These activities are grouped into four main areas.
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The Executive Secretariat of NESI is hosted at the Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, University of Antwerp in Belgium.
Saving lives through immunisation
Our Mission
The mission of NESI is to improve the quality and sustainability of immunisation programmes and services, in particular in low- and middle-income countries, through education and training, technical support, operational research and networking and advocacy.
NESI aims to build the capacity of managers and staff working in the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) in their respective countries, as well as to improve pre-service and post-graduate training at the different faculties of health training institutions involved in immunisation, including medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and public health. NESI also aims to strengthen the capacity of the National Immunisation Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs) in evidence-based recommendation-making.
What we Do
NESI engages in a number of activities to accomplish its mission. These activities are grouped into four main areas:
Education & Training
NESI invests in educational opportunities that give health professionals involved in immunisation up-to-date knowledge and skills.
Technical Suppport
NESI aims to support an educated and informed health workforce to provide the best immunisation services worldwide.
Operational Research
NESI supervises MSc, MPH and PhD students, evaluates pre-service EPI curriculum at health training institutions, writes scientific and review articles.
Networking & Advocacy
NESI engages in network activities that are nowadays essential to achieve the postulated goals.
News
New NESI publication in the Pan African Medical Journal
Margaret Juma, Balcha Masresha, Adebayo Adekola, Carine DochezStrengthening pre-service training of healthcare workers on immunisation and effective vaccine management: the experience of...
New NESI publication in BMC Health Services Research
Gerald Okello, Jonathan Izudi, Immaculate Ampeire, Frehd Nghania, Carine Dochez, Niel Hens.Two decades of regional trends in vaccination completion and coverage among children aged 12-23...
Still open for submission: Research Topic in Frontiers in Public Health
Submissions for the Research Topic: "Advances in adolescent vaccination programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs): A focus on HPV vaccination capacity strengthening" are still...
