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How strategies applied for COVID-19 vaccination in India can improve routine immunization coverage

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Mosli Diggal is an older woman from the tribal area of the remote Phulbani District in Odisha, India. Like many people at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mosli and her family had limited knowledge about COVID-19 and how to protect themselves from it.

“People in my community believed that the virus was a curse from God and it would be destroyed by God. Hence, the vaccines were considered irrelevant,” Mosli said.

As India strives to reach the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, USAID’s new framework and partnerships will be vital for increasing routine immunization coverage across the country to increase maternal and child survival.

Today, vulnerable populations in USAID project-supported states are largely vaccinated against COVID-19, because of the diligent efforts of Indian state governments, USAID-supported local NGOs, and countless community collaborators.

Mosli and her family are among the millions in India that are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, thanks to USAID’s partnership with local vaccine champions. 

Learn how local partnerships transformed vaccine hesitancy -> vaccine champions

Learn more about USAID’s maternal and child survival programs: 

• Preventing Child and Maternal Deaths: A Framework for Action in a Changing World
• USAID’s Immunization Web Page
• Benchmarking Progress and Looking Ahead: USAID’s Commitment to Addressing Childhood Pneumonia