On April 28, 2025, the Ifakara health institute as part of the Countdown Tanzania country collaboration team took part in an Immunization dissemination meeting in Morogoro. Present were representatives from the Ministry of Health (MOH), PATH International, JSI International, Afya Intelligence, CHAI International, President’s Office, Regional Administration and Local Government Tanzania (PO-RALG), and Health Information System Department (DHIS2).

Key findings showed that while Tanzania maintained over 95% vaccination coverage from 2000–2019, the COVID-19 pandemic caused major setbacks, dropping penta3 coverage to 81% in 2021 and triggering measles outbreaks from mid-2022 to early 2023. Though performance rebounded in 2022, immunity gaps remain.

Participants reviewed a detailed chartbook report on immunization indicators and recommended updating the analysis with data from the Tanzania Vaccine Information Management System (VIMS) and extending it through 2024. A follow-up dissemination workshop was proposed to inform policymakers and plan next steps.

The meeting also covered the Countdown to 2030 initiative — a global partnership supporting countries like Tanzania in strengthening evidence and capacity to monitor health coverage, trends, and inequalities, particularly in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and nutrition (RMNCAH-N).

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