What’s in this issue?

In this issue of The Double Loop we follow one member of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030, Kingsley Nignere, in his immunization and peer learning journey .

• Kingsley works as a Community Health Worker for Community Youth Development Foundation (CYDEF), Ghana;
• In March 2022 he joined the Movement for IA2030, developing and implementing an action plan to improve malaria and COVID-19 vaccine coverage in Kintampo North Municipal District, Ghana;
• Kingsley drew on peer support to develop and implement his action plan through the Movement for IA2030 Ideas Engine, participation in weekly assemblies and technical support sessions, and participation in Ghana Country team meetings. He also completed the [self study module in Responsive Feedback](https://www.learning.foundation/responsive-feedback#:~:text=What is Responsive Feedback%3F,have been successful or not.);
• Following implementation of his action plan, disease control officers in health facilities in the targeted communities recorded record numbers of RTSS vaccinations given and an increase in COVID-19 vaccine coverage from 60% to 75%. Kingsley estimated that about 30% of the gains in these communities can be attributed to his project;
• Through connecting with peers in Ghana and globally through the Movement for IA2030, Kingsley describes how he:
  • became more proactive in identifying and addressing challenges in his work;
  • was inspired by ideas and practice from peers in Ghana and other countries, changing his existing practice;
  • was encouraged by his peers to persevere with developing an action plan;
  • learned new IT skills.
• Summing up his participation in the Movement for IA203, Kingsley says: ‘Participation in the Movement has exposed me to immunization professionals from different levels of health systems. I wouldn’t have gotten that opportunity considering my level in the health system, but the Geneva Learning Foundation has made it possible. I cannot quantify how much money I could have paid to be admitted into any of the institutions for this knowledge.'

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Kingsley Nignere's story: Improving malaria and COVID-19 vaccine coverage in Kintampo North Municipal District, Ghana with the support of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030

Kingsley’s role as a Community Health Worker

Kingsley Nignere has worked full time as a Community Health Worker for the Community Youth Development Foundation (CYDEF), Ghana for the last seven years in Kintampo North District, a mainly urban area with a population of 140 000 people (2021) in Bono East Region.

CYDEF partners with the Disease Control and Health Promotion Units of Kintampo Municipal Health Directorate to complement the efforts of Ghana Health Service (GHS) through training Community Based Volunteers (CBVs) to carry out community sensitization on a range of health issues, and supporting volunteers through, collecting data, learning and follow-up sessions (review meetings).