AHBN’s ZDLH Held a 3 day Retreat ,Focuses on Closing Immunization Gaps, Reaching Zero-Dose Children
The Africa Health Budget Network (AHBN), in collaboration with the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET), has successfully convened a three-day Peer Learning and Exchange Retreat under the Zero Dose Learning Hub (ZDLH) initiative on Saturday.
The aims and the objectives of the retreat is to address gaps in immunization provide equity and reach zero-dose children in Borno,Bauchi,Kano,Sokoto and FCT.
The retreat, held in Abuja, Nigeria, from June 19th to 21st, 2025, brought together key stakeholders from national and sub-national levels including representative from Borno ,Bauchi,Kano ,Sokoto and Abuja to share experiences, discuss effective strategies, and identify challenges and opportunities to accelerate progress toward immunization equity and addressing zero-dose children.
In their separate remarks, the State Team Leads and Co-Chairs of the ZDLH Community of Practice (CoP) presented their success stories, lessons learned, and strategic plans for the remaining implementation period of the project.
The retreat provided a platform for participants to strengthen their partnerships, share best practices, and develop strategic plans to achieve immunization equity and protect the health of children in Nigeria.
Pulse Time Nigeria Reports that with renewed commitment and collective efforts, the ZDLH initiative is poised to make significant progress in addressing immunization gaps and ensuring that every child has access to life-saving vaccines.
In a session during the retreat, Dr. Aminu Magashi Garba, Coordinator of AHBN, urged State Team Leads and CoP members to intensify their efforts to close immunization gaps through targeted advocacy, strategic stakeholder engagement, and strong partnerships.
The retreat reaffirmed the collective commitment to ensuring that every child, regardless of their identity, location, or socioeconomic status, has access to life-saving vaccines.
The Zero Dose Learning Hub (ZDLH) is an initiative aimed at identifying and reaching children who have not received any vaccinations, known as zero dose children As result of hard-to-reach locations, Conflict or insecurity, lack of access to healthcare and Social or cultural factors to ensure they have lifesaving vaccine