This report and action plan summarize the proceedings and outcome of a 2-day Joint convening on COVID-19 vaccination in humanitarian settings and the contribution to broader pandemic preparedness held on 14–15 February 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya.

The goal of the joint convening was to address the challenges encountered in implementing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination for populations of concern (PoCs) and to prepare for future pandemics. The convening was organized by the COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership (CoVDP) and key partners from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the Global Health Cluster (GHC), International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), INTERSOS, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), bilateral partners, and UN agencies.

It connected health and humanitarian agencies and other actors, and stakeholders discussed lessons learnt as well as concrete steps to enable equitable responses during pandemics in which those affected by humanitarian emergencies and in need of humanitarian assistance have access to public health and medical countermeasures (MCMs), such as vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics that can be used to diagnose, prevent or treat diseases in pandemic.

Report by the World Health Organization