Lagos

Bayelsa

AkwaIbom

Rivers

Imo Abia

Adamawa

Bauchi

GombeKaduna

Nassarawa

Plateau

Taraba

Benue

CrossRiver

Ebube Enugu

EbonyiAnam-bra

Delta

Edo

Kogi

Oyo

Ogun

OsunEkiti

Ondo

Kwara

Niger

Sokoto

KebbiZamfara

Katsina

Kano

YobeJigawa

Borno

Map of Nigeria Showing States with WAVA organizations and States with

Vaccine Champions

Vaccine Champion

States with WAVA Organizations

Her Excellency Mrs. Toyin Saraki

Mrs. Martha EbeleYough

Chief (Mrs.) Folasade Tinubu-

Ojo

Mrs. OlufunsoAmosun

Dr. Zainab ShinkafiBagudu

Hon. Muhammed

Usman

Dr. Muhammed Ali Pate

Hajiya HadizaMuhammed Abubakar,

WAVA Members Profiling

Focus WAVA Members Area of Focus

Number of WAVAMembers

Number of Active WAVA Members

SDG 9 7

MCH/Reproductive Health 9 6

Women Empowerment and Gender

15 10

Immunization/Vaccine 3 3

Youth 2 1

Human Rights 2 2

Governance 4 3

Media 1 1

WAVA Members Profiling

Zone Number of States

1 North Central 18

2 North East 4

3 North West 3

4 South East 12

5 South West 4

6 South South 6

North Central Members

•Vaccines Network for Disease Control

•International Society of Media in Public Health (ISMPH),

•TechHer

•Initiative for Food, Environment and Health Society (IFEHS)

•Education as a Vaccine (EVA)

•Silver Lining for the Needy Initiative (SLNI)

•African Youth Initiative on Population, Health and Development (AfrYPoD)

•Yellow Jerrican Save a Child Foundation (YJS)

FCT

FCT

FCT

FCT

FCT

FCT

FCT

FCT

North Central Members (Contd)

•Islamic Youth League

•Hayatt Foundation

•Citizens’ Health Education and Development Initiative (CHEDI)

•Traffina Foundation for community Health (TFCH)

•Women in Clergy ( Abuja)

FCT

FCT

FCT

FCT

FCT

South East MembersOrganization State Focus

Women Aid Collective (WACOL), Enugu

Development & Integrity Intervention Goal Foundation (DIG)

New Century Initiative (NCI)

Foundation For Environmental Rights, Advocacy & Development (FENRAD)

Neighbourhood Environmental Watch (NEW) Foundation

Immunize Every Child Initiative, Ebonyi State

Destiny Daughters Initiative of Nigeria (DEDAN)

Centre for Development and Civic Education

ENUGU

EBONYI

ENUGU

ABIA

EBONYI

EBONYI

EBONYI

ANA

South East Members (Contd)Organization State Focus

Hope Givers Care and Support Organization

Be Glad Care and Support Foundation

Divine Era Development and Social Rights Initiative (DEDASRI)

Better Community Life Initiative (BECOLIN)

ANAMBRA

ANAMBRA

ENUGU

IMO

North West Members

Organization State Focus

• Resource Centre for Human Rights & Civic Education (CHRICED)

• Women Development and Empowerment• Centre for Project Development & Grassroots

Empowerment

KANO

KANO

KEBBI

South West Members

Organization State Focus

• Gender Care Initiative (GCI)

• Women for Peace & Gender Equality Initiative (WOPEGEE)

• Positive Outreach Foundation

• Federation of Muslim Women’s Association in Nigeria

LAGOS

OGUN

OGUN

EKITI

North East Members

Organization State Focus

. A syndicate in supporting women and children (SISWACHI)

. Concern Women International Development Initiative (CWIDI)

Bauchi Human Rights Network

Bauchi

Yola

Bauchi

South South Members

Organization State Focus

Women’s Initiative for Self-Actualization (WISA)

Dynamic Youth Development Organisation (DYDO)

Care and Development Centre (CADEC)

Women United for Economic Empowerment (WUEE)

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Initiative (OLPHI)

Women of Purpose

Akwa Ibom

Akwa Ibom

Rivers

Akwa Ibom

Rivers

Edo

Some activities carried out by WAVA CSOs in 2017…

Gender Care Initiative (GCI) – Lagos State

What they did: Advocacy visits to Lagos Ministry of Health (MOH)

What they achieved: The Lagos State MOH agreed to partner with GCI and invited the organization

to participate in the next immunization plus exercise week

Next steps: Organize activities in partnership with Lagos State Ministry of Health during the

immunization plus exercise week 21st – 26th of April 2017

GCI staff during advocacy visit to Lagos State Ministry of Health

Women’s Initiative for Self-Actualization –Akwa Ibom State

What they did: One day training for staff of WAVA members in Akwa Ibom

What they achieved: Capacity building of staff on sustainable immunization financing and advocacy.

Next steps:

• Conduct a baseline survey to gather enough data and information on the current immunization status in AkwaIbom State

• Develop a Fact sheet to enhance engagement with stakeholder

• Conduct an advocacy meeting twice with key representatives

• Organize a one day (each senatorial district) round table meeting with media and other key stakeholders in three senatorial district

• Conduct a Bi - Monthly meetings and follow up visit to stakeholders

• Conduct end of the project meeting with project team and key stakeholder

Project objectives:• To secure a level of funding needed to achieve

enough vaccines and strengthen immunization services in Akwa Ibom State

• To ensure equitable and sustainable immunization services through engagement with key stakeholders in Akwa Ibom State

• To promote advocacy on immunization financing to key stakeholders

DYDO Staff during the training session

Some activities carried out by small grant awardees in 2017…

African Youth Initiative on Population Health and Development (AfrYPoD) – FCT

Name of Project: Youth Advocacy for Sustainable and Equitable Vaccine Access (YASEVA)

What they did: Engaged other CSOs as implementing partners for advocacy on vaccine financing

What they achieved: Five CSOs in FCT and three CSOs in Enugu agreed to partner with AfrYPoD in advocating for vaccine financing

Next Steps:

• Develop YASEVA Advocacy Guide for youth advocates

• Develop YASEWA debate guide

• Conduct one day workshop for youth advocated

• Continue preparations for school debate

• Continue ‘My Vaccine My Life’ blog series Implementing Partners’meeting in Enugu

Implementing Partners’meeting in FCT

Development and Integrity Intervention Goal (DIG) Foundation – Ebonyi State

Name of Project: Intensive Advocacy and Mobilization for Sustainable Immunization Financing in Nigeria (IAM4SIFN)

What they did:

• Pre-high level meeting with key stakeholders

• Ebonyi State high level advocacy meeting on sustainable immunization financing

What they achieved: Successfully conducted high level advocacy meeting and created relationships with policy makers in Ebonyi State

Next steps:

• High level advocacy meetings on sustainable immunization financing in Abia, Anambra, Imo and Enugu

• Organize more media outreaches

High level Immunization advocacy meeting on

sustainable immunization financing

Women’s Initiative for Self-Actualization (WISA) – Akwa Ibom State

Name of Project: Baseline survey to gather enough data and information on the current immunization status in Akwa Ibom State

What they did: Conducted a baseline survey to gather data and information on the current immunization status in Akwa Ibom State

What they achieved: Successfully gathered information on the current immunization status in Akwa Ibom State through Focus group discussions and Key informant interviews

Next steps:

• Develop a Fact sheet to enhance engagement with stakeholder

• Conduct an advocacy meeting twice with key representatives

• Organize a one day (each senatorial district)round table meeting with media and other key stakeholders in three senatorial district

• Conduct a Bi - Monthly meetings and follow up visit to stakeholders

• Conduct end of the project meeting with

Administration of

Questionnaires at

Nwaniba, Okobo

and Ikono

Focus Group

Discussions at

Okobo, Ikono and

Nwaiba