Sierra Leone Leads Regional Push to Close Immunization Gaps During African Vaccination Week 2025
“Immunisation for All is Humanly Possible.”
Freetown, 2 May 2025 – The Government of Sierra Leone, in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC), Gavi – the Vaccine Alliance, Africa CDC, World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, and a broad coalition of health partners, commemorated African Vaccination Week (AVW) 2025 under the compelling theme: “Immunisation for All is Humanly Possible.”
Sierra Leone, which continues to demonstrate strong leadership in public health, has achieved over 90% coverage with the third dose of the diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine (DTP3), a benchmark for immunization system performance.
From 24 April – 02 May 2025, Sierra Leone joined other African…