Table 2.
Major achievements of Indonesian pediatric society immunization advocacy strengthening with primary outcomes and component indicators.
| Achievement | Outcomes and component indicators |
|---|---|
| Increased coordination across public and private sectors | Set up immunization program working with local government officials and health department to train around 858 people (nurses, midwives, GPs, and health workers) in WayKanan district |
| Developed I-POINTS reporting system and obtained letter of intent to coordinate with public immunization data system in the future. | |
| Conducted online symposium on the Importance of Measles-Rubella Vaccination, per the national MR Supplementary Immunization Activity (SIA) | |
| Received award from MOH for expert role in the successful 2018 MR campaigns (also more than 95% of immunization MR coverage) at national and sub-national levels | |
| Established Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Indonesian Medical Association and the Indonesian Midwives Association to train health care provides on advocacy and data collection | |
| Served as the major resource for information and education regarding immunization for private sector GPs and midwives in Banten district | |
| Established an immunization consulting service between private sector GPs, midwives and IPS pediatricians in Banten district | |
| Gained strong support from district government leaders and Indonesian Ulema Council (Majelis Ulama Indonesia) on immunizations and protection of infants and children in WayKanan district | |
| Obtained letter of commitment to increase immunization coverage and ending vaccine-preventable disease outbreak signed by public and private stakeholders | |
| Improved service delivery | Set up immunization clinic and recording protocol through I-POINTS at Hermines Kemayoran hospital (private) in central Jakarta |
| Established a clinic day focused on EPI vaccines at Tarakan District General Hospital and got hospital administrators buy-in to perform immunizations at the hospital for infants | |
| Successfully advocated to the MOH to continue national MR vaccine program, requiring MR vaccine in children, after the official campaign ended with the National Commission on Post-Immunization Accidents to sustain immunization coverage of MR | |
| Achieved 100% immunization rate for basic vaccines (increase from 60%) and 97.1% MR immunization rate (increase from 40%) in Way Kanan district | |
| Strengthened institutional capacity for advocacy and immunization systems support | Developed an internal system to implement immunization advocacy initiatives through advocacy champions and 33 chapters |
| 71.4% of IPS trained immunization champions who completed the online survey feel very to extremely confident in their skills as an advocate | |
| 71.4% of IPS trained immunization champions who completed the online survey stated that IPS has contacted them regarding the advocacy strategy created during the initial training | |
| 57.1% of IPS trained immunization champions who completed the online survey feel very confident that IPS is addressing the immunization challenges they see in their daily work | |
| 100% of IPS trained immunization champions feel that advocating for immunizations is very to extremely important to them professionally |