IFRC OCV Training for Volunteers Overview

The IFRC OCV Training for volunteers aims to provide NSs with the capacity to support both preventative and responsive OCV campaigns which governments have requested. The training is live, in that learning from realized campaigns will be incorporated on a regular basis and challenges faced in campaigns integrated through case studies.

The logic of the training in this first iteration is to ensure the volunteers are aware of the variety of tasks they may be called on to do within a campaign and to give some practical grounding to these tasks. The permanent presence of RCRC branches and their network of community volunteers lend themselves to some key parts of OCV campaigns, primarily that of social mobilization and awareness raising around a campaign, and activities following a campaign such as vaccine coverage and effectiveness surveys. However, the current training also considers the role that RCRC can play in the setup and operation of a vaccine centre under MoH supervision, given that most branches in cholera hotspots will have access to ORP kits which, if not used for the purpose of ORPs can provide the elements needed to ensure the safe set up of a vaccination point.