New Publication: Immunization and Vaccination Equity — Meeting Report from the 2025 LifeCourse Prevention Summit
We are pleased to share the official meeting report from the Vaccination Equity session of the 2025 LifeCourse Prevention Summit, organized in collaboration with Pfizer.
The report brings together evidence, policy perspectives, and practical experience from leading experts across public health, clinical practice, social science, civil society and policy, all focused on a critical question: why do vaccination inequities persist, and what will it take to fix them?
The answer that emerged is clear: Vaccination inequities are not accidents. They are predictable, patterned, and preventable outcomes of how systems are designed, measured, and experienced.
The report covers:
- Data blind spots — how aggregate coverage figures mask deep inequities
- Structural and socioeconomic barriers — why free vaccines do not guarantee equitable access
- Trust and institutional credibility — mistrust as a rational response to lived experience
- Moral economies and social networks — what really shapes vaccination decisions in communities
- Community engagement and co-design — evidence on what works and what doesn't
- An Action Framework: measurement, resource targeting, trust, program design, engagement, coordination, and accountability
The report concludes with a set of headline commitments and a living Action Framework, designed to guide follow-up action and sustain collective accountability across systems and sectors.
Read the full report: www.lifecourseprevention.org/news/report-child-healthcare-perspectives-vaccination-equityAlso available at: www.ineip.org/news/child-healthcare-vaccination-equity-perspectives
