Voices of Public Health: Leading National Vaccine Introduction in Tanzania

In this podcast, you will hear from Kate Bagshaw, Technical Officer with JSI’s Immunization Center and Raphael Nshunju, a Senior Immunization Technical Officer for JSI’s Immunization Center based in Tanzania. With over 10 years of experience working at all levels of immunization, Raphael shares his passion and understanding of the challenges and successes linked to introducing new vaccines in Tanzania. With a particular focus on introducing the HPV vaccine in Tanzania, Raphael shares how the HPV vaccine introduction has both built on previous experiences and posed unique challenges and how the country is planning to maintain HPV vaccination while also supporting the COVID-19 response.