Situation Report - September 2022 - COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership - Issue 7 - Spotlight

Sep 11, 2026

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Situation Report September 2022 from the COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership (CoVDP) summarizes global progress and country-level considerations for COVID-19 vaccination. It highlights the September decline in cases and deaths, regional differences across Europe and other areas, and updates on booster vaccine approvals and COVAX procurement status. The report also examines primary series coverage stagnation, equity gaps, campaign planning through year-end, targeting high-priority groups, and investments in electronic immunization registries with ongoing needs for infrastructure and training.

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SPOTLIGHT

Campaign planning and vaccine equity

Targeting high-priority groups

Data, reporting systems, and electronic registries

Global situation overview

Cases, deaths, and regional trends

Booster approvals and procurement updates

Primary series coverage and unvaccinated rates

Advanced Market Commitment (AMC) countries

Coverage levels and doses administered

34 Countries for concerted support

Progress on primary series coverage

1 Situation COVID Vaccine Delivery Partnership COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership Situation Report September 2022 © WHOAFRO • Overview: Global Situation | 92 Advanced Market Commitment Countries | 34 Countries for Concerted Support | • In-depth: Data and reporting systems for vaccine delivery | | --- | | • Country insights: Opportunities and challenges | | of real-time COVID-19 reporting systems- | | Malawi, Burkina Faso and Rwanda | This report is produced by the COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership (CoVDP). It covers the month of September 2022. 2 Situation Report September 2022 COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership SPOTLIGHT ▪ Several of the 34 countries for concerted support are planning more campaigns until the end of the year. After reduced activities because of the rainy season in July, August and September, many countries are now planning more COVID-19 vaccination campaigns until the end of the year to increase complete primary series coverage. ▪ The UN General Assembly reaffirmed the need for continued focus to close the vaccine equity gap, and to lay the foundations for better future pandemic preparedness. There is appetite by many of the 34 concerted support countries to maintain the current momentum of COVID-19 vaccination over the next months. It is important that these efforts are bundled with other health or humanitarian activities, e. g. childhood immunization or screening for and responding to malnutrition. Further, lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic should inform the future architecture of pandemic preparedness and response – in particular how to strengthen primary health careat the community level. ▪ As vaccination efforts continue towards the end of the year, a particular focus needs to be on reaching high-priority groups. Most countries have coverage rates of high-priority groups that exceed total population coverage, showing that countries deliberately target highpriority groups. Still, continued efforts and targeted planning and outreach activities are needed to reach healthcare workers, the elderly and immunocompromised with complete primary series vaccination to achieve targets, and provide booster doses where necessary. ▪ COVID-19 has led to a range of investments into data and reporting systems – but further efforts are needed to make the progress sustainable. With support from partners, many countries have invested in and rolled out electronic immunization registries, which are able to capture more granular and more timely information as needed during the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out. However, continued investments in infrastructure and training are required to leverage the potential of electronic immunization registries. © WHOAFRO Global situation overview • Almost 13 million new cases and 42,000 new deaths were registered in September, continuing the decline in deaths and cases observed since early August. The weekly death toll is now at its lowest since March 2020. • Cases were in decline in all regions except Europe which has seen a 42% increase in weekly reported cases in late September compared to late August, with large increases in the 7-day average observed in Germany, France and Italy. • In preparation of an expected autumn surge, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have approved the use of two bivalent, or variant-containing, vaccines (Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech) as booster doses. However, data shows that these offer similar protection as the existing vaccines. • There are currently no bivalent vaccines being procured by COVAX and the original Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will be discontinued with the last COVAX shipments of Pfizer doses expected in early October. • The global picture of primary series coverage has remained stagnant with 63% of the global population having completed their primary series versus 18% in low-income countries and 24% in Africa – a one percentage point increase from Augus

FAQs

What were the key global COVID-19 trends reported for September 2022?

The report notes almost 13 million new cases and 42,000 new deaths in September, with ongoing declines since early August. Weekly deaths were at their lowest since March 2020, while Europe saw a 42% increase in weekly reported cases late in the month.

How does the report describe vaccination coverage and equity gaps?

Primary series completion remains stagnant globally at 63%, with lower completion in low-income countries and Africa. It also reports that 31% of the global population had not received any dose, with particularly high unvaccinated shares in the WHO Africa and Eastern Mediterranean regions.

What operational focus does the Spotlight section emphasize for the rest of 2022?

It emphasizes planning additional campaigns through year-end, targeting high-priority groups such as healthcare workers, the elderly, and immunocompromised. It also calls for bundling vaccination efforts with other health or humanitarian activities to improve preparedness and service delivery.

Sep 11, 2026

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