Tunisia is reinforcing its national health security and vaccine delivery systems through the Saving Lives and Livelihoods (SLL) initiative coordinated by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and supported by the Mastercard Foundation.

The programme is focused on improving immunisation capacity and ensuring equitable access to vaccines across the country, in line with broader efforts to strengthen Africa’s health security and sovereignty agenda.

According to Africa CDC, the initiative has already trained 117 health professionals drawn from all 24 governorates, enhancing technical capacity in vaccine management and public health delivery.

In addition to human capacity development, the programme has supported upgrades to cold chain infrastructure and the deployment of more than 1,000 temperature-monitoring devices to improve vaccine storage and distribution systems nationwide.