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Jerusalem Impact Vaccination Initiative

Acronym: JIVI

General Information

Identification Code: 586050645732-90
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Entity Form: Consortium
Registration Category: Organisations representing churches and religious communities
Registration Date: 3/8/2022
Last Update: 8/14/2023
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: Jerusalem Impact Vaccination Initiative (JIVI) is a Jerusalem-based, international collaborative effort of professionals to offer sound, effective, urgent, and tailor-made intervention packages to enhance vaccination coverage and community education in UN prioritized countries. Impact Vaccination, the technical assistance arm of JIVI, is partnering with implementers in Africa, South-East Asia and Latin America to establish and manage High-volume Vaccination Centers for service-delivery, capacity building, training and mobile units’ outreach. The Jerusalem Impact Vaccination Initiative effort is focused on faith-based Organizations (FBOs) and Faith-based Health Providers (FBHPs). It will work with these organizations on demand creation, community education and mitigation of hesitancy relating to COVID-19 and to child immunization. JIVI’s goal is to augment the collaboration between Faith and Public Health at all levels.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
  • Climate action
  • Digital economy and society
  • Education and training
  • European neighbourhood policy
  • Humanitarian aid and civil protection
  • International co-operation and development
  • Public health
  • Research and innovation
Levels of Interest:
  • global

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: - Humanitarian and other support to the people and refugees of Ukraine War - Enhanced vaccination coverage against pressing (e.g. COVID-19, Polio) and other (e.g. scheduled vaccinations) communicable diseases - EU Collaboration with civil society groups - Public Health Europe
Communication Activities: The Jerusalem Impact Vaccination Initiative effort is focused on faith-based Organizations (FBOs) and Faith-based Health Providers (FBHPs). It will work with these organizations on demand creation, community education and mitigation of hesitancy relating to COVID-19 and to child immunization. JIVI’s goal is to augment the collaboration between Faith and Public Health at all levels. Rabbi David Rosen, International Director of Interreligious Affairs of the American Jewish Committee and a Co-leader of the initiative, highlighted the importance of the collaboration between science and religion and urged religious leaders “not only to lend their authority to medical and public health efforts to combat the pandemic, but also to combat misrepresentation and disinformation that undermines this process and threatens the wellbeing of society”. Professor & Rabbi Avraham Steinberg of Shaare Zedek Medical Center and Co-leader of the Initiative added: “the human race has experienced many pandemics, and today we need to draw on theological questions, particularly what lessons we can learn from the pandemic we are now living through.” Major support for the initiative came from the President of the State of Israel, Isaac Herzog, who convened with JIVI a historic summit at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, welcoming the heads of the major religions in Israel. Also present were the Israeli Minister of Health, Nitzan Horowitz; and Members of the JIVI Steering Committee. The religious leaders representing Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the Bahai and Druze faiths further proclaimed: “We welcome any initiative for technical assistance, guidance, and professional and religious counseling for the implementation of our call for widespread, international, interfaith cooperation in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, and for the success of mass vaccinations against COVID-19, such as the Jerusalem Impact Vaccination Initiative”. Universal consensus on the need to strengthen the cooperation between public health professionals and faith leaders in enhancing vaccination and mitigating hesitancy. Titled: “Responsibilities of Faith Leaders in Supporting National Efforts Fighting Pandemics, and the Tools at Their Disposal” participants discussed barriers and solutions for addressing COVID-19 challenges in faith communities. Several speakers pushed for pro-active efforts to support countries in need In Africa and neighboring Israel. Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRtk6F8NLVA https://www.gov.il/en/Departments/news/press-111121 https://www.israel365news.com/201822/taking-the-cue-from-president-isaac-herzog-and-a-variety-of-faith-leaders-a-new-jerusalem-initiative-formed-to-provide-coid-19-vaccine-and-encouragement-to-poor-countries/ https://www.terresainte.net/2021/11/israel-president-et-cultes-appellent-a-la-vaccination/ https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-middle-east/2021/11/holy-land-religious-leaders-urge-world-to-get-vaccinated/ https://www.devex.com/news/jerusalem-consortium-aims-to-fight-vaccine-inequity-using-faith-groups-102161
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: Hayal, Malcha
Post Code: 9109100
City: Jerusalem
Country: ISRAEL
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EU Office

Address: Hayal, Malcha
Post Code: 9109100
City: Jerusalem
Country: ISRAEL
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Financial Data

New Organisation: true
Current Year: [object Object]
Complementary Information: We are a volunteers-based consortium

Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 1
Members25 Percent: 2
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 3
Members F T E: 0.6000000238418579
Info Members: See last paragraph: https://www.gov.il/es/departments/news/herzog-covid-religion-

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: World Health Organization - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRtk6F8NLVA Global Health Council - https://globalhealth.org/ Jerusalem City - https://www.jerusalem.muni.il/en/ Vatican - https://www.humandevelopment.va/en/vatican-covid-19.html Caucus on Public Health and Faith Community -https://www.apha.org/apha-communities/caucuses/caucus-on-public-health-and-the-faith-community#:~:text=The%20Caucus%20on%20Public%20Health,spiritual%20and%20social%20health%20challenges.
Organisation Members: Jerusalem Impact Vaccination Members: Meuhedet Healthcare Services, The Falk Schlesinger Institute, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, the Caucus on Public Health and the Faith Community, APHA, Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Association of Infectious Diseases Physicians, Israel Medical Association, City of Jerusalem, Israeli Ministry of Health.