Hello,Per the AIRA bylaws, officers are elected by the AIRA board. AIRA is pleased to announce the following officer election results: Christy Gray from the Virginia Department of Health was elected as AIRA's President-ElectHeather Roth from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment was re-elected to serve another term as...

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Issue 1499: June 3, 2020 TOP STORIESIAC Commentary: Coronavirus Vaccines—It’s Not a Race. One of the shortest editorials ever.Reminder: IAC adds many new materials to its new Repository of Resources for Maintaining Immunization during COVID-19 PandemicUpdated! Two Ask the Experts secti...

Hello, Please see the following Information Request from the California Department of Public Health. If you are willing to share information, please reply directly to this email and include contact information for follow-up. INFORMATION REQUESTED Does your IIS accept temporary/place-holder names for newborns e.g. |SMITH^BABY MARY|?If yes, which nam...

You are subscribed to CDC's Immunization Works! newsletter email subscription service. The current issue is now available. Top Stories Maintaining Childhood Immunizations and Well-Child Care During COVID-19 PandemicImmunization Action Coalition (IAC)American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Urges Parents: Call Your Pediatrician! MMWR Decline...

IAC Express #1498 - Dozens of new resources for maintaining immunization during the pandemic - and more newsEmail not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Issue 1498: May 27, 2020 TOP STORIESCDC publishes "Decline in Child Immunization Coverage during the COVID-19 Pandemic—Michigan Care Improvement Registry, May 2016–May 202...

View this email in your browserDate: 27 May 2020 Gavi, UNICEF and WHO call for joint effort to deliver immunization and proceed with campaigns safelyTo address the growing impact of COVID-19 on immunization service delivery, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO leadership highlighted the importance of maintaining efforts tosafely deliver routine...

Hello, This email contains an AART User Group reminder and AIRA's final comments on the National Quality Forum (NQF) immunization-related measures.Reminder: Register Today for the May AART User Group Mini-Series As a reminder, the next session of the AART User Group Mini-Series will be Wednesday, May 27 at 4:00pm ET. This session will b...

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser Issue 1497: May 26, 2020 Ask the Experts: IAC Experts Answer Your Questions about Vaccination During the Pandemic and about Tdap Recommendations As a thank-you to our loyal IAC Express readers, we periodically publish special editions such as this one, providing you with new and updated...

Hello, A new resource, Vaccine Code Set Considerations: If Only It Were Rocket Science, is now published on the AIRA website. This document provides a general overview of vaccine code sets and also briefly describes how code sets are used in support of multiple and varied IIS functions, including electronic data exchange with EHRs and other he...

Hello, We know many of you saw the mass vaccination information that came out in the CDC IIS Information Brief this morning, and we’ve already gotten many questions from our members about what further information AIRA has on the mass vaccination tool CDC referred to in the brief. The short answer is that we don’t have further details on the tool, a...

Dear AIRA Community, Due to the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic, it is with heavy hearts that we announce that the AIRA National Meeting, scheduled for August 11 – 13, 2020 in Portland, will be postponed until 2021. Out of concern for the health and safety of our attendees, employees, and local communities — and in line with recent government orders in...

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Issue 1496: May 20, 2020 TOP STORIESIAC launches Repository of Resources for Maintaining Immunization during COVID-19 Pandemic CDC publishes "Decline in Child Immunization Coverage during the COVID-19 Pandemic—Michigan Care Improvement Registry, May 2016–May 2020" in MMWR Early Re...

Hello, Please see the following Information Request from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. If you are willing to share information, please reply directly to this email and include contact information for follow-up. INFORMATION REQUESTEDNYC would like to know if other jurisdictions have an electronic VFC enrollment process OR a dual e...

IAC Express #1495 - Your weekly immunization news service: MenB Vaccination Honor Roll and moreEmail not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Issue 1495: May 13, 2020 TOP STORIESCDC publishes “Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Routine Pediatric Vaccine Ordering and Administration—United States, 2020" in MMWR Earl...

Hello, AIRA Members –You may have heard that the National Quality Forum (NQF) is currently considering two immunization-related measures. The NQF Prevention and Population Health Standing Committee reviewed the Prenatal Immunization Status (PRS) and the Adult Immunization Status (AIS) measures for endorsement consideration. The PRS measure h...

IAC Express #1494 - Special Edition: Routine Vaccine Orders PlummetEmail not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Issue 1494: May 11, 2020 Special Edition: Routine Vaccine Orders PlummetCDC publishes “Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Routine Pediatric Vaccine Ordering and Administration—United States, 2020" in MMWR E...

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Issue 1493: May 6, 2020 TOP STORIESIAC Commentary: Society wants a COVID-19 vaccine—it’s not just a matter of when, but also how much and for whom (part 1)Immunize Colorado executive director discusses the urgent need for maintaining routine immunizations during the COVID-19 pandemicFD...

Monthly Update April 2020 in Review www.immregistries.org In This Issue… AIRA's COVID-19 Response Update What's Making You Smile?Program Evaluation ProjectDon’t Let Immunization Coverage Fall Victim to CoronavirusUsing IIS to Support an Outbreak ResponseAIRA Board Corner: Nathalie Hartert, DirectorMeasurement and Improvement: New and Updated C...

96 EYE Newsletter April 2020 View this email in your browserDate: 30 April 2020 Increased yellow fever epidemic risk in the short and long run due to COVID-19 impactThe impact of COVID-19 on yellow fever (YF) immunization activities increases epidemic risk in the short run, with delayed outbreak responses, and in the long run, with postponed c...

Hello, Please see the following Information Request from the Tennessee Department of Health. If you are willing to share information, please reply directly to this email and include contact information for follow-up. INFORMATION REQUESTEDWhat do other states use to validate and populate missing phone numbers in their IIS? Has anyone used LexisNexis...