Hello, Please see the following Information Request from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health below. If you are willing to share information, please reply directly to this email and include contact information for follow-up. INFORMATION REQUESTED We are looking for information from the IIS community regarding provider organization level re...

Monthly Update February 2020 in Review www.immregistries.org In This Issue… Save the Date for TWO Events in May!Our Newest IIS AdvocateAIRA 2020 National MeetingGovernance Committee Meets in Person and Retains Its ExtremitiesMeasurement and Improvement UpdateSave the Date: March Education Steering Committee WebinarHIMSS20 CanceledAIRA Standards Tea...

Hello, Never enough time, funding, or staff? We want to learn any tips or tricks you’ve discovered to make the most of your limited resources. Please share your stories with us and we will pull them together for a SnapShots article to share with the community. This was a topic of interest in the Education Survey, so we know that your colleagues thr...

Hello! Please join us in Atlanta, Georgia on Monday, May 18 for the following two events the day prior to the 2020 National Immunization Conference (NIC): AIRA Pre-NIC Training (11 am – 4 pm) Teaser: Come learn how to write and present so your audience will understand you!What: AIRA will hold a professional development training to cover how to...

Hello, The AIRA Education Steering Committee is hosting a webinar on Tuesday, April 14 from 1-2pm ET about using an IIS to support outbreak response. The webinar will focus on stories and lessons learned from several IIS that may help other organizations in the event of an outbreak. Speakers from AIRA, CDC, and IIS programs will address IIS to...

Hello, Given the quickly changing situation with COVID-19, AIRA is regularly assessing our activities and events to determine how we can best support our members and the broader public health community. We know that many of you are responding to the COVID-19 outbreak, and more of you will be pulled into the response over time. We also want to be se...

Hello, Do you want to learn more about how to use AART to help your IIS meet national standards? AART (also known as the Aggregate Analysis Reporting Tool) supports the Measurement and Improvement Initiative by visualizing and compiling the results and information on community-driven measures and tests related to IIS Functional Stand...

View this email in your browserDate: 27 February 2020 Centre Pasteur du Cameroun nominated as 3rd regional reference laboratory for yellow fever in AfricaSimilar to Institut Pasteur Dakar (IPD) in Senegal and the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), Centre Pasteur Cameroon (CPC) will provide WHO Regional Reference Laboratory (RR...

Meet your AIRA2020 Keynote Speaker! It is with great honor and excitement that we announce Stacy Allison, businesswoman, adventurer, author, motivational speaker, and first American woman to summit Mt. Everest as the AIRA 2020 National Meeting keynote speaker!Stacy Allison Stacy has been climbing and leading expeditions for more than 40 year...

Hello,As a reminder, the February Discovery Session was held on Monday, February 10. This session focused on Provider Organization Participation and Management. If you missed this Discovery Session, you can view the slides and recording in the AIRA repository. If this session is listed on your calendar for this afternoon, please manually rem...

Happy Valentine's Day!What’s better than a Valentine’s Day treat?Nominating your team or colleague for an AIRA Award! It’s a gift that will last a lifetime and will boost another's self-confidence...Not their waistline! Award nominations are due by Sunday, March 29. For more information, check out the AIRA 2020 Na...

Hello, The American Immunization Registry Association is soliciting subject matter experts (SMEs) for a short-term workgroup to identify needs in the immunization and IIS communities related to vaccine management, the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program, and IIS-immunization program integration. The workgroup will help identify topics that would be...

Hello, This email contains reminders about the AIRA 2020 National Meeting and an upcoming AIRA Discovery Session. The Call for Abstracts closes in one month! The Call for Abstracts is currently open and closes on Sunday, March 1, 2020 at 11:59 PM ET. Click here to submit an abstract for consideration.For additional details, plea...

Hello, The American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA) is hosting two 1.5-day regional workshops in April: April 22-23: Midwest Region in Minneapolis, MinnesotaApril 28-29: Northeast Region in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Some topics of the workshops include outbreaks, vaccine confidence, and measurement and improvement. Attendees will have an ...

96 EYE Newsletter January 2020 View this email in your browserDate: 06 February 2020 Yellow fever Preventive Mass Vaccination Campaign completed in Ekiti state, Nigeria.The Government of Nigeria with support from WHO and partners launched a preventive mass vaccination campaign in Ekiti State on 24 January 2020, funded by Gavi, the Vaccine Alli...

Monthly Update January 2020 in Review www.immregistries.org In This Issue… AIRA at the 2020 Immunization Awardee MeetingHelp Guide AIRA’s Activities Related to Vaccine Management, VFC, and IIS-Immunization Program IntegrationAIRA2020 National Meeting Is Knocking at the Door!AIRA 2020–2024 Strategic PlanReminder/Recall Works to Improve Vaccination R...

The AIRA Members & Partners meetings will now be held quarterly on the third Monday of the month from 2 – 3 p.m. ET in January, April, July, and October 2020.JOIN WEBEX MEETING Meeting number: 732 691 729 Meeting password: membershipJOIN BY PHONE Dial: 1-800-326-0013; Passcode 1670187#2020 AIRA Members & Partners Mee...

Hello,This email contains a message from our partners at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The AAP is offering a Visiting Immunization Expert Initiative to support pediatricians, other primary care physicians, and all practice staff in making strong recommendations for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and pediatric influenza vaccination. T...

AIRA is excited to announce that the AIRA 2019 Education Survey Summary Report is now available. In early 2019, the AIRA Education Steering Committee assessed the educational needs of the IIS community. This report includes an analysis of the results, which will be used to guide the development of new resources and educational opportunities. You to...

In early 2019, the AIRA Board of Directors met in-person and began the process of updating the AIRA strategic vision and plan for 2020-2024. The purpose of a strategic plan is to set the overall goals of the association and create a plan for achieving those goals. AIRA is excited to share the finalized version of the 2020-2024 strategic plan w...