#ICYMI: ISPPD Conference Highlights
For those unable to attend, the 12 th International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases (ISPPD-12) made the online abstracts and posters available for free. IVAC staff (seen below) were proud to participate and present important work around pneumonia prevention. |
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KHEL: Knowledge on Health, Education and Learning through community games
The games people play can enhance learning. ‘Khel’ translates into game or play in Hindi. KHEL, Knowledge on Health, Education and Learning through community games, is a short documentary film made by the Johns Hopkins Maternal and Child Health Center India (MCHI) and the Child In Need Institute (CINI). It illustrates how social and behavior change can occur when people evaluate the roles they play in their communities and come together for a universally desirable health outcome. Learn more here. |
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| Video by Prabuddha Paul |
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[Recording] The Official Launch of the VERSE Equity Toolkit
Watch the official launch of the Vaccine Economics Research for Sustainability and Equity (VERSE) Equity Toolkit, which compares the level of vaccine coverage against the level of equity and quantifies the influence of key sociodemographic factors to inequity. |
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Calling on the GAVI Board to Enable Introduction of Lifesaving Pneumonia Vaccine for Children in Fragile Settings
The Joint Statement published by the Every Breath Counts Coalition, the International Vaccine Access Center at Johns Hopkins University, and Save the Children appeals to Gavi's board to take decisive action and ensure that Somalia, Guinea, South Sudan, and Chad can apply to Gavi to introduce the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) in the next 12 months
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Sign-up for the CHIC Newsletter
The Coalition to Strengthen the HPV Immunization Community (CHIC) project has released their first quarterly newsletter. Learn more about what developments are happening in the HPV world through news articles, interviews, presentations, and podcasts. Feel free to check it out and subscribe here. Have something you want to see in an upcoming CHIC newsletter? Email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
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Duration of effectiveness of vaccination against COVID-19 caused by the omicron variant
Authors include Melissa M Higdon, Anurima Baidya, Karoline K Walter, Minal K Patel, Daniel R Feikin, and Maria Deloria Knoll
A new publication published in The Lancet Lancet Infectious Diseases involved a review of the duration of protection against Omicron infection offered by primary and booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. The study found that vaccine protection one month after a booster shot is generally higher than after a primary vaccine, and vaccine effectiveness against the Omicron variant remained strong 4 months after booster doses. |
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Leveraging a national biorepository in Zambia to assess measles and rubella immunity gaps across age and space
Authors include Andrea C. Carcelen, Amy K. Winter, William J. Moss, Kyla Hayford, and Simon Mutembo
This article, published in the Scientific Reports, describes innovative methods for sampling residual sera and analyzing measles and rubella seroprevalence data, as well as the value of seroprevalence estimates to better understand and control measles and rubella. The findings reveal that despite a successful childhood vaccination program in Zambia, measles immunity gaps persisted across age groups and districts, indicating the need for additional activities to complement routine immunization. |
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