Dates:14-16 November 2023 Participants:Virtually all countries and territories that had submitted annual reports for the period 2021-2023 participated for the Regional Commission's review and face-to-face interaction with the presidents of the sustainability committees and responsible for epidemiological surveillance, laboratory and i...

Dates:12-13 December 2023 More than 120 participants attended this annual hybrid WHO meeting, with global, regional and country level representation of public health and immunization stakeholders, technical experts and vaccine product developers and manufacturers. The Product Development for Vaccines Advisory Committee (PDVAC) provides...

Dates:27/02/2024 Participants:622 participants, representing 49 countries from the Americas, Europe, Africa, Western Pacific and Southeast Asia WHO world regions. The meeting was attended by authorities and technical teams from Expanded Programs on Immunization (EPI) and Health Systems in Ministries of Health, PAHO’s immunizatio...

Dates:17-28 July 2023 Participants:There was a total of 36 participants, including: 11 PAHO/WHO headquarters staff, 6 PAHO/WHO immunization focal points from Argentina, English Caribbean, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, and Suriname, 8 international consultants for immunizations and 11 health personnel from Peru. Background:PAH...

Vaccination and deworming are interventions of proven benefit to improve the well-being of the population and reduce health gaps, so strategies should be sought to guarantee effective access and ensure systematic monitoring and analysis of their coverage. The Special Program for Integrated Immunization (CIM) together with the Unit for Neglected Tro...

Start date: 23 October 2023Termination: Date 24 November 2023 Participants: Argentina (1), Bolivia (1), Chile (4), Colombia (3), Costa Rica (1), Cuba (1) , Ecuador (1), El Salvador (1), Guatemala (3), Honduras(1), México (1), Nicaragua (2), Panamá (1), Paraguay (1), Perú(1) Republic Dominican (1), Uruguay (1), as well as the Special Program for Com...

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) was introduced in the state of Maharashtra, India under the routine immunization programme in June 2021 at the peak of COVID-19 pandemic.The trainings of medical officers and health workers for this introduction were conducted in a hybrid mode. This might have led to gaps in the knowledge of healthcare wo...

Dates: 16/10/2023 Participants: 17 662 health professional registrants (9691 anglophones and 7971 francophones) The Knowledge to Action Hub is a gateway to knowledge produced by health professionals contributing to the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) through TGLF’s peer learning programme.Access the Hub here.17 662 regi...

As of October 2023, WHO recommends the use of malaria vaccines for children living in endemic areas, prioritizing settings with moderate and high transmission.New vaccine introduction requires a range of strategies to achieve high confidence and uptake. To support the rollout of malaria vaccines with high demand and uptake, immunization and ...

Dates: 19-21/09/2023 Participants: 101 representatives from Ministries of Health (Albania, Cameroon, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore), country offices, regional offices, and headquarters of WHO and UNICEF, and key immunization partners (Acasus AG, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Gavi Secre...

The Guatemalan Ministry of Health (MOH), with technical and financial support from the Pan American Health Organization and the World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), is organizing regional workshops to strengthen the capacities of healthcare personnel in outbreak response and immunization activities microplanning. The workshops are targeting profes...

For the first time in 2019, the Americas reported more adults aged 65 or older than children younger than 5. These demographic shifts are expected to continue over time. As countries recognize the opportunities and challenges associated with this demographic shift, they must maximize the impact of their public health interventions – such as vaccina...

The delivery of COVID-19 (C19) vaccines posed unprecedented challenges in terms of delivery volume and new target populations. Meanwhile, what it costs to deliver these vaccines remains highly uncertain.To support governments in planning and budgeting for the C19 vaccination programs, ThinkWell, partnering with Genesis Analytics and the Hano...

Dates: 16-19 October 2023 Venue: Panama City, Panama Participants: Immunization professionals from 70 organizations and from more than 70 countries, ranging from national governments, academia and the private sector to consultants, donors, non-government organisations, and inter-governmental organisations. Background: TechNet is a global network of...

Malawi introduced typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) into its routine immunization program beginning with a week-long campaign in May 2023 for children between the ages of 9 months and younger than 15 years. The integrated campaign included TCV, measles-rubella, and polio vaccines, as well as vitamin A supplementation for eligible children, further st...

Dates: 4-7 July 2023 Venue: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Participating countries: The Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad, Ethiopia, Mali, Madagascar, Mozambique Outcomes: During the 4-day meeting, the ARCC members led by Prof Rose Leke reviewed the situation of polio eradication globally and in the African Region, the response ...

Dates: 12-15 June 2023 Venue: Brazzaville, CONGOFifteen participating countries: EPI Managers, Data Managers, Surveillance Officers, Laboratory Officers. Facilitators:WHO; UNICEF; CDC; MRF (Meningitis Research Foundation); CoMO (Confederation of Meningitis Organizations); PATH Outcomes: Tremendous efforts made in the past two decades ...

Dates: 22-29/06/2023More than 90 surveillance, laboratory, immunization, and communication professionals, from different health regions of the country, participated in the workshop entitled” Standard Operating Procedures of the WHO in response to a poliovirus event or outbreak, and implementation of the recommendations for strengthening polio surve...

Dates: 24 – 31 July 2023Participants: Immunization, maternal and child health and planning Managers of the Minister of Health, Mali (National and regional), WHO, UNICEF (HQs, ROs, COs)Background: The lot quality assurance-cluster sampling (LQA-CS) survey, which validated maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination (MNTE) in the six...

COVID-19 vaccines have been developed in record time, but deployment has varied across countries due to differences in health system capacity, demand for the vaccine, and the purchasing power of countries. The aim is to synthesize experiences on service delivery and integration to inform future COVID-19 vaccination programming and for the knowledge...