COVID-19 Vaccination in the Region of the Americas: Targets Met and Future Challenges © iStock On 5 May 2023, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, declared an end to the COVID-19 public health emergency of international concern, as recommended by the WHO Emergency Committe...
Regaining High Vaccination Coverage in Brazil and throughout the Americas Efforts to increase vaccination coverage in Brazil. © Gustavo Furtado, PAHO/WHO In 2019, the WHO identified low vaccination coverage as one of the world’s top 10 public health challenges. Seeking to develop and support initiatives to reverse the low vaccination coverage in th...
Oral Cholera Vaccination on the Island of Hispaniola Cholera vaccination campaign in Haiti. ©PAHO/WHO. After more than three years with no cases of cholera reported in Haiti, authorities reported two confirmed cases of Vibrio cholerae O1 in the greater Port-au-Prince area on 2 October 2022. As of 21 February 2023, the Haitian Ministry of Hea...
IN THIS EDITION THE MARCH 2023 ISSUE WILL BE OUT SOON. 30th Pan American Sanitary Conference: Keeping the Region of the Americas Polio-Free What I have learned … Raúl Montesano CastellanosTen news items on vaccination in the Americas published by PAHO | Road map to defeat meningitis by 2030Building Better Immunity: A Path to He...
June 2022 IN THIS ISSUE Vaccination Week in the Americas 2022: “Are You Fully Vaccinated? Get All Your Shots”What I Have Learned… Ana Elena Chévez, Senior Technical Advisor, Revolving Fund for Access to VaccinesStudying COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in the CaribbeanVaccines without Needles Could Have Numerous Benefits but Require Further InvestmentInc...
IN THIS EDITION WPV in Malawi and Risk to the Region of the AmericasXXVII Meeting of PAHO’s Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Vaccine-Preventable DiseasesCOVID-19 Vaccination in Indigenous Communities in Paraguay: A Differentiated Strategy to Reach Vulnerable GroupsStrengthening the Cold Chain to Provide Access to COVID-19 Vaccines f...
December 2021 IN THIS ISSUE Dr. Cuauhtémoc Ruiz Matus, a Life Dedicated to Public HealthWhat We Have Learned from John Fitzsimmons Cuauhtémoc Ruiz Matus: A Leader for Immunization in the Americas and in Times of COVID-19PAHO’s Doctor Cuauhtémoc Ruiz Matus Awarded for Achievements in HealthCDC Celebrates 15 Years of Collaboration with PAHO’s ...
View this email in your browser September 2021 IN THIS ISSUE Polio-free in the Americas for 30 YearsWhat I Have Learned about Sustaining Polio Elimination in the AmericasReducing the Risk of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in Humanitarian EmergenciesState of Polio Eradication in the Americas: Delivering on a PromiseWhy Should We All Get a COVID...
View this email in your browser June 2021 IN THIS ISSUE Vaccination Week in the Americas 2021: “Vaccines Bring Us Closer”Ultra-Low Temperatures: Challenges for the Storage and Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccines in Latin America and the CaribbeanVaccination Week in the Americas 2021 Publications Were Mentioned over 92 Million Times on Social M...
96 PAHO Immunization Newsletter: March 2021 View this email in your browser March 2021 IN THIS ISSUE PAHO Launches COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Dashboard for the Region of the AmericasDr. Merceline Dahl-Regis, PAHO Public Health Hero of the Americas Awardee, Receives Queen's HonourImmunization Agenda 2030: A Global Strategy to Leave No One BehindS...
View this email in your browser December 2020 IN THIS ISSUE Keeping the Trust: Fighting Vaccine MisinformationWhat I Have Learned as an Immunization Advisor during the COVID-19 Pandemic...by Dr. Karen Broome, PAHO/WHO Immunization Advisor for the Caribbean Sub-regionFrequently Asked Questions on COVID-19 VaccinationValidation of a Risk Categor...
View this email in your browser September 2020 IN THIS ISSUE Vaccine Development, Distribution, and SupplyWhat I Have Learned as an Immunization Advisor during the COVID-19 Pandemic...by Marc Rondy, PAHO/WHO Immunization Focal Point in GuatemalaSummary of the Status of National Immunization Programs during the COVID-19 PandemicGuidel...
96 PAHO Immunization Newsletter: June 2020 View this email in your browser June 2020 IN THIS ISSUE Update: The Immunization Program in the Context of the COVID-19 PandemicIn Memory of Dr. Louis Z. Cooper (1931-2019)Vaccination Week in the Americas 2020 in the Context of COVID-19Vaccination of Newborns in the Context of the COVID-19 PandemicFramewor...