Published in September 2024, the report "The Value of Prevention for Economic Growth and the Sustainability of Healthcare, Social, and Welfare Systems" realized by The European House - Ambrosetti in collaboration with Vaccines Europe and IFPMA explores the economic, fiscal, and health return of investments in preventive healthcare. Preventative hea...

Several new vaccines including Rotavirus vaccine and Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) were introduced under the Universal Immunization Program (UIP) in Bihar, India. The most recent introduction was PCV in 2017 in selected districts, with subsequent expansion across the states in 2018. During COVID 19 pandemic, routine immunization activities w...

Since the creation of the Chad Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in 1984 until 2018, vacination coverage (VC) of the third dose of vaccine protecting against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DPT3) has never reached 50% according to WUENIC data. In 2019, Chad achieved a DTC3 CV of 50%, 52% in 2020, 58% in 2021, 60% in 2022 and 67% in 2023 ...

Nagaland is a mountainous state nestled in the hills of north-eastern India. It is a land of multiple languages, dialects and home to 17 major hill tribes.Considering the diversity and difficult terrain, it is challenging to deliver health care services to the community, including child vaccination. This has prompted multiple state-level del...

The Immunization Economics Community of Practice management team are excited to announce the launch of the new website. With this refresh, it is easier for users to find resources and navigate the website. You can now find a resource library in which every immunization economics resource ever published can easily individually be found through a com...

PAHO has launched two web pages with resources to help countries improve their communication about vaccination and increase demand for vaccines. The two pages are part of the Immunization Toolkit under the “Social communication and demand generation” tab, available here.The first page, “Behavioral science: Vaccine demand and confidence,” explains w...

PAHO publishes the Immunization Newsletter four times a year in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. Its purpose is to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information on immunization programs in the Region of the Americas and beyond. It has been published since 1979 in English and Spanish, with French and Portuguese versions beginning in 2001...

Neonatal tetanus, a severe newborn illness from the toxigenic strains of Clostridium tetani, persists in middle- and low-income countries due to non-sterile childbirth practices. Unlike smallpox and polio, tetanus cannot be eradicated: Clostridium tetani spores exist in the environment, and animal reservoirs. However, elimination as a public health...

The countries and territories of the Americas, with support from PAHO, have made remarkable progress in immunization, providing protection against vaccine-preventable diseases with a life-course approach. PAHO's Special Program on Comprehensive Immunization (CIM) in its role of disseminating information on progress and challenges in the field of im...

Dates: 29/04-02/05 2024 Participants: Ministry of Health Indonesia, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Religious Affair, Coordinating Ministry of Human Development and Cultural Affairs and other ministries and organizations in Indonesia, Ministry of Bhutan, Ministry of Sri Lanka and Ministry of Timor Leste. Objectives: Improve capacity and commitme...

On 24 October 2023, Nigeria officially introduced the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine into its routine immunization schedule in a bid to protect at least 7.7 million girls aged 9–14 years across the country. The launch in the capital city of Abuja was attended by top government officials from the Ministries of Health, Education, and Budget &...

Washington, D.C., April 16, 2024 - In the context of the 22nd Vaccination Week in the Americas, celebrated from 20-27 April, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is sharing more than 15 innovative experiences that countries in the Region have implemented to promote vaccination in their communities. The slogan of the week this year is Engage ...

The Office of Health Economics (OHE), an independent health economics research organisation, released a first-of-its-kind analysis, commissioned by The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA), investigating the health and socio-economic benefits of adult vaccination programmes. The report focuses on ...

The GPEI "Integration: Polio Resources Responding to Community Needs & Strengthening Health Systems" fact sheet has been updated to include information through April 2024. The fact sheet provides a concise overview of the global Integration function, GPEI Integration priorities and examples from a number of key countries. For additional informa...

Dates: 11- 14 July 2023 Venue: Lomé (Togo), West Africa Participants: almost 250 participants, mainly from the Ministries of Health of the 17 West African countries covered by IST West Africa, as well as numerous partners, including UNICEF, Gavi, WAHO, AMP, PATH and other immunization, health system, reproductive health, emergency support teams. Ob...

Dates: 16-18/01/2024 Participants: Chairperson and members of the South-East Asia Regional Expert Panel for Verification of Hepatitis B Control, Chairperson of the South-East Asia Regional Validation Committee for Elimination of Mother-To-Child Transmission of HIV, Syphilis and Hepatitis B, representatives of national programmes of India, Maldives ...

Dates: 19-29 March 2024, Bhuthan. Participants: National ITAG members and medical officers, WHO and UNICEF country office technical officers, subject experts from US-CDC, WHO SEARO, UNICEF ROSA and a representative of the NITAG Thailand Overview: This joint national/international Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) and vaccine preventable dise...

From 20 to 27 April 2024, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), together with the countries and territories of the Region of the Americas and its partners, celebrated the 22nd annual Vaccination Week in the Americas (VWA) and the 13th World Immunization Week (WIW) under the call to action: Engage now to protect your future. #GetVax During VW...

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...