People That Deliver Grand Challenge Announcement With the generous support from the FIA Foundation, an independent UK-registered charity that promotes road safety, People that Deliver (PtD) has launched a Grand Challenge in the “Last Mile Health Supply Chain COVID-19 Support”, which will provide seed funding to promising projects i...

Monthly Update May 2020 in Review www.immregistries.org In This Issue… Message from the AIRA Board PresidentAIRA Board Directors Nominations and Officer Election ResultsWhat's Making You Smile?AIRA's COVID-19 Response UpdateAIRA National Meeting UpdateAIRA Board Corner: Christy Gray, DirectorMeasurement and Improvement: Is Your IIS Vendor Pr...

5 June 2020, Vol. 95, No. 23/24, pp. 257–264 Now online IN THIS ISSUE 257 Fast-tracking WHO’s COVID-19 technical guidance to training for the frontlineDownload 5 juin 2020, Vol. 95, No. 23/24, pp. 257-264 Maintenant en ligne DANS CE NUMÉRO 257 Accélération de la mise à disposition des orientationstechniques de l’OMS sur l...

Hello,Do you know someone who would make a great AIRA director? It could be you! AIRA needs your leadership as we navigate these trying times.Nominations are now open for four director positions.Please submit your nominations by 11:59pm ET on Friday, June 19. AIRA values a variety of skills and styles in its boar...

Hello,Per the AIRA bylaws, officers are elected by the AIRA board. AIRA is pleased to announce the following officer election results: Christy Gray from the Virginia Department of Health was elected as AIRA's President-ElectHeather Roth from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment was re-elected to serve another term as...

Will COVID-19 accelerate digital transformation? 5 ways the development community can “build back better” By Kate Wilson, CEO of the Digital Impact Alliance and Skye Gilbert, Executive Director of Digital Square, PATH Posted in People, Products Photo: PATH/Gabe Bienczycki. Marie-Reine Rutagwera, a malaria surveillance specialist for PATH, and Monde...

The Essential Role of Health Supply Chain Workers in COVID-19 Pandemic Response Wednesday, June 10, 20209 a.m. EDT (3 p.m. CEST)Register Health systems in low- and middle-income countries are facing the urgent pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic. Health supply chain workers are essential - ensuring continuity of care as wel...

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Issue 1499: June 3, 2020 TOP STORIESIAC Commentary: Coronavirus Vaccines—It’s Not a Race. One of the shortest editorials ever.Reminder: IAC adds many new materials to its new Repository of Resources for Maintaining Immunization during COVID-19 PandemicUpdated! Two Ask the Experts secti...

Hello, Please see the following Information Request from the California Department of Public Health. If you are willing to share information, please reply directly to this email and include contact information for follow-up. INFORMATION REQUESTED Does your IIS accept temporary/place-holder names for newborns e.g. |SMITH^BABY MARY|?If yes, which nam...

You are subscribed to CDC's Immunization Works! newsletter email subscription service. The current issue is now available. Top Stories Maintaining Childhood Immunizations and Well-Child Care During COVID-19 PandemicImmunization Action Coalition (IAC)American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Urges Parents: Call Your Pediatrician! MMWR Decline...

29 May 2020, Vol. 95, No. 22, pp. 241–256 Now online IN THIS ISSUE 241 Meeting of the Strategic Advisory Group of experts on Immunization, 31 March–1 April 2020: conclusions and recommendationsDownload29 mai 2020, Vol. 95, No. 22, pp. 241-256 Maintenant en ligne DANS CE NUMÉRO 241 Réunion du Groupe stra...

96 Polio News May 2020Dear polio eradication supporter, Catch up on the latest polio eradication activities around the world this month in Polio News.!-- View this email in your browser or download PDFMay 2020POLIO NEWSDear Moderator,To help curb the spread of COVID-19, two months ago the Global Polio Eradication I...

IAC Express #1498 - Dozens of new resources for maintaining immunization during the pandemic - and more newsEmail not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Issue 1498: May 27, 2020 TOP STORIESCDC publishes "Decline in Child Immunization Coverage during the COVID-19 Pandemic—Michigan Care Improvement Registry, May 2016–May 202...

By Celina Kareiva, Senior Communications Associate Posted in BID Learning Network (BLN), People, Policies & Practices Photo: PATH/Paul Nindi. BLN members visit a health facility in Lusaka during an in-person meeting before COVID-19. The peer learning network has taken on new importance for its virtual spaces amid an evolving global pandemic. On...

View this email in your browserDate: 27 May 2020 Gavi, UNICEF and WHO call for joint effort to deliver immunization and proceed with campaigns safelyTo address the growing impact of COVID-19 on immunization service delivery, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO leadership highlighted the importance of maintaining efforts tosafely deliver routine...

Hello, This email contains an AART User Group reminder and AIRA's final comments on the National Quality Forum (NQF) immunization-related measures.Reminder: Register Today for the May AART User Group Mini-Series As a reminder, the next session of the AART User Group Mini-Series will be Wednesday, May 27 at 4:00pm ET. This session will b...

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser Issue 1497: May 26, 2020 Ask the Experts: IAC Experts Answer Your Questions about Vaccination During the Pandemic and about Tdap Recommendations As a thank-you to our loyal IAC Express readers, we periodically publish special editions such as this one, providing you with new and updated...

Hello, A new resource, Vaccine Code Set Considerations: If Only It Were Rocket Science, is now published on the AIRA website. This document provides a general overview of vaccine code sets and also briefly describes how code sets are used in support of multiple and varied IIS functions, including electronic data exchange with EHRs and other he...

Hello, We know many of you saw the mass vaccination information that came out in the CDC IIS Information Brief this morning, and we’ve already gotten many questions from our members about what further information AIRA has on the mass vaccination tool CDC referred to in the brief. The short answer is that we don’t have further details on the tool, a...

Dear AIRA Community, Due to the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic, it is with heavy hearts that we announce that the AIRA National Meeting, scheduled for August 11 – 13, 2020 in Portland, will be postponed until 2021. Out of concern for the health and safety of our attendees, employees, and local communities — and in line with recent government orders in...