View this email in your browser or download PDFOctober 2020POLIO NEWSDear Moderator,On 24 October, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative celebrated World Polio Day by championing the heroic frontline workers who fight to protect children against polio and other diseases, and by recommitting to tackle challenges ahead. The GPEI...

30 October 2020, Vol. 95, No. 44, pp. 525–544 Now online IN THIS ISSUE 525 Antigenic and genetic characteristics of zoonotic influenza A viruses and development of candidate vaccine viruses for pandemic preparedness539 WHO seasonal influenza vaccination recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemicDownload 30 octobre 2020...

Hello, This email contains upcoming opportunities to help develop an AIRA data quality guide and to participate in a Tableau user group.Request for Volunteers to Develop an AIRA Data Quality Guide AIRA's Modeling of Immunization Registry Operations Workgroup (MIROW) Steering Committee (SC) is looking for subject matter ex...

View this email in your browserDate: 29 October 2020 Annual EYE partners' meeting on 23-24, November 2020An important message from Dr Ambrose Talisuna (Programme Manager, Emergency Preparedness, WHO AFRO) regarding the upcoming EYE strategy annual partners' meeting on 23rd and 24th November - 15.30 to 18.30 GMT+1. Please save the date.&...

In this issue of Strong Supply Chains Save Lives, we focus on the client.   JSI is transforming health supply chains so that they are driven by empowered clients, meeting them where they are with the choices they deserve. We engage with clients to design solutions that best respond to their evolving health needs and challenges. In this issue, we of...

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Issue 1,525: October 28, 2020 Top StoriesVOTE!CDC publishes “Vaccination Coverage by Age 24 Months among Children Born in 2016 and 2017—National Immunization Survey-Child, United States, 2017–2019” in MMWRDr. Melinda Wharton issues “Call to Action: Childhood Vaccination Coverage,” urgi...

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Issue 1,524: October 27, 2020 "VACCINES SAVE LIVES" BLACK ENAMEL PINS, FLU VACCINE BUTTONS AND STICKERS, AND MORE FROM IAC!IAC's elegantly designed "Vaccines Save Lives" black enamel pins make great holiday gifts or workplace recognitions!Flu season is here. Order your bright red “FLU ...

Dear Colleagues,   We are pleased to share the latest bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO)-coordinated Global Rotavirus and Invasive Bacterial Vaccine-Preventable Disease (IB-VPD) Surveillance Networks. This bulletin reports the most up-to-date global surveillance data reported to WHO on pediatric diarrhea, meningitis, and pneumonia from...

Hello, This email contains an information request and an opportunity to participate in a Tableau user group.Information Request Please see the following information request from New Hampshire. If you are willing to share information, please reply to this email and include your contact information for follow-up. INFORMATION REQUESTED For...

23 October 2020, Vol. 95, No. 43, pp. 509–524Now online IN THIS ISSUE 509 Global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis: progress report, 2019Download 23 octobre 2020 , Vol. 95, No. 43, pp. 509-524Maintenant en ligne DANS CE NUMÉRO 509 Programme mondial pour l’élimination de la filariose lymphatique: rapport de situation, 2...

Hello, This email contains a Discovery Session reminder and links to new AIRA job opportunities. AIRA Discovery Session Reminder Don’t forget to join AIRA and CDC for the next Discovery Session on Monday, October 26 at 4 p.m. ET. This month’s topic is COVID-19 Vaccine Readiness: An Overview of CDC’s COVID-19 Preparedness Report and AIRA’s Measureme...

Hello, This email contains a reminder to take AIRA's evaluation survey and a message from one of our partners.AIRA’s Evaluation Survey This Friday is the last day to take AIRA’s evaluation survey. This essential survey collects information that drives the resources, initiatives, and educational offerings AIRA provides. This survey assesses Y...

IAC Express #1,523 - Your weekly immunization news service: SHEA on medical exemptions and more Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Issue 1,523: October 21, 2020 Top StoriesSociety for Healthcare Epidemiology of America issues policy statement that only medical contraindications should be accepted as a reason for not receiving ...

Hello, You’re invited to a webinar on Tuesday, October 27 from 3 to 4 p.m. ET about COVID-19 vaccination response planning for IIS. The AIRA-hosted webinar will include: What we currently know regarding response planningPresentations from jurisdictions about their plansTime for questions and answers We hope you can join us! Register here. If you ha...

In addition to our posters and presentations, we look forward to leading the Social Media Lab with APHA. The lab will offer attendees technical assistance and information on how to use social media to advance public health. Conference attendees can schedule a free one-on-one consultation with a JSI communication expert, or watch one of our 15-minut...

By Daines Mgidange, Change Management and Data Use Associate, BID Initiative, and Paul Nindi, System Project Manager, BID Initiative Posted in People, Policies & Practices Photo: PATH/Trevor Snapp. Health worker experiences and feedback are critical to designing effective digital health systems. Sharing health workers’ experiences with digital ...

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Issue 1,522: October 20, 2020 Ask the Experts: IAC Answers Questions about Meningococcal Disease and the Vaccines That Prevent ItAs an additional service to IAC Express readers, we periodically publish special editions such as this one, providing you with new and updated Ask the...

Hello, AIRA is excited to offer 30-minute virtual appointments where your IIS team can meet with AIRA technical staff to review the Aggregate Analysis Reporting Tool (AART) testing results and discuss detailed and practical recommendations for improvements. This year will also feature an M&I: COVID-19 Standards Alignment Report in addition to t...

The typical week-long supportive supervision trip of national-level officers would entail two full days traveling between Hanoi and Son La province, and many hours and even days traveling from province center to district and communes on the winding and beaten-up local roads along the mountain slopes. Due to the time consuming of travel, together wi...

By Rachel Simon on October 16th, 2020 The International Association of Public Health Logisticians (IAPHL) enables people working in public health supply chains, especially in the global south, to connect, learn, and succeed. The association envisions a world where strong, well-run supply chains reach all people with life-saving health products, and...