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...

Lessons from the frontlines of the digital revolution: The BID Learning Network mentors countries invested in digital solutions By Hassan Mtenga, Country Lead Health System Strengthening, BID Initiative Posted in BID Learning Network (BLN), People, Policies & Practices, Products Photo: PATH/Trevor Snapp. Health professionals visit Kaoleni Healt...

By Masaina Bwakya, Change Management Lead, BID Initiative Posted in Practices Photo: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/John Healey. Gertrude Tembo holds her baby during a vaccination service at the Mahatma Gandhi Clinic in Livingstone, Zambia. The Mahatma Gandhi Clinic is one of the first clinics to use data quality and use interventions under th...

96 Thank You! Thank you to our community for your support in 2019! VillageReach has its 20 year anniversary this year, and contributions like yours have helped 35 million people receive medicine and improved access to better health care. This year, you helped VillageReach support more than 11,000 health workers so their patients receive better...

96 Help Deliver Vaccines to Children at the Last Mile !-- Last year, I took a boat up the Congo River to a remote area where VillageReach improves vaccine delivery. I experienced firsthand the challenge of reaching these communities – and saw how important it is to get vital vaccines and medicines to people like Bibi and Dr. Odile. Make Your G...

Hello, Happy holidays from AIRA! The December edition of SnapShots is now available. This edition features lessons learned from IIS in obtaining Medicaid match funding, an article from several IIS that have successfully partnered with vital records, research on the power of IIS-based reminder-recall to improve immunization rates, and more. SnapShot...

Hello, AIRA and MACAW (the Measurement for Assessment and Certification Advisory Workgroup) would like to invite you to a Town Hall meeting to discuss proposed Incoming/Ongoing Assessment Measures and Tests, Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Assessment Thresholds, and CDS Validation. This call is scheduled for January 9, 2020 from 3:30pm – 4:30pm EST...

96 Ensuring Quality Health for EVERYONE !-- !---->VillageReach has a vision for a world where each person has the health care needed to thrive. Since 2000 we have been working with partners in sub-Saharan Africa to solve health care delivery challenges. Over the next three years, our vision, promise and purpose is to accelerate the shift to peop...

Hello,If you attended November’s Discovery Session on the IIS Procurement Process, you may recall that there were technical issues during the session. Due to these technical issues, we did not have a recording of that session – until now! Thanks to CDC’s Beth Cox, PHII’s Bill Brand and HLN's Marcey Propp, we have rerecorded that session, and...

We are pleased to release the Clinton Health Access Initiative’s 2018 Annual Report. We thank our many partners and donors for their tireless commitment to saving lives and ensuring that all people, no matter where they live, have access to quality, affordable health services. The theme for this year’s report is ‘Our Approach in Action’ and you wil...

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  We are pleased to release the Clinton Health Access Initiative’s 2017 Annual Report. Thanks to the continued support of our donors, the leadership of our partner governments, and our strong relationships with local communities, global organizations, other NGOs, and health service providers, CHAI has achieved some remarkable milestones over the ye...

Hello, New in 2020, the AIRA Members & Partners meetings are moving to a quarterly schedule. The AIRA Members & Partner meetings will be held from 2 – 3 p.m. ET in January, April, July, and October 2020. The purpose of this meeting is to provide you with important updates from AIRA and its partner organizations. It is a great way to get a h...

Hello, As a reminder, AIRA’s next Discovery Session will be held on Monday, December 16 at 4pm ET. AIRA and the Modeling of Immunization Registry Operations Workgroup (MIROW) Steering Committee are excited to introduce an upcoming MIROW guide, Business Continuity Planning for Immunization Information System Programs. Highlights of the gui...

By Celina Kareiva, Senior Communications Associate Posted in Packaging, People, Policies & Practices, Practices Photo: PATH/Trevor Snapp. A health worker at Mareu Health Center in Tanzania checks her mobile phone. New evidence demonstrates that digital tools are improving immunization service delivery. The BID Initiative is committed to advanci...

96 Your gift delivers the health care EVERYONE deserves !-- Dr. Odile is a lifesaver for women in the health zone of Makanza, a remote community on the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She has delivered nearly every child in her community and provides medical care to children and their families.But Dr. Odile must have vaccines ...

Introducing our 2020 - 2023 Goals and StrategiesReaching the Under-Reached: 2020 - 2023 Goals and StrategiesThe world has changed greatly in the nearly 20 years since our founders – Blaise Judja-Sato, Craig Nakagawa, Lionel Pierre, and Didier Lavril – joined forces with Mrs. Graça Machel’s Foundation for Community Development in Mozam...

BID launches generic tools to help other likeminded countries implement data quality and use interventions | Better Immunization Data Initiative BID launches generic tools to help other likeminded countries implement data quality and use interventions By Laurie Werner, Global Director, BID Initiative Posted in Packaging, Practices Photo: PATH/Trevo...

Reaching the Last Mile View as WebpageDrones Swoop into the Congo with VaccinesThe Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Ministry of Health, Gavi, Swoop Aero and VillageReach celebrated the first drone flights to deliver vaccines that were administered to children at a health center in Equateur Province, DRC.Read More ...

Hello,This email contains a message from our partners at the.National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO). Webinar Announcement: Measles in Rockland County, NY – The Local Health Department’s Outbreak Response Measles is a highly contagious virus in which one infected person can potentially infect 9 out of 10 expo...