This operational resource aims to support decision-making and implementation of integrated measles and polio vaccination campaigns. Developed in consultation with the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), the Measles & Rubella Partnership (M&RP) and Gavi, th...

Dates: 24-28 August 2026 Venue: Nagasaki, Japan Participants: Vaccine researchers and public health professionals who are involved in and/or interested in research, development, epidemiology, policy making, and implementation related to vaccines and immunisation. Content: Vaccinology: Science and Public Health is a 5-day s...

Burkina Faso, a tropical country based in West Africa, has long been struggling with malaria, a life-threatening disease spread to humans by some types of mosquitoes, making it the leading cause of consultations in health centers (43%), more than 60% of hospitalizations, and 30% of reported deaths. Between 2024 and 2025, the number of mal...

The measles outbreak in Malangwa Municipality, Sarlahi District, in January 2026 demonstrated how WHO Nepal’s technical support enabled the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) to act swiftly and decisively. Within 72 hours of the first suspected case reported on 6 January, WHO facilitated laboratory conf...

Dates: 11-12 February 2026 Venue: Cairo, Egypt Participants: • Regional Immunization Technical Advisory Group (RITAG) Members• Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) Chair • National immunization programme representatives • UNICEF Middle East and North Africa (MENA) • Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network (EMPHNET) • ...

Four years into its strategic plan, the Measles & Rubella Partnership's Midterm Review reveals that while progress has been made, countries and global institutions must take urgent, collective action to reach elimination targets by 2030. At the end of 2024, 83 countries had eliminated measles and 99 ...

With Benedict Millinchip, Project Management Officer, Immunization, Vaccines & Biological Department, World Health Organization.1. As IA2030 reaches its midpoint, how would you assess global progress so far, and where are we most off track? During this decade, immunization has continued to be one of the most successful public hea...

In an era where misinformation about vaccines can spread as quickly as disease outbreaks themselves, restoring public trust and confidence in vaccination is more important than ever. To address this challenge, the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a comprehensive Vaccination Information Hub, an evidence-based online ...

Dates: 13 January 2026 Venue: New DelhiParticipants: The webinar on NITAG Maturity Assessment Tool brought together more than 50 participants, representing NITAGs and their secretariats from across the Region, the National Centre for Immunization Research and Surveillance (NCIRS), the Task Force for Global Health, the Chair of the South-E...

🌍 Introducing the WHO Vaccine Evidence Compendium A new one-stop resource to support countries in collecting and accessing reliable evidence for faster, evidence-based decisions on vaccine introduction, prioritization and portfolio optimization. 🔎 What is it? The WHO Vaccine Evidence Compendium is a centralized, curated platform hosted on the NITAG...

A new module on VIEW-hub, an open-access tool developed by the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, collates data on country-level introduction and product use for products to prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), including the maternal vaccine and monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). Avai...

Dates: 13 October 2025 Venue: Colombo, Sri Lanka The heads of delegations from the Member States of the SE Asia Region, including Hon’ble Minister of Health from Bangladesh, Nepal Ambassador to Sri Lanka and DPR Korea Ambassador to India, Dr Catharina Boehme, Officer-in-Charge, WHO South-East Asia, the Chief Country Delivery Officer from Gavi, the ...

This webinar, held on 01/12/2025, shares lessons and insights on catch-up immunization as part of the Big Catch-up initiative from country case studies conducted by the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research and the Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals Department of WHO with country partners in Cameroon, Nigeria, Pakistan, United Republi...

Dates: 17-18/11/2025 Where: Nepal Overview: WHO Nepal, with technical support from the WHO South-East Asia Regional Office (SEARO), convened a two-day cross-border capacity-building training for Surveillance Medical Officers (SMOs) of Nepal and India bordering Bihar State, India, in Biratnagar, Koshi Province, on 17–18 November 2025. A similar trai...

Dates: 03-04/11/2025Venue: Nepal Overview: WHO Nepal, with technical support from WHO South-East Asia Regional Office (SEARO), successfully convened a two-day orientation for the newly formed National Vaccine-Preventable Disease (VPD) Expert Review Committees for poliomyelitis and measles–rubella (MR). The technical orientation, first of its kind i...

Dates: March 24-26, 2026 Venue: Phnom Penh, Cambodia Every two years, the Coalition against Typhoid, based at the Sabin Vaccine Institute, convenes the International Conference on Typhoid and Other Invasive Salmonelloses. The event brings together researchers, policymakers and advocates to invigorate and coordinate the global response to typhoid an...

Location: Bangkok, Thailand Date: 29 to 31 July 2025Participants: SEA-RCCPE Chair and members, Representatives of National Certification Committees for Polio Eradication (NCCPEs), National Containment Task Force, Polio Laboratory Network, MOH, Ministry of Public Health (Thailand-host country), donor and partner agencies (UNICEF, Gates...

Location: Virtual Date: 22-24 July 2025Photo @ WHO-SEARO: Session at the tenth meeting of WHO SEA-RVC, July 2025 Participants: Almost 65 participants attended the meeting virtually. This included SEA-RVC members, chairs/representatives of National Verification Committees (NVCs), representatives from Ministries of Health, WHO country offices...

The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/OMS) is providing health workers and other professionals with new resources to help them combat vaccine misinformation, a growing issue that can negatively influence public opinion and vaccination decisions. PAHO has created specific guides tailored to various audiences, including...

On July 1, 2025, Chad launched a reactive vaccination campaign in the Ouaddaï province following a meningococcal meningitis outbreak caused by serogroup C—marking the first such occurrence in the country’s epidemiological history. It also marked the first use of the pentavalent conjugate vaccine Men5CV in Chad. This vaccine protects against five se...