APRIL 26, 2023 Note: As you may know, next week we will be hosting the AIRA 2023 National Meeting. With this, we will be taking a hiatus from publishing the Weekly Update. Don’t fret! We will be back with our regularly scheduled programming May 10.HOT TOPICSAIRA 2023 National Meeting Update The AIRA 2023 National Meetin...

Meeting of the Global polio eradication initiative Surveillance GroupThebiannualmeetingofGlobalPolioEradicationInitiative(GPEl)'s Surveillance Group (SG) was held in Atlanta, GA, USA from 17-19 April 2023.Read more in the latest issue of the bulletinR...

In 2021, a total of 25 million children worldwide missed out on life-saving vaccines. In Africa, the number was estimated to be 7.7 million, representing one-third of all global immunizations given. Make your gift today!Make your gift today! Last year, VillageReach helped increase access to quality health care for 70 million people in...

WORLD IMMUNIZATION WEEK 2023World Immunization Week: The Big Catch-UpWorld Immunization Week: The Urgent Need to Restore and Strengthen Routine Immunization IVAC joins the immunization community during World Immunization Week in calling for renewed focus and urgency toward restoring routine immunization. The ba...

21 April 2023, Vol. 98, No. 16, pp. 167–174 Now online IN THIS ISSUE 167 Update on the outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 in southeastern Africa, 2021–2022 21 avril 2023, Vol. 98, No. 16, pp. 167-174 Maintenant en ligne DANS CE NUMÉRO 167 Mise à jour sur la flambée épidémique de poliovirus sauva...

This weekly report provides key highlights and operational recommendations based on social listening data from April 14-20 in Africa. https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/2023-04/AIRA%20Infodemic%20Trends%20Report%2014-20%20April%202023.pdf Ce rapport hebdomadaire fournit des informations clés et des recommandations opérationnelles basée...

This weekly report provides key highlights and operational recommendations based on social listening data from April 7-13 in Africa. https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/2023-04/AIRA%20Infodemic%20Trends%20Report%20-7-13%20April%202023.pdf Ce rapport hebdomadaire fournit des informations clés et des recommandations opérationnelles basées...

APRIL 2023The Refocus on Strengthening Global Routine Immunization: #WorldImmunizationWeekThis World Immunization Week’s theme, “The Big Catch-Up” focuses on making up progress lost since the pandemic to ensure no child misses life-saving vaccines. This year, we'll recommit to both strengthening the foundations of stron...

APRIL 19, 2023 HOT TOPICSHow to build resiliency and prevent burnout | Register today! Join us for the next Discovery Session, How to Build Resiliency and Prevent Burnout While Preparing for the Next Pandemic, on Monday, April 24 at 4 p.m. ET. During this session, Dr. Anne Schuchat will share about the power of story, communit...

Registration is now open for the Immunization Economics 2023 IHEA Pre-Congress on 8-9 July, 2023, in Cape Town, South Africa! The session will bring together early-career to seasoned researchers from academic institutions, NGOs, and multinational organizations to exchange knowledge on the latest research methods and approaches in immunization costi...

Alliances between different health actors strengthened coordination, articulation and facilitated the resources to energize health sector authorities to promote the development of capacities and expansion of human resources in immunization.Microplanning and risk communication techniques were used to carry out high-quality vaccination c...

From 13 to 18 February 2023, Burkina Faso conducted a Mid-level Management (MLM) course training. The MLM course is a series of 18 modules developed by WHO on different topics on the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) management. The training was facilitated by the WHO/IST West Africa colleagues in charge of Finance sustainability, Routine Im...

World Immunization Week 2023Game Changers: Vaccine Innovations on the HorizonWhen: April 26 from 10:00am -11:30am EDT Description: As part of this year’s World Immunization Week (2023), the International Vaccine Access Center is hosting a webinar to highlight exciting new vaccines and immunization technology that is...

Rigorous independent review to assess status to meeting end-2023 critical goals2023 is the target year for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) to interrupt all remaining wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) and circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) transmission chains.Read more in the latest i...

14 April 2023, Vol. 98, No. 15, pp. 159–166 Now online IN THIS ISSUE 159 Progress and future directions of WHO respiratory syncytial virus surveillance – Report from the WHO meeting in November 2022 163 11th Meeting of the WHO Expert Working Group on Surveillance of Antiviral Susceptibility of I...

Volume 17, Issue 3 - March 2023The Measles and Rubella Bulletin is a monthly publication reporting progress towards achieving measles and rubella elimination in the Western Pacific Region. Inside each issue, we present the latest reported data by country on measles and rubella incidence, surveillance performance, a...

This weekly report provides key highlights and operational recommendations based on social listening data from April 1-7 in Africa. https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/2023-04/AIRA%20Infodemic%20Trends%20Report%20-%201-7%20April%202023.pdf Ce rapport hebdomadaire fournit des informations clés et des recommandations opérationnelles basée...

APRIL 12, 2023 HOT TOPICSHIMSS23 is next week!At HIMSS23, there will be a number of engaging immunization-focused activities that will provide an opportunity to exchange ideas and knowledge, network with peers, and gain insights into emerging trends and technologies.Wednesday, April 19  Physician’s ...

7 April 2023, Vol. 98, No. 14, pp. 145–158 Now online IN THIS ISSUE 145 Update on vaccine-derived poliovirus outbreaks – worldwide, January 2021– December 2022 7 avril 2023, Vol. 98, No. 14, pp. 145-158 Maintenant en ligne DANS CE NUMÉRO 145 Le point sur les flambées épidémiques de poliovirus dé...

APRIL 5, 2023April has officially arrived, so it’s time to dust off your rainboots for April showers—or just keep wearing those snow boots if you are still feeling the roar of March like I am. The first week of April brings both Adolescent Immunization Action Week 2023 (AIAW23) and National Public Health Week! I hope you can t...