Global leaders commit US$ 2.6 billion at World Health Summit to end polioOn 18 October 2022 global leaders confirmed US$ 2.6 billion in funding toward the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s (GPEI) 2022-2026 Strategy at a pledging moment at the World Health Summit in Berlin. Read more hereRead more in the latest...
IN THIS EDITION • Overview: Global Situation | 92 Advanced Market Commitment Countries | 34 Countries for Concerted Support • In-depth: Data and reporting systems for vaccine delivery • Country insights: Opportunities and challenges of real-time COVID-19 reporting systems - Malawi, Burkina Faso and RwandaThis Issue can be downloaded bel...
IVAC Webinar Series October 2022 Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Register for Webinar, "Restoring coverage of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines (PCV) as a Priority"Register Now When: November 9, 2022 at 11:00AM - 12:00PM ET The COVID-19 pandemic has led to major backsliding for childhood...
21 October 2022, Vol. 97, No. 42, pp. 525–536 Now online IN THIS ISSUE 525 Progress towards poliomyelitis eradication – Pakistan, January 2021–July 2022 532 WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme (WHE): acute emergencies monthly summary – September 2022 21 octobre 2022, vol. 97, No. 42, pp. 52...
Hello,Following the Food and Drug Administration’s Emergency Use Authorization, CDC’s Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, signed a decision memo allowing Novavax monovalent COVID-19 boosters for adults.A monovalent Novavax booster dose (instead of a bivalent mRNA booster dose) may be used in people ages 18 years and ...
14 October 2022, Vol. 97, No. 41, pp. 513–524 Now online IN THIS ISSUE 513 Global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis: progress report, 2021 14 octobre 2022, Vol. 97, No. 41, pp. 513-524 Maintenant en ligne DANS CE NUMÉRO 513 Programme mondial pour l’élimination de la filarios...
Volume 16, Issue 9 - September 2022The 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 performanc...
Immunization programs around the world have new and familiar challenges to preventing life-altering diseases. After focusing on COVID-19 vaccine programs for the past few years, countries now look to strengthen routine immunization and program recovery to prevent further backslides and outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases. Whethe...
GPEI Welcomes the Launch of the 2022 Scientific Declaration on Polio EradicationOn 11 October more than 2,800 leading scientists, physicians, and global health experts from 110 endemic, polio-affected, at-risk, and partner countries launched the 2022 Scientific Declaration on Polio Eradication. Although remarkable ...
7 October 2022, Vol. 97, No. 40, pp. 493–512 Now online IN THIS ISSUE 493 WHO position paper on hepatitis A vaccines – October 2022 7 octobre 2022, Vol. 97, No. 40, pp. 493-512 Maintenant en ligne DANS CE NUMÉRO 493 Note de synthèse: position de l’OMS concernant les vaccins contre l’h...
Monthly Update September 2022 in Review www.immregistries.org In This Issue: Executive Director's UpdateAIRA 2022 Board Election ResultsAIRA 2023 National MeetingWelcome New Staff to AIRARegister for Epi Connect!Measurement & Improvement: Data at Rest into AssessmentImmunization Integration Program (IIP) Participates in the Integrating t...
The latest polio eradication activities around the world this month in Polio News. ...
Afghanistan completes largest ever review of polio surveillance systemTo ascertain whether the sharp decline in the number of children paralysed by wild poliovirus in Afghanistan in the last eighteen months was an accurate reflection of the reality on the ground, 16 polio expertsvisited 76 districts in 25 of...
30 September 2022, Vol. 97, No. 39, pp. 481–492 Now online IN THIS ISSUE 481 Progress in eliminating onchocerciasis in the WHO Region of the Americas: Advances in reaching the last endemic communities of the South Focus in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 485 Update: circulation o...
Dear all,Here comes the end of September, the fall season and the second ordinary SAGE meeting! NITAGs are getting back to other topics than COVID-19 vaccines and COVID-19 working groups are meeting less often - this will hopefully allow NITAG members to tackle the decrease in childhood immunization coverage and the ambitious IA2030 objecti...
IVAC Webinar Series September 2022 Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Register for Webinar, " Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals – Reaching the communities left furthest behind"Register Now When: October 7, 2022 at 8:30 AM-9:30 AM ET The COVID-19 pandemic has affected countr...
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23 September 2022, Vol. 97, No. 38, pp. 465–480 Now online IN THIS ISSUE 465 Neglected tropical diseases: progress towards recovery from COVID-19 – 2022 update 23 septembre 2022, Vol. 97, No. 38, pp. 465-480 Maintenant en ligne DANS CE NUMÉRO 465 Maladies tropicales négligées: progrès vers ...
SUMMARY: As of 4 September 2022, a total of 235 million people in the African Region had completed the primary COVID-19 vaccination series, representing 20.3% of the Region's population. Two countries in the African Region have surpassed the target of 70% of their population fully vaccinated: Mauritius (75.3%) and Seychelles (76.3%). Following...
This report seeks to communicate operational recommendations based on social media monitoring from September 10-16, as well as relevant information on current mis/disinformation. Target countries include Angola (PT), Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa (EN), Burkina Faso,,Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Guinea, Ivory Coa...