32nd Meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Immunization and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in the Western Pacific RegionThe 32nd Meeting of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Immunization and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in the Western Pacific Region was convened on 20-23 June in Manila, the Philippines.Read...
Oral Cholera Vaccination on the Island of Hispaniola Cholera vaccination campaign in Haiti. ©PAHO/WHO. After more than three years with no cases of cholera reported in Haiti, authorities reported two confirmed cases of Vibrio cholerae O1 in the greater Port-au-Prince area on 2 October 2022. As of 21 February 2023, the Haitian Ministry of Hea...
Regaining High Vaccination Coverage in Brazil and throughout the Americas Efforts to increase vaccination coverage in Brazil. © Gustavo Furtado, PAHO/WHO In 2019, the WHO identified low vaccination coverage as one of the world’s top 10 public health challenges. Seeking to develop and support initiatives to reverse the low vaccination coverage in th...
A final update from the COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership ...
The vaccination team in Gazaoua, Niger, supporting the yellow fever outbreak response. May 2023.EYE Strategy May newsletterA pivotal moment in the EYE Strategy At the outset of the EYE Strategy in 2017, the partners took the courageous step of planning a mid-term evaluation, which they committed...
IVAC Webinar | July 2023COVID-19 Vaccine Policy in a Changing World: Contributions of Vaccine Effectiveness StudiesWhen: July 11 from 9:00pm - 10:30pm EDT Description: Vaccine policy has evolved throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in response to research and data collected about how vaccines perform in the real world –...
The latest polio eradication activities around the world this month in Polio News. ...
30 June 2023, Vol. 98, No. 26, pp. 279–286 Now online IN THIS ISSUE 279 Index of countries/areas 279 Index, Volume 98, 2023, Nos. 1–26 281 WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme: acute emergencies monthly summary – May 202330 juin 2023, Vol. 98, No. 26, pp. 279-286 Maintenant en ligne DANS C...
VACCINE ACCESS DIGEST | JUNE 2023NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS (left to right) Emily Miller, Alex Michel, Marley Jurgensmeyer, Prachi Singh, and Rupali Limaye IVAC @ VARN2023 Several IVAC faculty members recently participated in the Sabin Vaccine Institute’s annual Vaccination Acceptance Research Network (VARN) 2...
JUNE 28, 2023 Red, white, and (don’t be) blue; AIRA’s office is closed on Tuesday In honor of Independence Day, AIRA’s office will be closed on Tuesday, July 4. We would like to express our gratitude to the men and women who have dedicated their lives to preserving our freedom. Our hope is that everyone is able to take some time to re...
Dear all,I hope you are all planning holidays (summer or winter ones!). Below are the latest recommendations from NITAGs sharing or publishing their recommendations. Feel free to reach out to me if you would like to add your NITAG work in the next updates.COVID-19: On June 9, 2023, the Public Health Agency of Canada released interim...
Nexleaf CTO and Co-Founder Martin Lukac moderated a thought-provoking panel on Data Rights in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Joined by virtual panelists from the Tanzania Ministry of Health and the Nexleaf Senior Program Manager for Impact, the discussion centered around the importance of data ownership and control for countries to ultimately be...
Participants:Twenty-eight participants representing the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), Ministries of Health (MoH) and a Freelance consultantPurpose:The workshop objectives were to brief participants on the Immunization Agenda 2030, Gavi 5.0/5.1 global immuniz...
Participants: Twenty-two EPI managers and NITAG chairs from 11 countries (Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and United Arab Emirates) attended, while other Agencies represented included CDC, Jordan CDC, EMPHENET, UNICEF-MENARO and WHO Headquarters. Purpose: The workshop objectives were to: support cou...
The Guatemalan Ministry of Health (MOH), with support from the Pan American Health Organization and the World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), developed the"Salud Sobre Ruedas" (SSR) strategy of mobile brigades in 189 rural communities in Alta Verapaz (See: https://bit.ly/42JDDmQ). These communities were selected for their limited access and va...
Tchirozérine Health District, with its high demographic density, influences the results of all health services in the Agadez Region.In terms of routine immunization in 2023, the district concentrates more than a quarter of the 28,927 region’s target children, distributed as follows: Aderbissanat (2088), Agadez Commune (6991), Arlit (6211), B...
The Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) was introduced under the Universal Immunization Program (UIP) in Gujarat in October 2021. In July 2022, as per the Health Management Information System (HMIS) portal, the administrative coverage for PCV-1 (1st Dose) was only 56% even after 9 months of introduction.In response, the state health depart...
Consistency and reliability in maintaining the cold chain are crucial for the safe storage of vaccines and medicines worldwide. To address this need, Solar Direct Drive (SDD) solutions have emerged as a promising approach. These solutions involve connecting vaccine refrigerators and freezers directly to solar panels, eliminating the need for batter...
This weekly report provides key highlights and operational recommendations based on social listening data from June 13-19 in Africa. https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/2023-06/AIRA%20Infodemic%20Trends%20Report%2013-19%20June%202023.pdf Ce rapport hebdomadaire fournit des informations clés et des recommandations opérationnelles basées ...
No images? Click here23 June 2023, Vol. 98, No. 25, pp. 269–278 Now online IN THIS ISSUE 269 Progress towards rubella elimination – WHO South-East Asia Region, 2013–202123 juin 2023, Vol. 98, No. 25, pp. 269-278 Maintenant en ligne DANS CE NUMÉRO 269 Progrès réalisés en vue de l’élimin...