This weekly report provides key highlights and operational recommendations based on social media monitoring from November 7-14 in Eastern, Western and Southern Africa, as well as relevant information on current mis/disinformation. Descriptions of online engagements and information gathering are listed in the methodology. https://www.afro....

03 February 2023, Vol. 98, No. 05, pp. 53–62 Now online IN THIS ISSUE 53 COVID-19 mortality and progress towards vaccinating older adults – worldwide, 2020–2022 03 février 2023, Vol. 98, No. 05, pp. 53-62 Maintenant en ligne DANS CE NUMÉRO 53 Mortalité associée à la COVID-19 et progrès de ...

FEBRUARY 1, 2023I hope you’re having a great week. It’s an exciting one for AIRA, as I am thrilled to introduce the very first edition of the AIRA Weekly Update. This new publication will allow us to consolidate the various email messages we send out several times per week plus the AIRA Monthly Update into a single weekly emai...

Gearing up to stop polio in Afghanistan and PakistanIn October 2022, the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for Afghanistan and Pakistan met in Muscat, Oman, to conduct a thorough review of ongoing polio eradication efforts in the remaining polio endemic countries. During the 6-day meeting they also provided strategic ...

Recently Published Articles and ResourcesImproving Service Experience to Build Resilient Health SystemsIn a new PLOS Global Public Health blog, JSI’s Samantha Noor and Hannah Hausi delve into the importance of addressing health service delivery challenges. Their commentary illustrates how to improve availability, accessibility, and quality of healt...

This weekly report provides key highlights and operational recommendations based on social media monitoring from October 24-31 in Eastern, Western and Southern Africa, as well as relevant information on current mis/disinformation. Descriptions of online engagements and information gathering are listed in the methodology. https://www.afro....

This weekly report provides key highlights and operational recommendations based on social media monitoring from October 17-24 in Eastern, Western and Southern Africa, as well as relevant information on current mis/disinformation. Descriptions of online engagements and information gathering are listed in the methodology. https://www.afro....

This weekly report provides key highlights and operational recommendations based on social media monitoring from October 10-17 in Eastern, Western and Southern Africa, as well as relevant information on current mis/disinformation. Descriptions of online engagements and information gathering are listed in the methodology. https://www.afro....

This report seeks to communicate operational recommendations based on social media monitoring from October 1-7, 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 Co...

This report seeks to communicate operational recommendations based on social media monitoring from September 24-30, 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 Coast, Ni...

This report seeks to communicate operational recommendations based on social media monitoring from September 17-23, 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 Coast, Ni...

VACCINE ACCESS DIGEST | JANUARY 2023NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTSIVAC Collaborates with Global Partners to Tackle Cervical Cancer Worldwide, cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women, with an estimated 604,000 new cases and 342,000 cervical cancer-related deaths reported in 2020. To help address this ...

The latest polio eradication activities around the world this month in Polio News. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌...

27 January 2023, Vol. 98, No. 04, pp. 41–52 Now online IN THIS ISSUE 41 34th meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication, 19–20 September 2022 50 Monthly report on dracunculiasis cases, January – November 2022 27 janvier 2023, Vol. 98, No. 04, pp. 41-52 Maintenant en li...

Looking Ahead to 2023 and BeyondWhen I look back on 2022, I see so many places VillageReach took chances, aimed higher, and achieved new impacts in partnership with others. At the “vaccinodromes” of Kinshasa (DRC) and Yopougon (Côte d’Ivoire), we combined all that we know about delivering primary health care...

HIV programs have long prioritized person-centered care, and it’s exciting to see other health domains such as supply chain management and TB treatment adopting this approach. Person-centered care acknowledges people’s dignity, finds out what is important to them, and puts them at the center of health programs at all levels—individual, community, h...

Dear all,Compliments of the season! Here is the first update of 2023. Reminder: If you would like to advertise the work of your NITAG through these monthly update, you can contact me with your recommendation.If your NITAG would like to become a GNN member, please send me an email with the contact details of the chair and the secretariat.If ...

News from PATH on vaccine developmentJanuary 2023|SubscribeIn this issue A public health value proposition for prospective Shigella vaccines Inventprise’s expanded-coverage pneumococcal vaccine enters the clinic Thailand-produced COVID-19 vaccine ...

By Rachel Simon on January 23rd, 2023 On January 17, 2023, the IAPHL Advisory Group held its final meeting to elect the Term Members of the new IAPHL Governing Council. This new governing body was established as part of IAPHL’s 3-Year Strategic and Management Plan. We thank all organizations and members that applied to be part of the IAPHL Governin...

Epidemiology of human monkeypox (mpox) – worldwide, 2018–2021 Monkeypox, now also known as mpox, is a zoonotic disease1 caused by a virus: species Monkeypox virus, genus Orthopox- virus (MPXV). The wild mammalian reservoir species is unknown. There are 2 genetic clades of MPXV:2 clade I, in Central Africa, and cla...