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

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Hot Topics | Take Action | The Monthlies | Before You Go AUGUST 2, 2023Happy National Immunization Awareness Month!With students preparing for another academic year, I am sure many of you are already in the throes of back-to-school immunization campaigns. Thank you to everyone for all that you do to ensure our communities are...

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View this email in your browser IVAC Webinar | August 2023!---->ONE WEEK LEFT TO REGISTER! WHY MEASLES RATES ARE ON THE RISEMeasles is a highly contagious and vaccine-preventable disease that has been on the rise, both in the United States and globally. Missed routine immunizations due to the COVID-19 pandemic and growing mi...

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World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF published the 2022 annual estimates of national immunization coverage on Tuesday 18th July. The data was highly anticipated, especially in light of 2021’s data which warned that the COVID-19 pandemic had caused a sustained decline in global coverage – at great threat to the health of children and communiti...

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Dear all,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: In Canada, theNACI Guidance on the use of COVID-19 vaccines in the fall of 2023 (PDF) is now available online.In France, the N...

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Postponed until Quarter 1 2024 ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ...

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Listen to our latest podcast episode on Ghana ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌...

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28 July 2023, Vol. 98, No. 30, pp. 327–334 Now online IN THIS ISSUE 327 35th meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication, 2–3 May 2023 28 juillet 2023, Vol. 98, No. 30, pp. 327-334 Maintenant en ligne DANS CE NUMÉRO 327 35e réunion du Groupe spécial international pour l...

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2023 WUENIC UpdatesAs Immunization Coverage Begins to Recover, Inequities RemainAlthough we are beginning to recover from the immunization backslide caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the recently released WHO and UNICEF national estimates of immunization coverage (WUENIC) shows that continued efforts are needed to e...

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JULY 2023Immunization @ JSIEfforts to address historic backsliding in immunization continue and are starting to make progress. In 2022, 4 million more children received immunization services than the previous year. Despite progress toward the “Big Catch Up,” of the 20.5 million who missed one or more doses of their diphtheria...

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JULY 26, 2023 TAKE ACTIONSubmit Your SnapShots Content Soon!We want to showcase your work in the next edition of SnapShots! Time is running out for you to submit your content for consideration. The submission process is quite simple: send your article to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by tomorrow, Thursday, July 27 for inclusio...

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VACCINE ACCESS DIGEST | July 2023NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTSAsk the Experts: Why Measles Rates are on the Rise Measles is a highly contagious and vaccine-preventable disease that has been on the rise, both in the United States and globally. Missed routine immunizations due to the COVID-19 pandemic and growing mistrust ...

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21 July 2023, Vol. 98, No. 29, pp. 315–326 Now online IN THIS ISSUE 315 Progress towards hepatitis B control and elimination of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus – WHO African Region, 2016–2021 21 juillet 2023, Vol. 98, No. 29, pp. 315-326 Maintenant en ligne DANS CE NUMÉRO...

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Urgent actions are required in African region to response to polio outbreaksAt the 31st meeting of the Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 3 to 7 July, the ARCC urged countries and health partners to urgently address gaps in polio immunity to avert outbreaks. ...

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Take Action | Hot Topics | The Monthlies | Before You Go JULY 19, 2023 TAKE ACTIONThere’s Still Time to Register for AIRA’s Discovery Session on Improving IIS Data Quality Join us for the next AIRA Discovery Session on Monday, July 24 at 4-5 p.m. ET to hear about how jurisdictions are improving IIS data quality. We’ve had a change in...

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News from PATH on vaccine uptake and accessJuly 2023|View Online|SubscribeIn this issue New multivalent meningococcal vaccine granted WHO prequalification Malawi introduces TCV Pivotal study reaffirms efficacy of a single-dose HP...

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IVAC Webinar | July 2023Learning from the COVID-19 Pandemic:Emerging Priorities in Vaccine Safety and Pharmacovigilance in Asia and the PacificWhen: July 27 from 7:00am - 8:00am EDT | CLICK TO REGISTER Description: Vaccine safety and pharmacovigilance have been identified as a key area of importance in Asia a...

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Reaching Further Through Radical CollaborationOver the next three years, VillageReach will draw upon our strengths, developed over two decades, by building high-quality solutions that address the needs and preferences of communities and bring health products to hard-to-reach people in innovative ways. We gave ourselves bold goals bec...

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Volume 17, Issue 6 - June 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, an...

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14 July 2023, Vol. 98, No. 28, pp. 297–314 Now online IN THIS ISSUE 297 WHO Alliance for the Global Elimination of Trachoma: progress report on elimination of trachoma, 2022 14 juillet 2023, Vol. 98, No. 28, pp. 297-314 Maintenant en ligne DANS CE NUMÉRO 297 Alliance de l’OMS pour l’élimin...

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