Health leaders call for focused efforts in endemic and most consequential geographiesGlobal health leaders and Ministers of Health at the 154th session of the WHO Executive Board in January 2024 reaffirmed their commitment to eradicate polio once and for all and use the polio investments to build strong, equitable ...

Deadline is 15th February 2024 ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ...

View this email in your browser VACCINE ACCESS DIGEST | JANUARY 2024NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTSOne Dose at a Time: Mobilizing to Eliminate Cervical Cancer In Nigeria This past October, Nigeria introduced single-dose human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination into its routine immunization schedule for adolescent girls. Dr. Chizoba...

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26 January 2024, Vol. 99, No. 04, pp. 23–48 Now online IN THIS ISSUE 23 Editorial 25 Examining the threat of cyber-attacks on health care during the COVID-19 pandemic 38 Understanding disinformation in the context of public health emergencies: the case of COVID-1926 janvier 2024, Vol. 99...

JANUARY 2024Equitable and strong health systems rely on established routine immunization programs. This year we focus on increased opportunities to provide new and proven vaccines to all. JSI is committed to strengthening the foundations and growth of strong routine immunization programs and overcoming new and persistent ...

Why we need to professionalize the health supply chain workforce    Why we need to professionalize the health supply chain workforce PtD and VillageReach release joint op-ed in DevexClick here to access the original article, published on 24 January 2024The supply chain management skills gap is one of the reasons why more than half o...

7 minute read JANUARY 24, 2024 IN THIS ISSUE Register for the Members and Partners Meeting Announcing the #AIRA2024 Keynote Coming Soon: Provider Onboarding for IIS Training Register Today for AIRA’s Discovery Session: State Processes for Electronic Reporting to IIS Information Requests MMWR Updates to 2024 CDC Immunization Sche...

Moving the Needle | News from PATH on vaccine development͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ January 2024Subscribe World Health Organization prequalifies novel type 2 oral polio vaccine (nOPV2) Three years after it became the first vaccine to receive a World Health Orga...

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19 January 2024, Vol. 99, No. 03, pp. 11–22 Now online IN THIS ISSUE 11 Meeting of the Immunization and Vaccine-related Implementation Research Advisory Committee (IVIR-AC), September 202319 janvier 2024, Vol. 99, No. 03, pp. 11-22 Maintenant en ligne DANS CE NUMÉRO 11 Réunion du C...

The Immunization Delivery Cost Catalogue (IDCC) is the most comprehensive, standardized global evidence on the cost of delivering vaccines, covering 317 unit costs from 68 studies published between 2005 and early 2019. The IDCC supports global and country immunization stakeholders in answering the question: “What are the unit costs of vaccine deliv...

ThinkWell has released two new reports on the cost of delivering COVID-19 vaccines in Mozambique and the Philippines, aiming to support governments and address the knowledge gap on the cost of these vaccination programs. In partnership with the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane and Ateneo de Manila University, ThinkWell conducted retrospective, bottom-...

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) was introduced in the state of Maharashtra, India under the routine immunization programme in June 2021 at the peak of COVID-19 pandemic.The trainings of medical officers and health workers for this introduction were conducted in a hybrid mode. This might have led to gaps in the knowledge of healthcare wo...

nOPV2 gets prequalified by WHOIn late December 2023, the World Health Organization issued its first-ever prequalification approval for a vaccine being used under its Emergency Use Listing (EUL) regulatory pathway – novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2). Since rollout of the vaccine in March 2021, the Global Polio Eradi...

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12 January 2024, Vol. 99, No. 01/02, pp. 1–10 Now online IN THIS ISSUE 1 Meningococcal vaccines: WHO position paper on the use of multivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccines in countries of the African meningitis belt12 janvier 2024, Vol. 99, No. 01/02, pp. 1-10 Maintenant en ligne DANS...

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Volume 17, Issue 12 - December 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, and...

5 minute read JANUARY 10, 2024 IN THIS ISSUE Submit Content for the March Edition of SnapShots Register Today for the January Discovery Session Register Today for the Upcoming AIRA Members & Partners Meeting Your #AIRA2024 To-Do’s Information Requests AIRA’s 2023 Annual Report You’re Invited to Participate in M&I’s Latest Cont...