On December 7, 2022, HLN released a new version (v1.37.1) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) in support of significant updates to the COVID-19 vaccine group to align ICE with the latest immunization recommendations. Version 1.37.1 also includes updates to the Hepatitis B, Orthopoxviru...

Globally, COVID-19 vaccination has played a critical role in reducing deaths and hospitalizations from SARS-COV-2 infections.  As of December 2021, Somalia had only fully vaccinated 5.9% of its population against COVID-19, due to the country’s weak and fragile health system combined with unpre...

The recently published “Overcoming barriers to vaccine acceptance: Learnings from 734 health workers” report analyses 734 case studies developed by frontline health workers in November 2020 as part of the COVID-19 Peer Hub, a peer learning programme of The Geneva Learning Foundation. This exercise...

Despite starting the national COVID-19 vaccine roll-out in June 2021, coverage remained low in Chad in early 2022, with 0.8% of the population fully vaccinated and 26% of doses received being administered. In January 2022, Chad was considered one of the 13 “very high-risk” countries as per the WHO...

COVID-19 vaccination campaigns were launched in Guatemala in February 2021. Despite several efforts, by April 15, 2022, national COVID-19 two-dose vaccination coverage was <40%. To help bridge identified gaps in access to COVID-19 vaccination and preventive healthcare, the Ministry of Health´s ...

The unique features of the pandemic and COVID-19 vaccination have forced new ways of managing immunization programs and introducing vaccines. This includes departing from traditional methods of training and preparing the workforce for COVID-19 vaccination. As USAID’s flagship global technical leade...

We are pleased to announce that the Teach to Reach: Connect 6 plenaries and workshops are now available. Register for Teach to Reach: Connect 7 on 14 October 2022 https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach Topics covered include: Immunization Agenda 2030, COVID-19 vaccine demand, gender barrier...

Dear colleagues, You are invited to the next session of the ‘Learning Collective Initiative’ in Covid-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership (CoVDP) Webinar Series.  Session 4 – Learnings from One Plan / One Budget DevelopmentSeptember 20, 2022 - 11.30am UTC  A ‘Learning Collective Initiative’...

Version 1 (OMS et UNICEF) en date du 27 juillet 2022 Ce document présente les principales considérations programmatiques essentielles pour passer des campagnes de masse pour la vaccination contre la COVID-19 à l'intégration de la vaccination contre la COVID-19 dans les programmes de vacci...

Title: Considerations for integrating COVID-19 vaccination into immunization programmes and primary health care for 2022 and beyondVersion 1 (WHO & UNICEF) 27 July 2022 Content: This document lays out key considerations for integrating COVID-19 vaccination into immunization programme services, P...

HLN released a new version (v1.35.3) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE). ICE is a state-of-the-art open source software system that provides clinical decision support for immunizations for use in Immunization Information Systems (IIS), Electronic Health Record (EHR), and Personal Health Re...

WHO in partnership with ECHO is happy to invite you to join a webinar session on "Best Practices on COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence and Uptake". This is the 3rd session of the ‘Learning Collective Initiative’ in Covid-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership (CoVDP) webinar series.  In this session we...

*New* Episode from the COVID-19 Listening & Learning Podcast Released Listen Now! Available on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, Gaana, Google, Stitcher, Audible Now Playing: Episode 6   COVID-19 Response ...

Dear colleagues,   You are invited to a new TechNet webinar series on Strategies for optimizing Covid-19 vaccine distribution.   This webinar series has several sessions that will discuss different strategies for optimizing vaccine distribution and use in various contexts. Speakers fro...

For the last one year we have focused on developing a transactional eLMIS in DHIS2 platform, SoftLMIS. SoftLMIS, a custom web application, has been set to run on top of the DHIS2 platform to manage real-time stock of health commodities by batch# & expiry date, and allow day-to-day stock transact...

A new COVID-19 Maternal Immunization Resource Library hosted by PATH is now available as a one-stop information hub linking to global and country-specific research, guidance, tools, publications, and other resources related to COVID-19 vaccines and pregnancy and/or breastfeeding. The tool is desig...

Dear colleagues, WHO, UNICEF with the support of TechNet-21 invite you to a webinar session on "Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine new formulation: implications on vaccine management, supply chain, and technical assistance". This webinar will orient countries on the new Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 Vacc...

Contenu : Ce jeu de diapositives résume les derniers facteurs à prendre en considération et recommandations de l’OMS quant au choix des produits vaccinaux contre la COVID-19 avec la liste d’utilisation d’urgence (EUL) de l’OMS (la plupart de ceux-ci étant actuellement disponibles via le mé...

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