We’re delighted to share a newly developed set of paper-based recording and reporting tools to support Covid-19 vaccine delivery. Since Covid-19 vaccines have been rolled out at record speed in most countries, immunization programmes have had to quickly adapt or develop monitoring systems and tools...

The DHIS2 team at HISP University of Oslo and our partners at Gavi invite you to join us for the next event in our DHIS2 for Immunization webinar series, which will take place on 8 September (in English) and 9 September (in French). Additional information and registration links are below. You can al...

This week, the University of Oslo and the HISP network will host webinars on the DHIS2 COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Toolkit for our French-, Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking audiences. These events are free to attend, and registration is open via the links below:French: Tuesday, 16 Feb 14:30 UTC. ...

PATH's Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded Introducing Digital Immunization information systems: Exchange and Learning from Vietnam (IDEAL-Vietnam) project is very excited to announce the release of their second case study:  The Design, Development, and Deployme...

The PATH, Introducing Digital immunization information systems- Exchange and Learning (IDEAL) project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is excited to release the first lessons learned on transitioning from a paper-based immunization registry to an entirely digital system. The case ...

  We are pleased to announce that the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) has just launched its Scholar programme with an inaugural course in Spanish on the topic of electronic immunization registries (EIR). If you would be interested in taking this course in English or in Frenc...

La Fondation Apprendre Genève a le plaisir d'annoncer le lancement par l'Organisation pan-américaine de la Santé (OPS) de son programme Scholar, avec un cours inaugural en espagnol sur le thème des registres numériques de vaccination (RNV). Si vous souhaitez suivre ce cours en a...

La Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) le invita a postular al primer grupo del Curso de Certificación Nivel 1 sobre Planeación, Implementación y Evaluación del Registro de Vacunación Electrónico. Este curso digital interactivo en español (el curso en inglés se ofrecerá posteriormente) está ...

The BID Initiative is featured in the most recent issue (December 2018) of the MMS Bulletin #148 "Digital Health - A Blessing or Curse for Global Health." "Marrying engineering with health policy to bring digital health to scale," by Steven C. Uggowitzer, Sima C. Newell, Dykki Settle, A...

A textbook from lectures we used to give at the “Ciro de Quadros Vaccinology Course for Latin America” just got published by the Sabin Institute: https://www.sabin.org/programs/training-education/vaccinology-book. The book is available in English and Spanish. My chapter on information systems for ...

This document is designed to support EPI managers and their teams in the implementation of EIR-related information systems, using the various experiences compiled at the global level – and, especially, in the Region of the Americas – as a foundation. Within this context, the main objectives of this...

In some communities, electronic health information systems (a topic discussed here in TechNet periodically and within the Immunization Information Systems Group), including electronic nominal immunization registries, are being implemented. Some believe that electronic health information systems and ...

Dear viewers  All of us are witnessing rapid multidimensional growth of routine immunization in the current decade. Keeping pace with the rapidly expanding / frequently changing schedule itself is a challenge faced by the service providers, more so in the private sector. Pilot study revealed dange...

PAHO highlights four immunization data related activities - please see the Global Immunization News (GIN) - September 2017 (http://www.who.int/immunization/GIN_September_2017.pdf?ua=1) for full articles: Training on monitoring vaccination coverage and preventive chemotherapy to eliminate lymphatic ...

How vertical is the immunization service delivery and supply chain information managment system when they are migrated into electronic paltform? Should it be part of routine HMIS or LMIS system? or a separate one?...

Presentations from the American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA) 2017 National Meeting are now posted on AIRA’s website: http://www.immregistries.org/resources/iis-meetings/2017-national-meeting . Please click here: http://www.immregistries.org/events/past-events/annual-meetings/AIRA_2017_Na...

This report explains Shifo's approach and solution - MyChild Outreach, to strengthen outreach services to reach the fifth child and reduce equity gaps in vaccination services in rural and hard to reach areas:https://shifo.org/doc/MyChildOutreach.pdf/...

One interesting post from PAHO in the Global Immunization Newsletter (GIN), January 2017. The Global eHealth report, recently released includes a case study on Electronic Immunization Registries (EIR) in Latin America. This case study highlights the fact that Latin America is home to some of the ol...

The US CDC has updated their Resources for tools for Clinical Decision Support for Immunization. These tools can help persons adding CDSi to their Electronic Immunization Registries. CDS algorithms help the registry determine a person's eligibility for a given vaccine based on their age, vaccination...

PATH has been collaborating with Vietnam National EPI to pilot the Digital Immunization Registry in one district in a Southern province under Optimize Project since 2012. In 2014, this system was expanded in all 164 Commune Health Centers in that province. It can help to reduce workload burden, incr...