In 2022, an estimated 10.6 million people fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) worldwide, and 1.3 million people died.  All this despite the availability of the BCG vaccine for infants.   The good news is that newer and better TB vaccines are on the horizon, and many are intended for use in ad...

In September 2022, the Regional Director for AFRO, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, launched the ambitious new ‘Regional Framework to Defeat Meningitis in Africa by 2030’ and called on countries to ramp up implementation of the roadmap ahead of the next seasonal outbreak of meningitis in January 2023. Despite ...

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...

On August 31, 2022, HLN released a new version (v1.36.1) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) in support of updates to the COVID-19 vaccine. ICE is a state-of-the-art open source software system that provides clinical decision support for immunizations for use in Immunization Information S...

Dear Colleagues,   The Africa Infodemic Response Alliance (AIRA) is Africa’s network to share safe, proven facts on health and to counter dangerous health misinformation.  An infodemic is too much information during a public health crisis - including false ...

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...

*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 ...

Join us in this second session of a four-part webinar series on Strengthening immunization supply chains with the Effective Vaccine Management (EVM) assessment tool.EVM is a global initiative to increase immunization coverage through the continuous improvement of vaccine supply chains, ensuring pote...

Join the Boost Community and the Exemplars in Global Health (EGH) program for a live engagement on Tuesday, May 17 at 10:00 AM EDT/ 2:00 PM GMT / 3:00 PM WAT / 7:30 PM IST (check your local time). The Exemplars in Global Health program believes that the quickest path to success is to identify who h...

Opportunité unique pour les personnel de vaccination national et sous-national Date limite d'inscription : vendredi 6 mai Depuis le début de la pandémie de COVID-19, des services de santé essentiels sont perturbés dans les pays de toutes les régions et de tous les niveaux de revenus. La situation ...

Would you like to know more about using DHIS2 for disease surveillance, early warning and outbreak detection? We invite you to join us for a high-level introduction to Disease Surveillance organized by the University of Oslo which will take place on 28 April (in French) and 4 May (in English). This ...

Dear colleagues,   TechNet-21 invites you to a webinar session: ‘Effective Vaccine Management (EVM): Why is progress so slow?’. There will be 2 sessions, one in EN and one in FR.  After presenting a summary of the results of the EVM evaluations conducted between 2009 and 2019, and n...

Stories of Resourcefulness, Adaptability & Resilience View Stories In an ongoing effort to shine a light on voices of innovation...

Course Announcement: Storytelling For Change Self-Paced Online Training for Immunization & Other Health Care Professionals Deadline to register: Friday, March 4th The Boost Community, in partnership with People Power Health, is pleased to announce that we will again be offering a fi...

Over the past couple of years, the Boost Community has brought our members’ voices, like yours, to the forefront, highlighting challenges and successes of your work as you have strived to continue critical routine immunization services amidst the COVID-19 pandemic while at the same time, p...

PATH cherche à comprendre l’impact du déploiement de la vaccination COVID-19 sur les systèmes de vaccination systématique, d’après les  leçons apprises de différents pays d’Afrique et d’Asie. Nous invitons les personnes suivantes à répondre à une enquête concernant leurs expériences &nb...

Join HISP UiO, Gavi and our partners for the final event in the 2021 DHIS2 for Immunization webinar series. This webinar will take place next Friday, 17 December, with one event in English and one in French, and will focus on microplanning solutions and innovations, featuring presentations from thr...

On November 24, 2021, HLN released a new version (v1.32.1) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) in support of updates to the COVID-19 vaccine. ICE is a state-of-the-art open source software system that provides clinical decision support for immunizations for use in Immunization Information S...

  Register Today! DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2021 - PLEASE NOTE THAT SPACE IS LIMITED!* The Boost Community, in partnership with Adaptive Change Advisors and People Power Health, is excited to offer the course, Boosting Leadership to Acti...

*DEADLINE TO APPLY IS OCTOBER 31, 2021* Following last year's inaugural call for stories of operational change that illustrate resourcefulness, adaptability and resilience, this year's call seeks stories related to programs implemented during COVID-19 as well as efforts to return to routine immun...