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The WHO Department of Immunization Vaccines and Biologicals (IVB) is pleased to announce the upcoming second webinar series on Why Gender Matters for Immunization: IA2030.  The Immunization Agenda 2030 e...

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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...
The HISP Centre at the University of Oslo invites you to join the DHIS2 LMIS team and experts from the HISP network for the next webinar in our DHIS2 for Immunization series--supported by Gavi--on Logistics for Immunization Programmes. This webinar will present a high-level introduction to...
Childhood vaccination rates in Armenia are high. Yet, anecdotal evidence suggests that some health workers may advise against vaccination. The extent and reasons behind this are unknown. This study used the World Health Organization’s Tailoring Immunization Programmes approach to investigate medical...
Dear TechNet-21 Community, The research team at Johns Hopkins University International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC), on behalf of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), invites you to complete an online survey on COVID-19 vaccine delivery strategies, including challenges, successes, and innovations in th...
Between 10 and 14 October 2022, Mr Ted Chaiban, Global Lead Coordinator for the COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership (CoVDP) and his team visited Mali in West Africa- one of nine countries with less than 10% COVID-19 vaccination coverage. A member of WHO IST West Africa also supported this advocacy...
In 2012, Liberia conducted its last Comprehensive Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) review (CER). In addition, the comprehensive Multi Year Plan (cMYP) expiring in in June 2020. To provide evidence for the program’s strategic directions and priority activities, a new CER was organized be...
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...
A Special Issue on Immunization Inequalities in the MDPI journal Vaccines will be published on the occasion of World Immunization Week 2023. We are interested in myriad population groups and country contexts, various dimensions of inequality (as well as compound vulnerabilities), and immunization ...
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’...
Hello everyone,  I just receive fridge tag 2 E with an external sensor for the freezer  I activated the device and then connect the external sensor but the device doesn't recognize the external sensor and using the internal sensor  Does anyone know how to change between two sensors...
Dear TechNet members, Good News! The TechNet-21 website is being upgraded next week. The new website will look nicer, work better on mobile devices, be better organised, and will provide a more powerful platform for partners to share information with the global immunization community. The changes wi...
New Opportunity! Share your thoughts on HPV vaccination! Please find a link to a new, 10 minute survey on attitudes toward HPV vaccination. All responses will remain anonymous. As a thank you for participating in this research, you may be entered into a random drawing for a cash prize of US $50 (5...
Dear Colleagues,  From Nov 30 to Dec 2, 2022, the USAID MTaPS Program will join the Global Health Supply Chain Summit (GHSCS) in Dakar, Senegal ( https://lnkd.in/guepphAJ ), first launched in 2008 to convene government, NGO, international organization, bi-lateral and multi-lateral ag...
The Service Experience Toolkit introduces the immunization service experience (SE) concept, particularly to country-level Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) staff and implementing partners. The five toolkit products are meant to ignite discussion around how EPIs can address and improve the deliv...
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...
On 7 October 2022, WHO published an updated Hepatitis A vaccines position paper to replace the 2012 hepatitis A position published in the Weekly Epidemiological Record . The updated paper, based on a systematic literature review during 2012-2021, considers changes in epidemiology and the latest ev...
In September 2022, a meeting was held in Tactic, Alta Verapaz, to present the results of joint efforts between the Ministry of Health, PAHO, UNICEF and World Food Programme and mobile brigades that brought integrated COVID-19 vaccination, health and nutrition services closer for hard-to-reach commun...
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 ...
Currently, 55% of the total population (744m, UNPD 2022 2021) received at least one dose of the COVID-19 jab. The fully vaccinated population is at 47% while the partially vaccinated at 8%. To continue boosting the population especially those at most risk, 16% are boosted in the region. In this is...
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