GiveWell is looking to identify programs that increase the uptake of routine childhood immunizations by bringing vaccination services closer to communities through targeted outreach sessions or mobile vaccination. We think these programs have the potential to be highly cost-effective and scalable an...

Dear Colleaques, Happy to share the latest edition of ImmunizationForResilienceNewsletter, titled: "Cholera 2026: When The System Sees It Coming But Cannot Move - The Scenario Nobody Talks About" This edition looks at a reality many teams face in 2026: community-based surveillance can be function...

Learning agenda on hepatitis B birth dose vaccine delivery in Africa Insights and recommendations to improve timely administration Wednesday 4 March at 16:00–17:30 EAT | 14:00–15:30 CET | 8:00–9:30 EST Chronic hepatitis B affects 254 million people globally, with the highest burden in low‑ and m...

Four years into its strategic plan, the Measles & Rubella Partnership's Midterm Review reveals that while progress has been made, countries and global institutions must take urgent, collective action to reach elimination targets by 2030. At the end of 2024, 83 countries had eliminated measles a...

Dear Colleagues,  The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) of the World Health Organization is seeking qualified experts to serve on a SAGE Working Group on yellow fever vaccination yellow fever SAGE Working Group on yello...

Colleagues, WHO has released the Full Value of Improved Influenza Vaccines Assessment (FVIVA), looking at the potential health, economic and policy impacts of next-generation influenza vaccines that offer broader and longer-lasting protection than current seasonal products. Some key takeaways that...

Hello Everyone, I wanted to share a new op-ed, co-authored by Last Mile Health and VillageReach, that highlights how community health workers (CHWs) are driving meaningful improvements in vaccine access across Africa — especially for zero-dose and under-immunized children. The piece, published on ...

What does it actually cost to reach every zero-dose child? Immunization programs can face challenges in planning and budgeting if they lack rigorous, bottom-up costing data for targeted interventions, particularly those designed to reach missed and under-immunized children. To help address this gap...

Happy  2026,   Wanted to share this opportunity with you. ........   Artificial Intelligence tools are penetrating the Supply Chain Sector! Are you ready to embrace AI in an effective way?  Routine work of many health supply chain professionals includes analysing data, ...

Hi everyone, I’m looking to learn more about how temperature-sensitive medicines and vaccines are monitored during delivery, particularly in areas of the world that have limited connectivity/unreliable power. I was thinking about rural communities or for example transporting typhoid vaccines in are...

Asking whether an intervention worked is not enough. Immunization programs also need to understand how and why change occurred, especially when reaching zero-dose and under-immunized children in complex settings. The Zero-Dose Learning Hub’s new Theory-Based Evaluation Toolkit supports governments ...

Dear Colleaques, Happy to share with you the latest edition of my newsletter titled "POLIO 2026 - Second eradication target, and the endgame is getting more expensive, not less."   Pakistan and Afghanistan remain a single transmission corridor for wild poliovirus type 1. Environmental detect...

Switching from sepaetae pentavalent +IPV to Hexavalent vaccine will reduce the logistic, storage and nos of injection as well as price, so what is the purpose of doing cost analysis?...

Webinar.   Date & Time: Feb 18, 2026 02:00 PM in Luxembourg   Description This webinar highlights how the Indigo Cold Chain Vaccine Carrier is expanding immunization access to zero-dose children. The first presentation, led by Global South Health Ventures, introduc...

Good day I am working at the HISP Centre at the University of Oslo as LMIS technical advisor. We are developing a web/mobile app which will allow downloading temperature and performance data from any EMS compliant cold chain appliance through the USB port, upload, store, share and visualise in DHIS...

Register for the webinar here Dear TechNet members, New year, new Vaccine Procurement Practitioners Network (VPPN) webinar series!Join us on Thursday, 5 February, at 1pm GMT+1, for the first webinar in our 3-part series on strategic vaccine procurement. It will give you valuable inf...

A recent VaccinesWork blog post reflects on the Zero-Dose Learning Hub’s accomplishments during 2025, highlighting how implementation research was translated into practical tools, guidance, and shared learning. Drawing on experience from Bangladesh, Mali, Nigeria, and Uganda, the blog post shows how...

Dear colleagues and friends, As I prepare to turn a milestone in my life and retire after more than 28 wonderful years with the World Health Organization, I find myself reflecting on the incredible journey that has unfolded. I would like to express my deep gratitude to the World Health Organizatio...

The Zero-Dose Learning Hub has updated its collection of implementation research synthesis and posted the final semiannual reports from Bangladesh, Mali, Nigeria, and Uganda. These resources move beyond high-level theory to examine the specific drivers of under-immunization and the delivery strategi...

Leveraging Chap and the DHIS2 platform for stock forecastingTuesday, 27 January 2026 14:00 – 15:00 CET Virtual - En ligne Le webinaire disposera d’une interprétation simultanée en françaisReliable health supply chains are vital for patient care, and stock availability serves as a key performance ind...