Date: 2 December 2020 Completion of nationwide yellow fever PMVCs in GhanaFrom 12th to 18th November, Ghana implemented the final phase of its nationwide PMVCs and protected over 5.4 million people aged 10 to 60 years, from yellow fever (YF). This is a major milestone for the EYE strategy and Ghana, as it represents attainment of ...

Dear Colleagues and Partners, Thanks to those of you who have already completed our communications survey. Your responses to date are helping us to see how we can improve the quality of information we send to you. But we still need more feedback. Without your input, we can't be accurate about what and how we communicate to you.The survey tak...

Dear Partners and Colleagues, We hope you are still feeling as energised and enthusiastic as we are, after the EYE Strategy Annual Partners' meeting earlier this week. We want to thank you again for your invaluable participation and contributions.The feedback we have received from you has been overwhelmingly positive, and we wanted to use th...

Dear Partners, We are looking forward to seeing you at day 2 of the EYE strategy annual partners' meeting shortly. Attached is an updated version of the agenda. A reminder to download the WHO Events app from your app store – via these links: Web versionhere; iOS versionhere; Android versionhere; EVENT CODE:EYE2020 Also, remember we have a social me...

Dear Partners, We are looking forward to seeing you at the EYE strategy annual partners' meeting shortly. A reminder to download the WHO Events app from your app store - links below: Web versionhere; iOS versionhere; Android versionhere; EVENT CODE:EYE2020 Also, remember we have a social media toolkit providing you with pre-written posts and images...

Dear Partners, We are pleased to share a copy of the agenda for our 4th EYE strategy annual partners' meeting next week on Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th November (15:30 to 18:30 CET). The attached agenda contains The event’s objectives,Key resources for the event,All 7 sessions to be covered andThe list of 31 speakers. For ease of reference, the tab...

Dear Partners, We are fast approaching our 4th EYE strategy annual partners' meeting next week on Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th November (15:30 to 18:30 CET). To help connect you with your fellow participants, access meeting information and documents, we urge you to download the WHO Events app (named 'WHO Events' in your app store). Click here ...

Dear EYE partners and colleagues, We are looking forward to our joint participation at the Annual EYE Partners Meeting on November 23rd and 24th, 2020 between 15.30 and 18.30 (Geneva Time). You can now register in advance for the webinar through this link: https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-yk57pq-T6GBmnnKigB0Ow After registering, you will re...

Date: 12 November 2020 Annual EYE partners' meeting on 23-24, November 2020An important message from Dr Ibrahima Socé Fall (Assistant Director-General, Emergency Response, WHO Headquarters) regarding the upcoming EYE strategy annual partners' meeting on 23rd and 24th November - 15.30 to 18.30 GMT+1. Please register for the event through ...

View this email in your browserDate: 29 October 2020 Annual EYE partners' meeting on 23-24, November 2020An important message from Dr Ambrose Talisuna (Programme Manager, Emergency Preparedness, WHO AFRO) regarding the upcoming EYE strategy annual partners' meeting on 23rd and 24th November - 15.30 to 18.30 GMT+1. Please save the date.&...

Dear EYE partners and colleagues, We are looking forward to our joint participation at the Annual EYE Partners Meeting on November 23rd, 2020 between 15.30 and 17.30 (Geneva Time). We decided to add an additional day to the event. This will enable us to address aspects such as surveillance; enhancement of our collaboration, and practical considerat...

View this email in your browserDate: 02 October 2020 Progress towards resolving challenges with PPEThe large-scale yellow fever (YF) preventive mass vaccination campaigns (PMVCs) aiming to protect over 60 million people from YF in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ghana and Nigeria were delayed due to challenges to procure and...

Dear EYE partners and colleagues, The next annual EYE partners meeting will be held virtually on Monday 23 November 2020. This is an early notice to kindly save the date in your agenda. We look forward to your participation at the meeting and thank you for your partnership and commitment to the EYE strategy. Kind regards, The EYE Secretariat.  ...

View this email in your browserDate: 31 August 2020 Uganda set to protect 1.6 million people from yellow feverA yellow fever (YF) reactive vaccination campaign, aiming at protecting over 1.6 million people in the Buliisa, Koboko, Maracha, Moyo, Obongi and Yumbe districts was launched on 19 August. The campaign was tr...

Dear EYE partners and colleagues, The next annual EYE partners meeting will be held virtually on 19 November 2020. This is an early notice to kindly save the date in your agenda. We look forward to your participation at the meeting and thank you for your partnership and commitment to the EYE strategy. Kind regards, The EYE Secretariat.

View this email in your browserDate: 28 July 2020 Updates on the 2020 Yellow Fever PMVCs in AfricaThe Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will implement its Preventive Mass Vaccination Campaigns (PMVCs) aiming at protecting 17.9 million persons in 2 phases scheduled for December 7 and 14, respectively. Active coor...

View this email in your browserDate: 25 June 2020 Yellow Fever Situation in the AmericasIn the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brazil has maintained vaccination against yellow fever (YF) in areas with virus circulation. The media has played a fundamental role in the dissemination of alerts and vaccine recommendations to the population...

View this email in your browserDate: 27 May 2020 Gavi, UNICEF and WHO call for joint effort to deliver immunization and proceed with campaigns safelyTo address the growing impact of COVID-19 on immunization service delivery, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO leadership highlighted the importance of maintaining efforts tosafely deliver routine...

96 EYE Newsletter April 2020 View this email in your browserDate: 30 April 2020 Increased yellow fever epidemic risk in the short and long run due to COVID-19 impactThe impact of COVID-19 on yellow fever (YF) immunization activities increases epidemic risk in the short run, with delayed outbreak responses, and in the long run, with postponed c...

96 EYE Newsletter March 2020 (corrigendum) View this email in your browserDate: 01 April 2020 Recent developments on catch-up campaigns in SudanGavi has provided exceptional approval for Sudan's request to apply for a yellow fever (YF) catch up campaign to reach the children missed due to delays between the preventive mass vacci...