Dear all, Sorry for the delay of this monthly update. Please find below the June updates. HPV: NACI published an updated systematic review of HPV schedules 1 vs 2 doses: Efficacy, effectiveness and immunogenicity of reduced HPV vaccination schedules: A review of available evidenceInfluenza: ACIP reaffirms the recommendation for routine annu...

No images? Click hereResumption of Environmental Surveillancefor Poliovirus in Papua New GuineaIn 2018, environmental surveillance sites were established in the cities of Port Moresby and Lae during a polio outbreak caused by cVDPV1.Read more in the latest issue of the bulletinRead more ...

No images? Click here5 July 2024, Vol. 99, No. 27, pp. 351–362 Now online IN THIS ISSUE 351 WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme: acute emergencies monthly summary – May 2024 355 Extraordinary meeting of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization on Ebola vaccination, May 2024: conc...

8 minute read JULY 3, 2024 IN THIS ISSUE Office Closure in Honor of Independence Day A Message from the Executive Director Request for Proposals Register for the Upcoming AIRA Members and Partners Meeting Read the Newly Released June SnapShots and Submit Your Work for the Next EditionRegister Today for a Webinar Hosted by AIRA ...

No images? Click here28 June 2024, Vol. 99, No. 26, pp. 339–350 Now online IN THIS ISSUE 339 Index of countries/areas 339 Index, Volume 99, 2024, Nos. 1–26 342 Persistent transmission of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus – Somalia, January 2017–March 202428 juin 2024, Vol. 99, No....

10 minute read JUNE 26, 2024 IN THIS ISSUE Submit your AIRA Board Nominations Today! Request for Proposals Register Today for the Upcoming AIRA Members and Partners Meeting The June SnapShots Is Here, and So Is Your Opportunity to Submit for the Next EditionRegister Today for a Webinar Hosted by AIRA on Optimizing Immunization ...

View this email in your browser VACCINE ACCESS DIGEST | JUNE 2024NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS Now Available: IA2030 In-Depth Review on Access to Immunization in Middle-Income CountriesIn a recently published in-depth review, the Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) Working Group on Middle-Income Countries highlight...

No images? Click here21 June 2024, Vol. 99, No. 25, pp. 327–338 Now online IN THIS ISSUE 327 Technical advisory group on biosafety: annual meeting summary 331 Western equine encephalitis: geographical patterns and range expansion of an emerging arbovirus disease in the Americas21 juin ...

No images? Click here To read this newsletter in French click here. To read this newsletter in Portuguese click here. To read this newsletter in Spanish click here.EYE Strategy April and May NewsletterWorld Immunization Week“Thanks to vaccines, smallpox has been eradic...

No images? Click here14 June 2024, Vol. 99, No. 24, pp. 319–326 Now online IN THIS ISSUE 319 Migration from Epi Info to District Health Information Software 2 for vaccine-preventable disease surveillance – WHO African Region, 2019–202314 juin 2024, Vol. 99, No. 24, pp. 319-326 Maintena...

No images? Click hereVolume 18, Issue 5 - May 2024The Measles and Rubella Bulletin is a monthly publication reporting progress towards achieving measles and rubella elimination in the Western Pacific Region. Inside each issue, we present the latest reported data by country on measles and rubella incidence, surveillance...

The Immunization Economics Community of Practice management team are excited to announce the launch of the new website. With this refresh, it is easier for users to find resources and navigate the website. You can now find a resource library in which every immunization economics resource ever published can easily individually be found through a com...

PAHO has launched two web pages with resources to help countries improve their communication about vaccination and increase demand for vaccines. The two pages are part of the Immunization Toolkit under the “Social communication and demand generation” tab, available here.The first page, “Behavioral science: Vaccine demand and confidence,” explains w...

PAHO publishes the Immunization Newsletter four times a year in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. Its purpose is to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information on immunization programs in the Region of the Americas and beyond. It has been published since 1979 in English and Spanish, with French and Portuguese versions beginning in 2001...

Neonatal tetanus, a severe newborn illness from the toxigenic strains of Clostridium tetani, persists in middle- and low-income countries due to non-sterile childbirth practices. Unlike smallpox and polio, tetanus cannot be eradicated: Clostridium tetani spores exist in the environment, and animal reservoirs. However, elimination as a public health...

The countries and territories of the Americas, with support from PAHO, have made remarkable progress in immunization, providing protection against vaccine-preventable diseases with a life-course approach. PAHO's Special Program on Comprehensive Immunization (CIM) in its role of disseminating information on progress and challenges in the field of im...

ThinkWell partnered with Ndejje University and Kampala Capital City Authority to estimate the cost of delivering COVID-19 vaccines in public and private facilities in the Ugandan capital of Kampala, in 2021. Alongside the costing exercise, a qualitative assessment examined how the program was implemented, obtained lessons learned, and mapped key fu...

About 152 participants in person and 50 remotely from 16 countries, participated in the annual meeting on Meningitis-MenAfriNet, Yellow Fever, Measles-Rubella and Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus Elimination, from 14-16 November 2023 in Brazzaville, at the Regional Office of WHO in Africa. The opening and closing ceremonies were performed by Prof SHEY...

Dates: 29/04-02/05 2024 Participants: Ministry of Health Indonesia, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Religious Affair, Coordinating Ministry of Human Development and Cultural Affairs and other ministries and organizations in Indonesia, Ministry of Bhutan, Ministry of Sri Lanka and Ministry of Timor Leste. Objectives: Improve capacity and commitme...

On 24 October 2023, Nigeria officially introduced the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine into its routine immunization schedule in a bid to protect at least 7.7 million girls aged 9–14 years across the country. The launch in the capital city of Abuja was attended by top government officials from the Ministries of Health, Education, and Budget &...