Yellow fever is not a new disease, but one that continues to affect countries in Africa and the Americas. Recent urban outbreaks in 2016 demonstrated that despite the advances in immunization activities, challenges remain in ending epidemics. A new strategy was developed to address these needs: Eliminate Yellow Fever Epidemics (EYE).

View this email in your browserMay NewsletterLast month was the 74th week-long World Health Assembly (WHA). The theme for this year was ending the pandemic, preventing the next one and working together to build a healthier, safer and fairer world. What does the WHA mean for the Eliminate Yellow Fever Epidemics (EYE) progr...

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5th Annual EYE Partners' Meeting

Dear EYE partners and colleagues, We are looking forward to our joint participation at the 5th Annual EYE Partners’ Meeting on 25, 26 & 27 October 2021 between 15:00 and 17:30 (Geneva Time). Please register for the event via this link: https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Z-j08PODT_-2BtM4s5Tq6A Kind regards, The EYE Secretariat. More on the ...

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View this email in your browser Tell us your views! Have your say on an Eliminate Yellow Fever (EYE) country twinning programme by clicking here! For those of you that have joined previous EYE Strategy annual partners' meetings, you will have heard discussions of a potential 'country twinning' programme. The EYE Secretariat wishes to fa...

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View this email in your browserApril NewsletterLast week was World Immunization Week (WIW). The theme for 2021 is how vaccines can bring us closer together. We were actively involved in sharing our positive stories and experiences of implementing yellow fever (YF) vaccination campaigns. The Immunization Agenda 2030 (...

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View this email in your browser !----> March Newsletter!---->The past year has confirmed many inequities between communities around the world. As expected, COVID-19 has adversely affected those without resources and access to healthcare. Today, on World Health Day, the World Health Organization urges us to work towards...

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View this email in your browserFebruary NewsletterThe EYE partnership has had a busy start to 2021. As expected, many of our partners and colleagues remain committed to ensure yellow fever (YF) activities are on track, despite the complexity of the ongoing COVID-19 response and vaccination rollout, as ...

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Dear EYE colleagues, To support attainment of the 2021 goals, the EYE Secretariat has published 3 consultancies on the WHO Careers portal with application deadline on 8 March 2021. All consultancies are to be completed remotely, with specifics and application links below. Do share widely with suitable candidates. With thanks for your partnership an...

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View this email in your browserDecember & January NewsletterAs we approach 2021 with renewed hope about the Covid-19 pandemic, we are pleased to share last year's highlights, and demonstrate how we are moving closer to our vision of eliminating yellow fever epidemics by 2026. Please click here for the full repor...

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96 EYE Strategy End of Year Messsage View this email in your browserDate: 21 December 2020 Dear partners and colleagues, As this unique year comes to an end, we wanted to share our final thoughts with you. If we haven’t said it enough already, you are a valuable part of the EYE community, and we thank you for your contributions again this year...

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Dear Partners and Colleagues, Thank you to those of you who have already taken the time to fill out the communications' survey, and to those of you that have attended 1 to 1 sessions with me to provide additional feedback. We are still a way off the target number of responses needed to ensure we have meaningful data. For this reason, we are as...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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 ...

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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.&...

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