The Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) was introduced under the Universal Immunization Program (UIP) in Gujarat in October 2021. In July 2022, as per the Health Management Information System (HMIS) portal, the administrative coverage for PCV-1 (1st Dose) was only 56% even after 9 months of introduction.In response, the state health depart...
The ability to collect and analyze accurate, up-to-date data is critical for the activities of the World Health Organization (WHO). For example, data on immunization and vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD) helps identify gaps, and trigger actions to be able to live in a “world where everyone, everywhere, at every age, fully benefits from vaccines to...
Dashboard for Routine Vaccination Coverage Monitoring, Guatemala, May 2023. Data visualization plays a crucial role in analyzing public health data and aiding in informed decision-making. The introduction of an interactive dashboard by the Guatemalan Ministry of Health (MOH) has provided a valuable tool for daily reporting of COVID-19 cases. To enh...
Participants: Officials from Ministries of Health from 10 countries and regional advisors from PAHO. This technical meeting was an opportunity for PAHO to demonstrate that Life Course Approach (LCA) concepts can be applied to a long-standing public health program, and that specific questions and concrete actions can be addressed under the auspices ...
For the 13th year, the AFRO Region synchronized with the other 5 WHO regions to commemorate the World Immunization Week, from 24-30 April 2023. On 20 April, a press conference to set the scene was addressed by the Director of Programme Management (AFRO) and the Minister of Health of the Republic of Sierra Leone, among key hosts.On the contin...
Four years after the introduction of the malaria vaccine in parts of Kenya, WHO’s Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme (MVIP) team visited government offices, health facilities and homes in the country’s western region to hear from health professionals, community members and caregivers about what the malaria vaccine means to them and how the va...
Registration is now open for the Immunization Economics 2023 IHEA Pre-Congress on 8-9 July, 2023, in Cape Town, South Africa! The session will bring together early-career to seasoned researchers from academic institutions, NGOs, and multinational organizations to exchange knowledge on the latest research methods and approaches in immunization costi...
From 13 to 18 February 2023, Burkina Faso conducted a Mid-level Management (MLM) course training. The MLM course is a series of 18 modules developed by WHO on different topics on the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) management. The training was facilitated by the WHO/IST West Africa colleagues in charge of Finance sustainability, Routine Im...
Alliances between different health actors strengthened coordination, articulation and facilitated the resources to energize health sector authorities to promote the development of capacities and expansion of human resources in immunization.Microplanning and risk communication techniques were used to carry out high-quality vaccination c...
The “Strengthening implementation of home-based records for maternal, newborn and child health” guide was jointly developed by WHO, UNICEF and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for country programme managers. The guide aims to provide activities and decision-making tools that strengthen the processes around planning, designing, impl...
The United Nations Foundation is pleased to share the newly released report, “Leveraging CSO Contributions to Advance Polio Transition and Integration Efforts in the African Region”, co-created with the Consortium of Christian Relief and Development Associations (CCRDA) in Ethiopia; Impact Health Organization (IHO) in South Sudan; Vaccine Network f...
Vaccination coverage in children under 7 years, Guatemala City, November 2022. In 2020, reported vaccination coverage in Guatemala City was 50% for OPV3 and 61% for MMR1, classifying the city as high-risk for polio re-emergence. To report vaccination coverage, the Ministry of Public Health (MSPAS) uses a nominal electronic registry that does not in...
The workshop took place on 22-23 February in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and was attended by 19 national staff from the Ministries of Health of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar. It was facilitated by experts from the Regional Verification Commission for Measles and Rubella, IVP/EMRO, IVB/WHO HQ, US CDC and temporary advisors. The Eastern...
A new benchmark report on life-course immunization highlights the urgent need for changes in global, regional and national immunization policies and plans to reach WHO’s 2030 Immunization Agenda (IA2030) and the United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing objectives. The need to extend the benefits of vaccination from early life to include the whole li...
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Eliminate Yellow Fever Epidemics (EYE) Strategy on Yellow Fever is a 16-part series that takes you inside the global efforts to ensure that yellow fever does not become the next big global health threat. We interview global experts from fields including immunization, climate change, space science, and the Amazon rainforest to show what goes into ar...
UNICEF made available a complete supply solution for the use of countries to support cervical cancer elimination programmes. The Cervical Cancer Toolkit is an ideal reference point for programme leaders, supply managers, experts, policy makers and donors. Available products in the toolkit support the prevention, diagnosis and treatment pillars of t...