This weekly report provides key highlights and operational recommendations based on social media monitoring from February 13-20 in Africa, as well as relevant information on current mis/disinformation. https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/2023-03/AIRA%20Infodemic%20Trends%20Report%20-%20February%2013-20%202023.pdf
10 February 2023, Vol. 98, No. 06, pp. 63–68 Now online IN THIS ISSUE 63 Strengthening genomic surveillance capacity for epidemic-prone pathogens by training personnel from public health laboratories in Brazil and Paraguay 10 février 2023, Vol. 98, No. 06, pp. 63-68 Maintenant en ligne DAN...
We view capacity strengthening as a deliberate, locally led process to enhance the knowledge and skills of an organization’s workforce and support its processes, systems, and programs. These efforts can help an organization develop partnerships, mobilize resources, achieve results, and influence broader systems change. We do this by using an iterat...
FEBRUARY 8, 2023 HOT TOPICSAIRA's Discovery Session: IIS 101 | Register Today! Join us for the next AIRA Discovery Session on Monday, February 27 at 4 p.m. ET.During this session, you'll learn about the basics of an IIS and how IIS are a powerful tool for supporting healthier communities.New staff, existing sta...
03 February 2023, Vol. 98, No. 05, pp. 53–62 Now online IN THIS ISSUE 53 COVID-19 mortality and progress towards vaccinating older adults – worldwide, 2020–2022 03 février 2023, Vol. 98, No. 05, pp. 53-62 Maintenant en ligne DANS CE NUMÉRO 53 Mortalité associée à la COVID-19 et progrès de ...
Gearing up to stop polio in Afghanistan and PakistanIn October 2022, the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for Afghanistan and Pakistan met in Muscat, Oman, to conduct a thorough review of ongoing polio eradication efforts in the remaining polio endemic countries. During the 6-day meeting they also provided strategic ...
FEBRUARY 1, 2023I hope you’re having a great week. It’s an exciting one for AIRA, as I am thrilled to introduce the very first edition of the AIRA Weekly Update. This new publication will allow us to consolidate the various email messages we send out several times per week plus the AIRA Monthly Update into a single weekly emai...
Recently Published Articles and ResourcesImproving Service Experience to Build Resilient Health SystemsIn a new PLOS Global Public Health blog, JSI’s Samantha Noor and Hannah Hausi delve into the importance of addressing health service delivery challenges. Their commentary illustrates how to improve availability, accessibility, and quality of healt...
The latest polio eradication activities around the world this month in Polio News. ...
VACCINE ACCESS DIGEST | JANUARY 2023NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTSIVAC Collaborates with Global Partners to Tackle Cervical Cancer Worldwide, cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women, with an estimated 604,000 new cases and 342,000 cervical cancer-related deaths reported in 2020. To help address this ...
This weekly report provides key highlights and operational recommendations based on social media monitoring from January 30- February 6 in Eastern, Western and Southern Africa, as well as relevant information on current mis/disinformation. https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/2023-02/AIRA%20Infodemic%20Trends%20Report%20-%20Januar...
27 January 2023, Vol. 98, No. 04, pp. 41–52 Now online IN THIS ISSUE 41 34th meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication, 19–20 September 2022 50 Monthly report on dracunculiasis cases, January – November 2022 27 janvier 2023, Vol. 98, No. 04, pp. 41-52 Maintenant en li...
HIV programs have long prioritized person-centered care, and it’s exciting to see other health domains such as supply chain management and TB treatment adopting this approach. Person-centered care acknowledges people’s dignity, finds out what is important to them, and puts them at the center of health programs at all levels—individual, community, h...
Looking Ahead to 2023 and BeyondWhen I look back on 2022, I see so many places VillageReach took chances, aimed higher, and achieved new impacts in partnership with others. At the “vaccinodromes” of Kinshasa (DRC) and Yopougon (Côte d’Ivoire), we combined all that we know about delivering primary health care...
Dear all,Compliments of the season! Here is the first update of 2023. Reminder: If you would like to advertise the work of your NITAG through these monthly update, you can contact me with your recommendation.If your NITAG would like to become a GNN member, please send me an email with the contact details of the chair and the secretariat.If ...
News from PATH on vaccine developmentJanuary 2023|SubscribeIn this issue A public health value proposition for prospective Shigella vaccines Inventprise’s expanded-coverage pneumococcal vaccine enters the clinic Thailand-produced COVID-19 vaccine ...
By Rachel Simon on January 23rd, 2023 On January 17, 2023, the IAPHL Advisory Group held its final meeting to elect the Term Members of the new IAPHL Governing Council. This new governing body was established as part of IAPHL’s 3-Year Strategic and Management Plan. We thank all organizations and members that applied to be part of the IAPHL Governin...
This weekly report provides key highlights and operational recommendations based on social media monitoring from January 23-30 in Eastern, Western and Southern Africa, as well as relevant information on current mis/disinformation. https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/2023-02/AIRA%20Infodemic%20Trends%20Report%20-%20January%2023-30...
Epidemiology of human monkeypox (mpox) – worldwide, 2018–2021 Monkeypox, now also known as mpox, is a zoonotic disease1 caused by a virus: species Monkeypox virus, genus Orthopox- virus (MPXV). The wild mammalian reservoir species is unknown. There are 2 genetic clades of MPXV:2 clade I, in Central Africa, and cla...
Effective #vaccine #management (#EVM 2.0) tool, designed by the collaborative efforts of World Health Organization #worldhealthorganization and #UNICEF. Received a #certificate of completion of #Regional Orientation of Country #Managers on Effective Vaccine Management 2.0 and Continuous #Improvement Plan #Tracking Tool…..https://www.linkedi...