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American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA) - Presentations from 2017 National Meeting now available
Presentations from the American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA) 2017 National Meeting are now posted on AIRA’s website: http://www.immregistries.org/resources/iis-meetings/2017-national-meeting . Please click here: http://www.immregistries.org/events/past-events/annual-meetings/AIRA_2017_Na...
Advances on Electronic Immunization Registries in Latin America Highlighted in the Global eHealth Report
One interesting post from PAHO in the Global Immunization Newsletter (GIN), January 2017.
The Global eHealth report, recently released includes a case study on Electronic Immunization Registries (EIR) in Latin America. This case study highlights the fact that Latin America is home to some of the ol...
Statistical Training on Vaccination Coverage Surveys - Dakar, Senegal: 24-27 January 2017
The Global Immunization Newsletter posted this article in February 2017. I share it with you in its entirety.
Participants:
Persons from Immunization Programmes, National Sta-tistics Offices or Research Institutes from Gabon, Guin-ea-Bissau, Madagascar, Morocco, and Senegal; all coun-tries plannin...
Digital Health: A Call for Government Leadership and Cooperation between ICT and Health
This report provides insights into the importance of government leadership, governance, and intragovernmental cooperation in digital health for government leaders and policy makers at the intersection of the health and ICT sectors. It draws on the experience of countries in a variety of geographic a...
Guide released on cost and financing of national immunization programs in low- and middle-income countries
A new open-access tool, Immunization Financing Resource Guide, is now available for advocates, policymakers, and program managers in low- and middle-income countries. The guide includes 26 briefs, including 8 country case studies, and covers a range of topics such as evaluating the pros and cons of ...
Fun little game on herd immunity and vaccines
Just for fun
Infographic + little game on herd immunity
http://vax.herokuapp.com/...
A productive 2016 on Immunization Monitoring and Data Quality
Since it seems that this got lost during the TechNet-21 hack, I am reposting. This was published in the Global Immunization Newsletter, January 2017:http://www.who.int/immunization/gin/en/
Last year, we saw great data visualisations, including an animated map showing the reduction in the number of ...
PAHO Announces Launch of eHealth Country Profiles of the Americas
This info is very relevant for the work around electronic immunization registries (EIRs), given that one of the lessons learned from the implementation of EIRs is that ensuring that they are framed within existing national eHealth strategies is key for sustainability. I paste the info on eHealth pro...
Report “State of inequality: childhood immunization” now available
In December 2016, the State of inequality: childhood immunization report was released. It addresses two overarching questions: What inequalities in childhood immunization coverage exist in low- and middle-income countries? And how have childhood immunization inequalities changed over the last 10 yea...
Do you know the difference between inequalities and inequities?
Inequalities in health can be measured (among individuals from different backgrounds, social groups, countries, etc). However, for those health inequalities to be inequities, they have to be unjust and preventable. Thus, inequities are inequalities that are unfair.
Health inequalities are frequentl...
For people working on Electronic Immunization Registries - Updated Clinical Decision Support for Immunizations (CDSi) resources
The US CDC has updated their Resources for tools for Clinical Decision Support for Immunization. These tools can help persons adding CDSi to their Electronic Immunization Registries. CDS algorithms help the registry determine a person's eligibility for a given vaccine based on their age, vaccination...
Report available- Briefing on WHO Tools and Guidance on Immunization Data Quality and Vaccination Coverage Survey, Istanbul, 1-4 Dec 2015
The final report of the “Briefing on WHO Tools and Guidance on Immunization Data Quality and Vaccination Coverage Survey” that took place in Istanbul in December 2015 is now available.
The Executive summary is pasted below. Please feel free to share.
Executive Summary
From 1 to 4 December 2015, 6...
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