Hello, New in 2020, the AIRA Members & Partners meetings are moving to a quarterly schedule. The AIRA Members & Partner meetings will be held from 2 – 3 p.m. ET in January, April, July, and October 2020. The purpose of this meeting is to provide you with important updates from AIRA and its partner organizations. It is a great way to get a h...

Hello, As a reminder, AIRA’s next Discovery Session will be held on Monday, December 16 at 4pm ET. AIRA and the Modeling of Immunization Registry Operations Workgroup (MIROW) Steering Committee are excited to introduce an upcoming MIROW guide, Business Continuity Planning for Immunization Information System Programs. Highlights of the gui...

By Celina Kareiva, Senior Communications Associate Posted in Packaging, People, Policies & Practices, Practices Photo: PATH/Trevor Snapp. A health worker at Mareu Health Center in Tanzania checks her mobile phone. New evidence demonstrates that digital tools are improving immunization service delivery. The BID Initiative is committed to advanci...

96 Your gift delivers the health care EVERYONE deserves !-- Dr. Odile is a lifesaver for women in the health zone of Makanza, a remote community on the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She has delivered nearly every child in her community and provides medical care to children and their families.But Dr. Odile must have vaccines ...

Introducing our 2020 - 2023 Goals and StrategiesReaching the Under-Reached: 2020 - 2023 Goals and StrategiesThe world has changed greatly in the nearly 20 years since our founders – Blaise Judja-Sato, Craig Nakagawa, Lionel Pierre, and Didier Lavril – joined forces with Mrs. Graça Machel’s Foundation for Community Development in Mozam...

BID launches generic tools to help other likeminded countries implement data quality and use interventions | Better Immunization Data Initiative BID launches generic tools to help other likeminded countries implement data quality and use interventions By Laurie Werner, Global Director, BID Initiative Posted in Packaging, Practices Photo: PATH/Trevo...

Reaching the Last Mile View as WebpageDrones Swoop into the Congo with VaccinesThe Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Ministry of Health, Gavi, Swoop Aero and VillageReach celebrated the first drone flights to deliver vaccines that were administered to children at a health center in Equateur Province, DRC.Read More ...

Hello,This email contains a message from our partners at the.National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO). Webinar Announcement: Measles in Rockland County, NY – The Local Health Department’s Outbreak Response Measles is a highly contagious virus in which one infected person can potentially infect 9 out of 10 expo...

Hello, As a reminder, AIRA’s next Discovery Session will be held on Monday, November 25 at 4pm ET. The session will touch on key points to consider when involved in the procurement process. This includes considerations when updating maintenance and support contractors and when acquiring new systems or services. We hope you can join u...

Hello, This email contains a webinar announcement and an Information Request. Webinar Announcement AIRA is working with HHS' Office of the Chief Technology Officer (CTO), along with additional partners, to expand consumer access to immunization records. This effort is exploring connecting personal health record vendors with IIS to expand consumer a...

By Alan Giron on November 13th, 2019 Greetings to the IAPHL Membership.  As you now know, we are in the process of reorganizing the secretariat for IAPHL.  I have taken on the executive director position and we are still recruiting for our social media expert to join the team.  For those of you able to attend the GHSC Summit in Johannesburg, I am h...

We are pleased to release the Clinton Health Access Initiative’s 2018 Annual Report. We thank our many partners and donors for their tireless commitment to saving lives and ensuring that all people, no matter where they live, have access to quality, affordable health services. Highlights of this year’s report include: – A breakthrough pricing agree...

Hello, Please see the following Information Request from the Connecticut Immunization Program below. If you are willing to share information, please reply directly to this email and include contact information for follow-up. INFORMATION REQUESTED Connecticut has been asked by Trinity Heath to fill out a lengthy risk assessment survey before they wi...

96 Annual Partners Meeting - Updates from Brasilia View this email in your browser Date: 6 November 2019 3rd EYE Annual Partners Meeting: Global community working for yellow fever control More than 130 participants from 16 countries, three WHO regions and a multitude of partners joined in Brasilia, Brazil for the EYE Annual Partners Meeti...

Hello, Please see the following Information Request from the Minnesota Department of Health below. If you are willing to share information, please reply directly to this email and include contact information for follow-up. INFORMATION REQUESTED We are in the process of working with our legal team to review the NIS-IIS Data Use Agreement (DUA) provi...

Hello, Please see the following Information Request from the North Dakota Department of Health. If you are willing to share information, please reply directly to this email and include contact information for follow-up. INFORMATION REQUESTED Does your state allow out-of-state schools to have access to your IIS? If yes, does the user at the out-of-s...

By Walter Proper on October 25th, 2019 Dear Colleagues/Friends, Greetings from Abuja! I hope that you are all keeping well. I have news to share so I am just going to get to it! My last day as the ED IAPHL is at the end of this month. I want to start by acknowledging funding support for IAPHL from USAID and JSI as well from sponsors such as ASCM, P...

By Saumu Juma, Communications Associate, BID Initiative Posted in News, Policies & Practices Photo: Honorable Ummy Mwalimu, the Minister of Health, celebrated Tanzania’s progress and reiterated her commitment to using data quality and use interventions to improve immunization service delivery in front of members of the media, government officia...

New Vietnam case study highlights lessons learned around key partnerships with mobile network operators and electronic immunization registries By Maya Rivera, Communications Officer, PATH Posted in Packaging, Policies & Practices, Products Photo: PATH/Cuong Nguyen Phu. The IDEAL-Vietnam project works closely with the BID Initiative to provide g...

By Kelly Huffman, PATH Posted in People, Policies & Practices, Practices Photo: PATH/Trevor Snapp. Patients wait for an immunization clinic at the Usa River Health Center in Tanzania. The following post appeared on path.org.  Human-centered design is an approach to problem-solving that puts people first. Their needs, their constraints, their co...