By Celina Kareiva, Senior Communications Associate Posted in BID Learning Network (BLN), People, Policies & Practices Photo: PATH/Paul Nindi. BLN members visit a health facility in Lusaka during an in-person meeting before COVID-19. The peer learning network has taken on new importance for its virtual spaces amid an evolving global pandemic. On...

View this email in your browserDate: 27 May 2020 Gavi, UNICEF and WHO call for joint effort to deliver immunization and proceed with campaigns safelyTo address the growing impact of COVID-19 on immunization service delivery, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO leadership highlighted the importance of maintaining efforts tosafely deliver routine...

Hello, This email contains an AART User Group reminder and AIRA's final comments on the National Quality Forum (NQF) immunization-related measures.Reminder: Register Today for the May AART User Group Mini-Series As a reminder, the next session of the AART User Group Mini-Series will be Wednesday, May 27 at 4:00pm ET. This session will b...

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser Issue 1497: May 26, 2020 Ask the Experts: IAC Experts Answer Your Questions about Vaccination During the Pandemic and about Tdap Recommendations As a thank-you to our loyal IAC Express readers, we periodically publish special editions such as this one, providing you with new and updated...

Hello, A new resource, Vaccine Code Set Considerations: If Only It Were Rocket Science, is now published on the AIRA website. This document provides a general overview of vaccine code sets and also briefly describes how code sets are used in support of multiple and varied IIS functions, including electronic data exchange with EHRs and other he...

Hello, We know many of you saw the mass vaccination information that came out in the CDC IIS Information Brief this morning, and we’ve already gotten many questions from our members about what further information AIRA has on the mass vaccination tool CDC referred to in the brief. The short answer is that we don’t have further details on the tool, a...

Dear AIRA Community, Due to the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic, it is with heavy hearts that we announce that the AIRA National Meeting, scheduled for August 11 – 13, 2020 in Portland, will be postponed until 2021. Out of concern for the health and safety of our attendees, employees, and local communities — and in line with recent government orders in...

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Issue 1496: May 20, 2020 TOP STORIESIAC launches Repository of Resources for Maintaining Immunization during COVID-19 Pandemic CDC publishes "Decline in Child Immunization Coverage during the COVID-19 Pandemic—Michigan Care Improvement Registry, May 2016–May 2020" in MMWR Early Re...

IAC Express #1495 - Your weekly immunization news service: MenB Vaccination Honor Roll and moreEmail not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Issue 1495: May 13, 2020 TOP STORIESCDC publishes “Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Routine Pediatric Vaccine Ordering and Administration—United States, 2020" in MMWR Earl...

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Issue 1492: April 29, 2020 TOP STORIESWHO warns that gains in immunization coverage are at risk without ongoing immunization servicesVoices for Vaccines releases podcast titled "When Will Our Coronavirus Vaccine Arrive?” featuring noted researcher Dr. Stanley PlotkinIAC Spotlight! IAC ...

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Issue 1493: May 6, 2020 TOP STORIESIAC Commentary: Society wants a COVID-19 vaccine—it’s not just a matter of when, but also how much and for whom (part 1)Immunize Colorado executive director discusses the urgent need for maintaining routine immunizations during the COVID-19 pandemicFD...

IAC Express #1494 - Special Edition: Routine Vaccine Orders PlummetEmail not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Issue 1494: May 11, 2020 Special Edition: Routine Vaccine Orders PlummetCDC publishes “Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Routine Pediatric Vaccine Ordering and Administration—United States, 2020" in MMWR E...

You are subscribed to CDC's Immunization Works! newsletter email subscription service. The current issue is now available. Top Stories COVID-19 UpdateMaintaining Clinical Preventive Services, Including Immunizations, During the COVID-19 PandemicClinics Working with ChildrenClinics Working with AdultsVaccine Information Statements (VISs)...

96 EYE 2019 Year-End Update & Best Wishes for 2020 View this email in your browserDate: January 2020As we enter 2020, the EYE Secretariat sends its warmest wishes for continued public health engagement and impact at country level. We take this opportunity to review the key EYE achievements from 2019 and to highlight the next steps that ...

96 EYE Newsletter January 2020 View this email in your browserDate: 06 February 2020 Yellow fever Preventive Mass Vaccination Campaign completed in Ekiti state, Nigeria.The Government of Nigeria with support from WHO and partners launched a preventive mass vaccination campaign in Ekiti State on 24 January 2020, funded by Gavi, the Vaccine Alli...

View this email in your browserDate: 27 February 2020 Centre Pasteur du Cameroun nominated as 3rd regional reference laboratory for yellow fever in AfricaSimilar to Institut Pasteur Dakar (IPD) in Senegal and the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), Centre Pasteur Cameroon (CPC) will provide WHO Regional Reference Laboratory (RR...

96 EYE Newsletter March 2020 View this email in your browserDate: 31 March 2020 Recent developments on catch-up campaigns in SudanGavi has provided exceptional approval for Sudan's request to mount a yellow fever (YF) catch up campaign to reach the children missed due to delays between the preventive mass vaccination c...

96 EYE Newsletter March 2020 (corrigendum) View this email in your browserDate: 01 April 2020 Recent developments on catch-up campaigns in SudanGavi has provided exceptional approval for Sudan's request to apply for a yellow fever (YF) catch up campaign to reach the children missed due to delays between the preventive mass vacci...

96 EYE Newsletter April 2020 View this email in your browserDate: 30 April 2020 Increased yellow fever epidemic risk in the short and long run due to COVID-19 impactThe impact of COVID-19 on yellow fever (YF) immunization activities increases epidemic risk in the short run, with delayed outbreak responses, and in the long run, with postponed c...

Hello, The American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA) is hosting a two-day regional workshop for the Pacific Islands in Guam on March 3-4. The workshop will address topics including measurement and improvement, the CDC Dashboard, clinical decision support, interoperability, and data quality and use. Attendees will have an opportunity to hear...