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This blog originally appeared on The Rockefeller Foundation. Below is an excerpt. Vaccines are nothing short of miraculous. With a tiny amount of information, vaccines trigger our immune systems to develop defenses that neutralize deadly diseases – enabling us to prevent and even eradicate some of the worst illnesses in human history and protect the … Read More

This story originally appeared on the International Journalists Network. Below is an excerpt. Sitting on the sofa watching TV one night at home in Indonesia, Pak Yana gets a video call from his daughter. She tells him that he needs to get his COVID-19 booster shot so that he can visit her when her child … Read More

This article originally appeared in Vaccines Today. Below is an excerpt. Scientists and video game developers have teamed up to create a variety of ways to communicate health information. The idea is simple: make it fun and people will be happy to play ‒ effortlessly learning key scientific concepts along the way. Getting the balance … Read More

This blog originally appeared on the PLOS Blogs website. Below is an excerpt. In 2015, Jordans’ National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) recommended the introduction of four new vaccines to the National Immunization schedule, including Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV), Rotavirus, Hepatitis A and Varicella. Despite a range of difficulties, including the growing population and influx … Read More

Estimating the value and public health impact of vaccines is critical to ensure evidence-based policy decision making in nearly all stages, from vaccine development to the introduction/implementation of vaccines in low-resource settings. To foster public health equity, as well as estimate value to local and national economies, concerted efforts are needed to increase the understanding … Read More

This newsletter is available in English, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian. The Linked Network is working hard to plan engaging and action-oriented regional workshops and study tours focused on preventing backsliding in coverage through building and sustaining high-performing and equitable immunisation programmes. We are also planning cross-regional workshops and webinars among countries planning for the introduction … Read More

This resource round-up is available in English, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian. With three years of pandemic-related disruptions to vital health services and strained health systems, the world lost 30 years of progress to protect children with routine immunisations, an essential component to primary health services. This year’s World Immunisation Week theme, centered around “The Big … Read More

This resource round-up is available in English, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian. Critical to immunisation programme performance is country capacity to identify and address risks to sustainable coverage and to sustainably introduce new vaccines. We compiled the top 10 most popular Linked-produced resources from last year to help you identify the strategies, good practices, and lessons … Read More

This resource round-up is available in English, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian. Integrating primary health care (PHC) delivery programmes and immunisation services is essential to achieving strong and equitable immunisation systems. Yet, many middle-income countries experience critical challenges pertaining to coordination and integration of immunisation services within PHC that represent a risk to sustaining high and … Read More

Registration is now open for the Immunization Economics 2023 IHEA Pre-Congress on July 8-9, 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 costing, financing, economics, and decision-making. You can find … Read More