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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

NEW 💡: Begin your pathway of being a Boost Champion with Storytelling for Change! The Boost Community, in partnership with People Power Health, will offer this 5-week flexible virtual training (via mobile phone) course, starting Monday, March 20th.  Offered in both French & English! Grounded in the practice of social movements and activism, Storytelling for … Read More

This newsletter is available in English, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian. As we mark the second year of the Linked Immunisation Action Network, we are pleased to share the first newsletter of the year with announcements about some exciting changes and activities. More information about the upcoming year can be found in this annual letter from … Read More

The São Paulo School of Advanced Science will provide a set of mini-courses delivered by renowned scientists and aimed at early-career researchers working with fields ranging from epidemiology to applied mathematics to political and social sciences. Applications are due on February 28, 2023.   The São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Epidemic Preparedness will … Read More

ThinkWell is currently seeking to select three countries to form a Zero-Dose Economics Hub and welcomes expressions of interest (EOI) from interested research institutes based in low and middle-income countries to participate in the Hub. Hub members will generate critical economic evidence on reaching zero-dose children, and strengthen their capacity to conduct such economic analyses. … Read More

This newsletter is available in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian. The Linked Immunisation Action Network is invigorated following our workshop in Colombo, Sri Lanka, which brought together stakeholders from Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam to discuss good practices and promising approaches in Clearing Immunisation Backlogs and Building Back Better in … Read More

This article originally appeared on Gavi’s VaccinesWork website. Below is an excerpt. Tanzania and Ethiopia both introduced HPV nationally for 14-year-old girls, with support from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in 2018. While 78% of eligible girls were reported to have received a first dose by the end of 2019 in Tanzania, second dose coverage stood … Read More