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The Boost Community, in partnership with Adaptive Change Advisors and People Power Health, is excited to once again offer the course, Boosting Leadership to Activate Communities, beginning November 3, 2022. This intermediate-level course in adaptive leadership and community organizing offers immunization and other health care professionals new approaches to lead and drive health promotion initiatives … Read More

Do you want to learn about what drives vaccine uptake – and how to improve vaccination demand and coverage? The World Health Organization (WHO) invites applications for the first cohort of the WHO Scholar Level 1 certification course on IA 2030 Strategic Priority 2 (SP2): commitment and demand. The course content will focus on (1) … 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, October 3. Grounded in the practice of social movements and activism, Storytelling for Change provides an opportunity to learn … Read More

A new Special Issue series in Vaccines has been announced on “Management of National and Regional Immunisation Programmes: Current Challenges and Future Strategies.” The editors would especially welcome submissions on key areas surrounding the value for money or cost-effectiveness of vaccines for COVID-19 and other key infectious diseases. The deadline for manuscript submissions is April … Read More

This article originally appeared on the World Health Organization website. Below is an excerpt. Incorrect interpretations of health information, which increase during outbreaks and disasters, often negatively impact people’s mental health and increase vaccine hesitancy, and can delay the provision of health care, a new WHO review shows. The authors conclude that the effects of … Read More

This newsletter is available in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian. Over the last couple months, the Linked Immunisation Action Network has been focused on bringing together countries that recently transitioned from Gavi support for a multitude of exciting learning engagements. Azerbaijan and Georgia exchanged lessons on supporting national decision-making for new vaccine introduction, ten … Read More

Linked Network Facilitators chatted with representatives from the Steering Committee to learn more about their experiences working in immunisation, what they are most looking forward to from the network, as well as some fun, personal facts about themselves. This spotlight features Lakshmi Somatunga, Health Economist – Financing for Immunization, World Health Organization. Welcome to the … Read More

IHEA has announced the call for abstracts for the 15th World Congress on Health Economics in Cape Town, July 2023, which has the theme of Diversity in Health Economics. IHEA Congresses are well established as the forum to engage around the latest research findings in health economics from around the world, the implications of this … Read More

This resource round-up is available in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian. A critical challenge facing middle-income countries (MICs) is effective and accurate reporting systems for tracking routine immunisation. Electronic immunisation registries (EIRs) track vaccinations at the individual level and throughout the life course and can integrate the tracking of coverage across different providers in … Read More