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Linked Community News October/November 2024

This newsletter is available in English, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian. Are you interested in lessons and country experiences addressing HPV demand generation and vaccine acceptance strategies or designing and managing electronic immunisation registries (EIRs) to improve immunisation outcomes? Read below to find critical resources to learn more about how you can strengthen immunisation programming across … Read More

What is the cost of delivering vaccines through integrated campaigns? Evidence from Nigeria and Sierra Leone

Findings from bottom-up costing studies of integrated vaccination campaigns in Nigeria and Sierra Leone has been published in BMC Health Services Research. The research, conducted by ThinkWell and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, estimated the costs of a campaign held in 2019 in Sierra Leone with measles-rubella vaccine and oral polio vaccine, during which nutrition … Read More

Congratulating Linked Technical Facilitator, Cristiana Toscano, on Receiving the Oswaldo Cruz Medal of Merit

Please join us in congratulating Cristiana Toscano, Linked technical facilitator and Latin American-Caribbean (LAC) focal point, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at the Federal University of Goiás (UFG) in Brazil, and infectious disease doctor. Cristiana was recently honored by the federal government of Brazil with the Oswaldo Cruz Medal of Merit, along with 22 other … Read More

Linked Community News August 2024

This newsletter is available in English, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian. We’re excited to bring you Linked updates from two recent learning engagements, a new practitioner perspective with Honduras, and the latest evidence from the global immunisation community to strengthen your immunisation programs. In July, Linked held two in-person learning engagements. Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Honduras, with … Read More

Join us for a Linked Webinar on One-dose HPV vaccination: Evidence, lessons learned and strategies, with experiences from Guyana and Estonia

Choosing or switching to a single dose HPV vaccination can simplify delivery and lower program costs. It can also help reduce the potential for supply shortages and alleviate delivery challenges such as those encountered during the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether countries are in the initial stages of introducing the HPV vaccine or considering a switch, they … Read More

New Course Alert: Climate Ready Immunisation – Empowering Immunisation Professionals for Climate Action

Register Today! The Sabin Vaccine Institute’s Boost Community, in partnership with People Power Health, is excited to offer a new course, Climate Ready Immunization – Empowering Immunization Professionals for Climate Action, beginning Tuesday, October 8, 2024. This interactive course will enhance your understanding of the critical link between the climate crisis and immunization programs and … Read More

ThinkWell Kenya are seeking a Senior Technical Advisor and Program Analyst

ThinkWell are seeking a Senior Technical Advisor and Program Analyst/Senior Program Analyst to support the implementation of a new project that aims to support Kenya in advancing its strategy towards the elimination of cervical cancer, as well as other health financing work. This is a full-time position, initially for a year, and will be based … Read More

Research Funding Opportunity: Health policy and systems research for vaccine uptake in low- and middle-income countries – deadline 24 July 2024

Philippines, Viet Nam

The Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (the Alliance) is seeking expressions of interest (EoIs) from research and policy teams based in select low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to use health policy and systems research to respond to identified national priorities related to improving vaccine uptake. EoIs can focus on one of two tracks: … Read More

Linked Community News June 2024

This newsletter is available in English, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian. We’re kicking off June with exciting network updates and the latest evidence from the global immunisation community. At the end of May, Linked held a two-day kickoff meeting in Jakarta for the new Indonesia Subnational Peer-to-Peer Learning Platform. Immunisation practitioners, policymakers, and partners working at … Read More

Immunization Delivery Cost Catalogue update: The state of the evidence on the cost of delivering immunisation in low- and middle-income countries

ThinkWell is pleased to present an updated version of the Immunization Delivery Cost Catalogue, or IDCC, the most comprehensive, current, and standardized database on the cost of delivering vaccines in low- and middle-income countries. Based on a systematic review of over 22,000 publications, the updated IDCC presents 1,156 unique unit costs from 119 publications, in … Read More