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36th International Papillomavirus Conference

11/12/2024 - 11/15/2024

Edinburgh, UK

Join researchers, clinicians and other health professionals at the 36th International Papillomavirus Conference: “Equitable, Evidence-Based Approaches to HPV Disease”. Conference topics include: Prevention of HPV infection and their associated diseases and cancers especially cervical cancer The molecular biology, immunology and epidemiology of PVs in understanding pathogenesis. Expanding scientific knowledge to benefit the whole community Learn more … Read More

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Call for Applicants for 1st WHO Training in Infodemic Management

The World Health Organization (WHO) is developing activities to support the country pandemic preparedness and to mitigate the current COVID-19 pandemic which is accompanied by an infodemic. There is an urgent need to address the infodemic accompanying the COVID-19 pandemic, as most countries are battling both. As the world seeks to accelerate the development of medical countermeasures including … Read More

Christina Shaw

First Module of LNCT’s New Free Online Course on Vaccine Hesitancy and Demand Generation Now Available to the Public

Christina Shaw

Dear LNCT members, We are pleased to announce that the first module of LNCT’s new online course on vaccine hesitancy and demand generation, “Understanding and Generating Demand for Immunization” is now available to the public in English, French, Portuguese and Russian. Developed in partnership with Common Thread, this module introduces key behavior change concepts and … Read More

Voices of Public Health: The JSI Podcast – Rolling out a digital training initiative in India during COVID-19

In the latest Voices of Public Health podcast, JSI team members working on the Rapid Immunization Skill Enhancement (RISE) project discuss their experience piloting their digital training program for improving health workers’ immunization knowledge and skills in India. The RISE training modules went online for use by health workers in March 2020, almost coinciding with … Read More

LNCT Member Newsletter September 2020

LNCT Updates Three Priorities for Strengthening Our Network Since its launch, LNCT has continuously examined its approach to engaging and supporting country members to respond to transition-related challenges. Earlier this year, and prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) commissioned an external assessment of LNCT to identify core strengths, challenges, … Read More

Countries Urged to Act Against COVID-19 ‘infodemic’

Read the full statement from the United Nations here. The UN and partners have urged countries to take urgent action to address what they have described as the “infodemic” that has surfaced in tandem with the COVID-19 pandemic, both in the real world and online. The pandemic is the first in history in which technology … Read More

Enroll in Upcoming Vaccine Economics Online Course

The Teaching Vaccine Economics Everywhere (TVEE) training workshop will now be available online and is open to participants free-of-charge. Health economists from universities around the world have developed an online course to strengthen skills related to economics and financing of national immunization programs and to improve the sustainability of vaccine delivery in low and middle-income … Read More

172 countries & multiple candidate vaccines engaged in COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility

Geneva/Oslo, 24 August 2020 – 172 economies are now engaged in discussions to potentially participate in COVAX, a global initiative aimed at working with vaccine manufacturers to provide countries worldwide equitable access to safe and effective vaccines, once they are licensed and approved. COVAX currently has the world’s largest and most diverse COVID-19 vaccine portfolio – including nine … Read More

Christina Shaw

COVAX Facility Provides Global Equitable Access to COVID-19 Vaccines

Christina Shaw

The COVAX Facility — a collaboration created to guarantee quick and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines throughout the world — has garnered the interest of 75 countries and plans to support as many as 90 lower-income countries through Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance’s Advance Market Commitment (AMC).  The COVAX Facility together with the AMC is designed to guarantee … Read More

LNCT Member Newsletter July 2020

LNCT Updates Materials from Two Recent LNCT Webinars Now Available Online On June 23, LNCT held a webinar, Assessing Bottlenecks to Adequate and Predictable Vaccine Financing. The World Bank presented their tool which aims to help country counterparts pinpoint the root causes of bottlenecks that affect adequate and reliable vaccine financing. The materials from the webinar, including … Read More