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This edition of the newsletter is available in English, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian. The Linked community is invigorated and enthusiastic following multiple opportunities over the past several weeks to connect in person and exchange insights and lessons on topics ranging from providing effective supportive supervision and management to overcoming barriers to introduce and scale up … Read More

The Sabin Vaccine Institute’s Boost Community, in partnership with Adaptive Change Advisors and People Power Health and with technical support from BCL, leaders of Immunization Academy, is excited to offer the new course, Boosting Leadership to Advance Life Course Immunization, beginning October 2023. This interactive and integrated course will 1) build your technical knowledge and … Read More

Deadline to Register: Friday, August 18 Are you a national or sub-national immunisation professional? Are you a leader or key decision-maker on your team? Are you eager to recover your immunisation programme from the COVID-19 pandemic and build it back stronger to achieve the IA2030 targets? You may be a good fit for this program. … Read More

We are excited to announce the launch of our Linked Immunisation Action Network page on LinkedIn. This page will feature timely news, network updates, and key resources from our community and will enable you to connect with other community members. Please follow our new page and share widely with your colleagues and networks!

This edition of the newsletter is available in English, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian. The Linked community is so thrilled to have gotten opportunities over the past several weeks to meet in person and exchange lessons on strengthening the capacity and motivation of the health workforce and providing effective supportive supervision. In early June, stakeholders from … Read More

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