Global Immunization News

21 April 2011

World Health Organization

Global Immunization News Inside this issue:

Technical Information

Honduras introduced the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine

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Progress on MNTE

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Immunization week 2011

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New publication

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Sabin Convenes First Colloquium on Sustainable Immunization Financing

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AFRICA • Africa joins the Vaccination Week for the first time

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• Measles campaigns in West

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Africa

AMERICAS

• The ProVac Initiative Pilot tests

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• Vaccination Week in the Ameri-

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• EPI Evaluation in Argentina

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• PAHO Shares Experiences of

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SOUTH EAST ASIA • Myanmar Initiates ‘Reaching Every Community’ Approach

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WESTERN PACIFIC

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HPV decision support tool in Jamaica cas 2011

Americas Region on Sustainable Immunization Financing at Sabin Colloquium

• First Vaccination Week in the Western Pacific

Regional Meetings & Key Events

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Related Links

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THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO INTRODUCED THE PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINE THROUGH THE EXPANDED PROGRAMME ON IMMUNIZATION 21/04/2011 from Léon Kinuani, WHO/DR Congo On Monday 4 April 2011 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) First Lady, Madame Marie-Olive Lembe Kabila presided the ceremony of both the introduction of the vaccine against pneumococcal infections and the launch of the campaign to accelerate the reduction of maternal mortality in Africa (CARMMA). A large crowd as well as many partners for development were present and enhanced the importance of this ceremony. The vaccine against pneumococcal The First Lady holding the first child vaccinated against infections is the tenth to be integrated into pneumococcal infections. (Photo WHO) the routine Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in DRC for children from 0 to 11 months. The other routine vaccines include those against poliomyelitis, tuberculosis, measles, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, yellow fever, hepatitis B and "haemophilus influenzae type b " infections. The Minister for Public Health, Dr Victor Makweng Kaput indicated that due to the vastness of the country and to technical and logistical constraints, the introduction of the new vaccine against pneumococcal infections would be done gradually, starting with the two provinces of Kinshasa and Bas-Congo. The Minister pointed out that in the DRC, according to studies, pneumonia is the second leading cause of mortality among children under 5 years, after malaria. Pneumonia is also responsible for 25% of bacterial meningitis among children with sickle-cell anaemia, and 80% of meningitis are due to pneumococcus. The Minister invited the entire population of Kinshasa and BasCongo to vaccinate their children under 12 months, since "immunization guarantees the future of one's child". Following individual presentations, the First Lady of the DRC, Madame Kabila said that pneumococcal pneumonia and meningitis are the main causes of death of children under five years in the DRC. Finally, Madame Kabila made a solemn appeal to the whole nation, the Institutions of the Republic, civil society and international organizations, to promote safer maternal health, and to strengthen family planning and immunization. She also suggested to the National Assembly and the Senate to vote a law on family planning and appropriate immunization before recommending these Institutions to look in every possible way to increase the share of the national budget devoted to health.

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Technical Information HONDURAS INTRODUCED THE PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINE (PCV 13) 21/04/2011 from Lúcia Helena de Oliveira, WHO/PAHO

“Immunizing in the context of global independence”

The information contained in this Newsletter depends upon your contributions Please send inputs for inclusion to: [email protected]

Streptococcus pneumoniae is presently the most common etiologic agent of bacterial pneumonia and meningitis in children, and is responsible for most hospitalizations and deaths in the region of the Americas. According to several studies conducted in Honduras, pneumococcal diseases are the leading cause of childhood invasive infections in the country. On 1 April 2011, Honduras officially launched the introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate 13-valent vaccine (PCV13) into its routine immunization programme, making the vaccine that costs more than US$100 in the private sector, free for the first time in the public sector and social security. The shot given by Dr Arturo Bendaña, Minister of Health in ceremony took place in Tegucigalpa and was PCV-13 Tegulcigalpa, Honduras presided over by the Minister of Health, Dr. Arturo Bendaña, in the presence of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Spanish Agency’s International Cooperation for Development (AECID). Children between 2 and 7 months of age will receive PCV-13 in a three-dose schedule. One vaccine dose will also be given to children 12 months of age. In order to reduce child morbidity and mortality in the country, national authorities plan to vaccinate one million children between 2 to 7 months of age with the set objective of reaching more than 95% of children nationwide. The introduction of the PCV13 was financially supported by the GAVI Alliance (97.6% of the funds), PAHO/WHO (cost-effectiveness studies, epidemiological surveillance and introduction plan), UNICEF and AECID.

PROGRESS ON MNTE 21/04/2011 from the MNTE team, UNICEF New York

“Integrating Immunization, other linked health interventions and surveillance in the health systems context”

The first quarter of 2011 started on a successful note for the MNTE programme as Uganda joins the list of countries that have eliminated MNTE. This brings the number of countries that have eliminated MNT to a total of 20 out of 58 that were at high risk in 2000. Currently, there are 38 countries, mainly in Asia and Africa, that are yet to achieve elimination. Among the 38 remaining countries to achieve MNTE elimination, eight have completed Tetanus Toxoid Supplementary Immunization Activities (TT SIAs) and the few that are planning pre-validation and validation exercises include Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Liberia, Sénégal, Tanzania, and Timor-Leste. In addition, Ethiopia and Indonesia will have pre-validation and validation exercises in all but one region (Somali region in Ethiopia and Papua in Indonesia will be excluded). In 2010, approximately 24 million women were targeted for TT vaccination in high risk areas in 20 countries. The following countries have TT SIAs planned in 2011: Afghanistan, Angola, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, DR Congo, Ethiopia (Somali Region), Indonesia, Madagascar, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Somalia and Yemen. Momentum to achieve MNTE by 2015 continues to build on with a strong and committed partnership. EXPAND THE NETWORK Invite a friend, colleague, organization or network to subscribe to the GIN. Invite them to subscribe by asking them to send an email to [email protected] with the following exact text in the body of the email: "subscribe GLOBALIMMUNIZATIONNEWS"

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Technical Information IMMUNIZATION WEEK 2011

21/04/2011 from Hayatee Hasan, WHO/HQ

“Introducing new vaccines and technologies”

GAVI related Information Next GAVI Review Dates: GAVI Call for Proposals for New Vaccine Support (only): Closing date 15 May 2011

This year, for the first time, about 180 countries across the regions of Africa, the Americas, Eastern Mediterranean, Europe and the Western Pacific are taking part in Immunization Week, a WHO-led initiative. Starting 23 April, countries will implement activities to boost awareness and inform communities on the benefits and importance of immunization. These include the dissemination of information, education and communication materials, organizing training sessions, workshops, exhibitions, social mobilization, press conferences and round table discussions with political decision makers, medical professionals, parents and caregivers. In addition, large-scale vaccination A child is vaccinated as part of vaccination week activities in Panama (Photo: PAHO) campaigns, tracking of unvaccinated people and the delivery of an integrated package of life-saving health interventions will take place. WHO provides support developing advocacy and planning tools to assist health authorities to effectively prepare and implement relevant immunization activities. Regional and national partners such as other UN organizations and civil societies also support countries to carry out activities. Moreover, presidents and prime ministers, first ladies, health ministers, ambassadors and leading personalities lend their support to this important initiative. For more information, visit this link.

New Publications IMMUNIZATION FINANCING TOOLKIT The Immunization Financing Toolkit is a series of short briefs on different options for financing national immunization programs and vaccines. It is intended to serve as a resource for program managers and decision makers in ministries of health, planning, and finance. The Toolkit brings together the most up-todate knowledge on the characteristics of various types of financing mechanisms as well as information on how the mechanisms are being implemented in practice, their potential benefits, and their limitations. Where possible, case studies on specific financing options are included. It is available online.

“Integrating Immunization, other linked health interventions and surveillance in the health systems context”

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SABIN CONVENES FIRST COLLOQUIUM ON SUSTAINABLE IMMUNIZATION FINANCING 21/04/2011 from Sandra Keller, SIF Sabin From 28-29 March, 2011, 101 delegates and external partner counterparts gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for Sabin’s first Colloquium on Sustainable Immunization Financing. The event gave participants from Africa, Asia and the Americas the opportunity to network and showcase best practices. Among dignitaries opening the Colloquium were Ethiopian State Minister of Health Dr. Kesete-Berhan Admasu, World Health Organization Regional Director for Africa Dr. Luis Gomes Sambo and incoming Chairman of the GAVI Board of Directors Mr. Dagfinn Høybråten. Delegates spoke about their immunization financing strategies. Vidyadhar Mallik, a former finance secretary from Nepal, described how a properly financed EPI program would look from the ministry of finance viewpoint. Speaking for Uganda’s Ministry of Health, health economist Rogers Enyaku gave the group a glimpse of Uganda’s new output-based budget system and explained how it is improving immunization program performance. Parliamentarian Hon. Hubert-Alphonse Masala Loka Mutombo, Chair of the Budget Commission in Democratic Republic of Congo, told of his Commission’s ultimately successful efforts to win a bigger 2010 immunization program budget. In all, twelve delegates from the SIF pilot countries presented experiences and lessons learned. Working in small groups, delegates discussed their constraints and best practices in the areas of advocacy, budget and financial management and legislation. They identified the short-term action points they will follow in the coming months to move their countries closer to the sustainable immunization financing goal. To Sabin Executive Vice President Ciro de Quadros, the Colloquium showed the power of collective action for sustainable immunization financing. “This is the beginning of a paradigm shift- from paternalism to country ownership.”

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Country Information by Region AFRICAN REGION AFRICA JOINS THE VACCINATION WEEK FOR THE FIRST TIME 21/04/2011 from Crépin Hilaire DADJO, WHO/AFRO IST West

HSS= Health Systems Strengthening; IST = Inter Country Support Team; ISS = Immunization Services Support; INS = Injection Safety Support; NVS = New Vaccine Support; DQA = Data Quality Audit; DQS = Data Quality Self Assessment; RED = Reach Every District; cMYP = Fully costed multi-year plan; NITAG = National Immunization Technical Advisory Group; NRA = National Regulatory Authority

During the 60th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa (AFR/RC60/14) held in September 2010, Member States of the WHO African Region through their Health Ministers adopted a resolution for the institutionalization of an annual African Vaccination Week with the aim of sustaining advocacy for immunization, expanding community participation and improving immunization service delivery. Most of the African countries will be observing for the first time – and in synchronization with the other four WHO regions - the Vaccination Week whose theme for this very first edition is “Put mothers and children first; Vaccinate and stop polio now”. Polio has been highlighted for this edition because there is still a lot to be done to raise protection levels particularly where there are pockets of vulnerable populations. This year, 73 cases of polio have been confirmed in nine countries in the African Region as of 15 April 2011. In West Africa, countries will be conducting a second round of synchronized Polio campaigns from 29 April - 2 May 2011, and most have seized this golden opportunity to combine the Polio campaign with the commemoration of the African Vaccination Week (AVW). Activities planned range from official launches with simple social messages, programmes engaging the media in advocacy efforts to support routine immunization, and service delivery packages in some underserved districts.

MEASLES CAMPAIGNS IN WEST AFRICA 21/04/2011 from Crépin Hilaire DADJO, WHO/AFRO IST West

Four countries in West Africa have organized follow-up campaigns against measles, initially planned for 2010, in line with the strategies for measles mortality reduction in the African region. About 29.9 million children aged nine up to 59 months were immunized in Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania (data not yet available as campaign concluded last week) and Nigeria (data to be completed for five states). Preliminary results show a good “Protecting more uptake of vaccine of more people in a Social Mobilization for measles campaign in Burkina Faso than 94% coverage, changing world” though with wide variations between regions especially in Mauritania. All these countries are expected to conduct coverage surveys to validate these preliminary administrative coverage data. Vaccination response surveys was also carried out in Cote d’Ivoire Liberia, Niger and Togo in response to confirmed measles outbreaks in some districts. In the case of Cote d’Ivoire, the vaccination response campaign was extended to cover ten other districts, some of which had reported confirmed cases of yellow fever. Click on this link to read the full article on Measles outbreaks and progress towards meeting measles pre-elimination goals: WHO African Region (2009–2010) in the WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record.

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Country Information by Region AMERICAS THE PROVAC INITIATIVE PILOT TESTS HPV DECISION SUPPORT TOOL IN JAMAICA 21/04/2011 from Cara Janusz, WHO/PAHO In response to requests by PAHO member states, PAHO’s ProVac Initiative has undertaken the development of a HPV Cost-effectiveness Model to evaluate the costs and health benefit gains of introducing the HPV vaccine to national schedules. The HPV Cost-effectiveness (CE) Model will resemble the ProVac Initiative’s Rotavirus and PCV Cost-effectiveness Model (TRIVAC) in terms of user-friendliness, to ensure ease of use for country teams, methodology and approach. In addition to evaluating the introduction of the vaccine, the HPV CE Model will evaluate the cost-effectiveness of introducing alternative cervical cancer screening strategies (i.e. IVA or DNA testing) and/or strengthening existing cervical cancer screening programmes. As the first ProVac Model to consider non-vaccine interventions, ProVac will be collaborating closely with the cervical cancer team at PAHO and the Center for Decision Science at Harvard University, where a group of Harvard researchers have contributed significantly to the field of HPV and economic analysis. With substantial support from local public health professionals from the Ministry of Health, a Fulbright Fellow, Anita Gupta, and PAHO’s cervical cancer team, the ProVac Initiative pilot tested the HPV Cost-effectiveness tool in Jamaica in March 2011. Jamaica’s high burden of cervical cancer, one of the highest in the world, has prompted the Ministry of Health to begin preparing for the potential introduction of the HPV vaccine. In doing so, the Ministry of Health has spearheaded a series of activities to gather the evidence base to inform decisions and recommendations for HPV vaccination. Preliminary cost-effectiveness results of the pilot-test using Jamaican data should be ready by late May 2011. Jamaica will use the Model’s outputs as an input to a recommendation document that gathers the entire framework of evidence to inform the decision on whether to introduce the HPV vaccine or not. After working with the Jamaican team for three days, ProVac received crucial feedback for the development of the cervical cancer screening component of the Model. The tool development will be completed by the third quarter of this year. In October 2011, ProVac will hold a region-wide HPV cost-effectiveness workshop to introduce the Model and provide training on the tool to multidisciplinary country teams. PAHO’s ProVac Initiative aims to strengthen evidence-based decision making regarding the introduction of new vaccines in the Americas. In past years, ProVac has provided support to countries in the PAHO region to conduct country-led cost-effectiveness analyses on the rotavirus and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. More recently, ProVac has worked with country teams and experts from the region to evaluate the impact of introducing two new vaccines, rotavirus and pandemic flu vaccines, in many Latin American countries. The Initiative is fully funded by a five-year Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant, and in its third year of execution the Initiative has begun to prepare for the imminent demand for decision support regarding HPV vaccine introduction. To learn more visit this link.

VACCINATION WEEK IN THE AMERICAS 2011 21/04/2011 from Alba Maria Ropero and Hannah Kurtis, WHO/PAHO The ninth annual Vaccination Week in the Americas (VWA), an initiative aiming at advancing equity and access to vaccination across the Region of the Americas, will be celebrated from 23-30 April 2011. This year’s VWA slogan, “Vaccinate your family, protect your community,” highlights vaccination as a right of the entire family and a necessary means for disease prevention at the community level. VWA will be celebrated simultaneously with its sister initiatives in AFRO, EMRO, EURO, and WPRO.

“Protecting more people in a changing world”

HSS= Health Systems Strengthening; IST = Inter Country Support Team; ISS = Immunization Services Support; INS = Injection Safety Support; NVS = New Vaccine Support; DQA = Data Quality Audit; DQS = Data Quality Se lf Assessment; RED = Reach Every District; cMYP = Fully costed multiyear plan; NITAG = National Immunization Technical Advisory Group; NRA = National Regulatory Authority

Dozens of VWA launching events will be conducted in 2011 at the local, national and international level. These will include high profile Regional launches in the Altiplano between Bolivia and Peru on 26 April and in the Amazon in Manaus, Brazil on 30 April. Additional celebrations will take place between the United States and Mexico in Tucson, Arizona; in Panama; in Guatemala; on the tri-national border area between Brazil, Colombia, and Peru; between Guatemala and Honduras; between Colombia and Ecuador; between French Guiana and Suriname, and in Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Paraguay, Uruguay, among other locations. To date, approximately 40 countries and territories are scheduled to participate in VWA, targeting more than 41 million people across the age-spectrum for vaccination against a wide range of diseases, including poliomyelitis, measles, rubella, and congenital rubella syndrome, mumps, diphtheria, whooping cough, neonatal tetanus, influenza, and yellow fever. Several countries have also chosen to integrate other preventative interventions together with their vaccination campaigns, including deworming treatments, Vitamin A supplementation, and growth monitoring. Some countries and territories are planning to take advantage of VWA to focus exclusively on social communication and educational campaigns to promote vaccination. For more information on VWA, please refer to the initiative’s website and Facebook.

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Country Information by Region AMERICAS EPI EVALUATION IN ARGENTINA 21/04/2011 from Pamela Bravo, WHO/PAHO

“Protecting more people in a changing world”

An international EPI evaluation was conducted in Argentina from 4-15 April 2011. The objective of this evaluation was to determine the EPI’s capacity to respond to the challenges of maintaining the achievements, eliminating and controlling vaccine-preventable diseases, introducing new vaccines sustainably, and adapting to the creation of a unified health system and a decentralization process. The EPI evaluation included an adaptation of the [immunization] Data Quality SelfEvaluators who participated in International Evaluation of NIPassessment (DQS). Seventy-two Argentina (Photo: PAHO) Departments in eight Provinces were visited by a team of 17 international professionals and 23 Argentineans. The evaluation group concluded that the performance of Argentina’s EPI is satisfactory, there is a good coordination with key stakeholders inside and outside of the Ministry of Health, and that the program has obtained essential achievements, such as polio eradication and interruption of indigenous measles and rubella transmission, and new vaccine introduction. The program benefits from strong political support, as well as an exclusive budget that has been incremented for the introduction of new vaccines. In addition, the measles and rubella surveillance system is gradually incorporating the private sector. The results of interviews with health workers and users show that the EPI has high acceptance both at institutional and community levels. Specific problems and recommendations were included in the evaluation report and activities to implement the recommendations were incorporated in a five-year comprehensive plan of action.

PAHO SHARES EXPERIENCES OF AMERICAS REGION ON SUSTAINABLE IMMUNIZATION FINANCING AT SABIN COLLOQUIUM 21/04/2011 from Pierce Trumbo, WHO/PAHO The information contained in this Newsletter depends upon your contributions Please send inputs for inclusion to: [email protected]

PAHO was invited to the Colloquium on Sustainable Immunization Financing, hosted by the Sabin Vaccine Institute in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (see related article), to share the experiences of the Americas in developing vaccine legislation and sustainable immunization programs. The Americas panel was moderated by Dr. Jon Andrus, PAHO’s Deputy Director. Mr. Pierce Trumbo, Finance Officer for PAHO’s Immunization Project, presented the historical evolution of immunization programs in the Americas and explained how countries developed laws guaranteeing these programs. Following the creation of national programs and polio eradication efforts in the 1980s, PAHO encouraged Member States to assume more responsibility for their programs and helped countries to develop vaccine legislation to secure a budget line for immunization. Today, countries in the Americas cover 99% of the cost of their national programs—and at least 27 countries have passed or are passing vaccine legislation. Two parliamentarians, Hon. Alejandro Northon Zapata Avendaño from Bolivia and Hon. Zoila Beatriz Quijada Solís from El Salvador, also shared their experiences in passing immunization legislation with the colloquium’s delegates. Representative Zapata Avendaño described his efforts to recruit supporters for Bolivia’s Ley 3300 (passed in 2005), which guarantees the right of all Bolivian citizens to be immunized. Hon Quijada Solís, who is spearheading the effort to pass El Salvador’s proposed vaccine law, expressed solidarity with the countries at the colloquium and encouraged delegates to continue fighting to secure national funds for immunization. Page 6

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Country Information by Region SOUTH EAST ASIA REGION MYANMAR INITIATES ‘REACHING EVERY COMMUNITY’ APPROACH 21/04/2011 from Diana Chang Blanc, UNICEF

HSS= Health Systems Strengthening; IST = Inter Country Support Team; ISS = Immunization Services Support; INS = Injection Safety Support; NVS = New Vaccine Support; DQA = Data Quality Audit; DQS = Data Quality Self Assessment; RED = Reach Every District; cMYP = Fully costed multi-year plan; NITAG = National Immunization Technical Advisory Group; NRA = National Regulatory Authority

Myanmar presents a kaleidoscope of geographical, ethnic and language diversity. Even though Myanmar's immunization programme has nationwide coverage across all its 330 townships, diverse cultural dynamics within and between townships posed barriers to equitable coverage through routine immunization approach alone. To overcome the barriers, the immunization programme designed the ‘Reaching Every Community’ (REC) Approach to get services to those children and pregnant women, access to whom are fraught with geographic, climatic, and socioeconomic barriers.

Immunization planning in Monywa Township, Sagaing Division in Myanmar (Photo: UNICEF Myanmar//2009/Win Naing)

The REC approach draws on the experiences and lessons learnt from implementation of the Crash Programme that was adopted to deliver immunization services in geographically remote regions. With the REC approach, scheduled services in addition to immunization will be delivered by engaging appropriate strategies to overcome not only geographic but also rapidly emerging socio-economic barriers posed by unplanned urbanization and random population mobility. Township Medical Officers (TMO) and Health Staff from 35 townships, where immunization coverage is lower than national average, completed REC training in January 2011. Myanmar is preparing to initiate field implementation through the trained health personnel. Township health staff led by TMO and other stakeholders will undertake barrier analysis in their respective areas and identify service needs (e.g. immunization, vitamin supplementation, distribution of insecticide treated net) and the most appropriate strategy to deliver these services through micro-planning exercises. Participation of different stakeholders in barrier identification, selection of service needs and delivery strategies will enhance ownership and sustainability. The participatory micro-planning process is expected to serve as the backbone for coordinated township health care structure and eventually in overall strengthening of health care system.

WESTERN PACIFIC REGION FIRST VACCINATION WEEK IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC 21/04/2011 from Gabriel Anaya, WHO/WPRO The First Vaccination Week in the Western Pacific will be launched by Dr. Shin Young-Soo, Regional Director in Manila during the opening of the 100th WR/CLO meeting taking place from 2529 April 2011. The Region is following the footsteps of the American, European and Eastern Mediterranean regions in an event that soon will become global. Thirty one countries and areas in the region have committed to conduct vaccination activities to educate and inform parents, caregivers and political leaders about the importance of vaccinating on time and to celebrate the regional achievements: Remaining Polio-free for 10 years; 25 countries and areas having eliminated or nearly eliminated measles ahead of the 2012 goal and reducing chronic hepatitis B infection rates to less than 2% among five-year-old children in 26 countries and areas which comprise 87% of the Region's population.

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Regional Meetings & Key Events Related to Immunization Title of Meeting

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2011 Meetings SAGE Meeting

05-Apr

07-Apr

Geneva, Switzerland

Global

AFRO East & South - cMYP Workshop

11-Apr

15-Apr

TBD

AFRO

GAVI Board Retreat

13-Apr

14-Apr

Geneva, Switzerland

Global

AFRO E&S Workshop to finalize GAVI Applications

18-Apr

22-Apr

TBD

AFRO

TBD

TBD

Paraguay and Ecuador

PAHO

National Regulatory Authority Strategic Forum www.worspace.who.int/sites/att

03-May

05-May

Bangkok, Thailand

Global

GAVI Programme & Policy Committee

09-May

09-May

Geneva, Switzerland

Global

11th Rotavirus Genotyping workshop, Rotavirus Regional Reference Laboratory, MEDUNSA

16-May

27-May

Pretoria, South Africa

AFRO

Second African workshop on Coordinated approaches to pneumonia and diarrhoea prevention and Control

24-May

27-May

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

AFRO

Fifth Bi-regional Meeting on Japanese Encephalitis Prevention and Control and JE Labnet Meeting

30-May

01-Jun

Lao PDR

WPRO

GAVI Donor Pledging Meeting

13-Jun

13-Jun

TBD

Global

International consultation of experts: NRA process and indicators, revision and update www.worspace.who.int/sites/att

21-Jun

23-Jun

Geneva, Switzerland

Global

WHO Global Meeting on Implementing New and Under-utilized Vaccines

22-Jun

24-Jun

Montreux, Switzerland

Global

Global Vaccine Research Forum 2011

25-Jun

29-Jun

Geneva, Switzerland

Global

EURO Workshop on Immunization financing

June

June

Copenhagen, Denmark

EURO

H1N1 lessons learnt workshop and Vaccine security training

04-Jul

08-Jul

Manila, Philippines

WPRO

GAVI Governance

06-Jul

06-Jul

TBD

Global

PAHO Technical Advisory Group on Vaccine-preventable Diseases (TAG)

06-Jul

08-Jul

Buenos Aires, Argentina

PAHO

GAVI Board Meeting

07-Jul

08-Jul

Geneva, Switzerland

Global

4th Regional Paediatric Bacterial Meningitis (PBM) and Rotavirus Surveillance meeting and Data Management Workshop

18-Jul

22-Jul

TBD

AFRO

Regional Laboratory Training Course on Rotavirus ELISA Antigen Detection and Genotyping

25-Jul

29-Jul

Korea

WPRO

SEARO EPI Managers' meeting

26-Jul

28-Jul

New Delhi, India

SEARO

AFRO West and Central Africa Sub Regional Working Group Meeting

July

July

Abuja/Accra

AFRO

20th Meeting of the WPR Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Immunization & Vaccine Preventable Diseases

09-Aug

12-Aug

Philippines

WPRO

WPRO Regional Working group

13-Aug

13-Aug

Philippines

WPRO

Pacific Immunization Programme Strengthening Workshops (PIPS)

22-Aug

27-Aug

Nadi, Fiji

WPRO

Subregional Certification Commission (SRCC)

22-Aug

27-Aug

Fiji

WPRO

PAHO/SIREVA II Workshop on the diagnostic and characterization of streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenza and Neisseria meningitides to strengthen epidemiological surveillance of bacterial pneumonia and meningitis

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WPRO

12-Sep 12-Sep 12-Sep 13-Sep

13-Sep 14-Sep 16-Sep 14-Sep

Philippines Geneva, Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland Washington, D.C., USA

WPRO Global Global PAHO

13-Sep

15-Sep

Goa

SEARO

19-Sep

20-Sep

Yerevan, Armenia

EURO

Sep

Sep

TBD

Global

AFRO West and Central Africa Sub Regional Working Group Workshop

Oct/Nov

Oct/Nov

Kinshasa, DRC

AFRO

SAGE Meeting

08-Nov

10-Nov

Geneva, Switzerland

Global

Regional Commission for the Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication in the Western Pacific Region

14-Nov

18-Nov

Viet Nam

WPRO

Regional workshop for MICs on economical evaluations of new vaccines

Nov

Nov

TBD

EURO

PAHO Regional New Vaccines Meeting

Nov

Nov

Washington, D.C., USA

PAHO

GAVI Board Meeting

Dec

Dec

TBD

Global

2011 Meetings WPRO Third Meeting on Vaccine Preventable Disease Laboratory Networks Regional Verification Committee for Measles Elimination Global IBD Surveillance Meeting Global Measles/Rubella and Polio Labnet Meeting-HQ Measles Initiative Annual Meeting Bi-regional Regional Working Reference Standards (RWRS) workshop Regional workshop on rotavirus for health care professionals and medical academicians GAVI Programme & Policy Committee

Region

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Links Relevant to Immunization Global Websites

Global Websites

Department of Immunization, Vaccines & Biologicals, World Health Organization

International Vaccine Access Center

WHO New Vaccines

American Red Cross Child Survival

Immunization Financing

PAHO ProVac Initiative

Immunization Monitoring

NUVI Website

Agence de Médecine Préventive EPIVAC GAVI Alliance Website IMMUNIZATION basics (JSI) International Vaccine Institute PATH Vaccine Resource Library Pediatric Dengue Vaccine Initiative SABIN Sustainable Immunization Financing SIVAC Program Website UNICEF Supply Division Website Hib Initiative Website Japanese Encephalitis Resources Malaria Vaccine Initiative Measles Initiative Meningitis Vaccine Project Multinational Influenza Seasonal Mortality Study (MISMS) RotaADIP RHO Cervical Cancer (HPV Vaccine) WHO/ICO Information Center on HPV and Cervical Cancer SIGN Updates Technet Vaccine Information Management System PneumoAction

Regional Websites

Newsletters

New Vaccines in AFRO

PAHO/Comprehensive Family Immunization ProgramFCH: Immunization Newsletter

PAHO’s website for Immunization Vaccine Preventable Diseases in EURO New Vaccines in SEARO Immunization in WPRO

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