News from IVAC - September 2023

September 2023

IVAC Co-Hosts Workshop to Accelerate Introduction of Lifesaving Vaccines for Children 

IVAC team members traveled to N’Djamena, Chad, earlier this month for a workshop focused on accelerating the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) and rotavirus vaccine in four high-burden African countries: Chad, Guinea, Somalia, and South Sudan. Hosted in collaboration with the Mérieux Foundation, Every Breath Counts, Save the Children, Chad’s Ministry of Health, and […]

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September 2023

As Respiratory Illnesses Rise, Vaccine Access is More Important Than Ever

With flu season around the corner and expected upticks in cases of COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), we can anticipate a perfect storm of respiratory viruses — often referred to as a “tripledemic”. Since these viruses have the potential to cause serious illness and death, the tripledemic has a strong potential of straining hospitals […]

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