The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics recently established the Outbreak Analytics and Disease Modeling Network, a national network comprised of 13 centers around the country. Dr. Shaun Truelove, IVAC faculty and an assistant scientist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, will be co-leading one of […]
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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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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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IVAC’s Maternal Immunization Readiness Initiative (MIRI) team recently traveled to Nakuru, Kenya, to present the project’s findings to the Kenyan Ministry of Health and other maternal and child health partners. With representation from nine counties in Kenya, the three-day meeting included workshops to co-create strategies for vaccine demand generation, such as ideas for IEC materials […]
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Baldeep K. Dhaliwal, a doctoral researcher at IVAC and a PhD candidate in Social and Behavioral Interventions, has won a Fulbright research grant to India. This Fulbright will support her dissertation research to study the Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) program, better understand how urban ASHAs can be supported in meeting government objectives, and explore […]
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Members of IVAC’s Economics & Finance Team presented at the 15th International Health Economics Association (IHEA) World Congress, held in Cape Town, South Africa. This year’s event was centered around diversity in health economics. “It was great to see diversity at the forefront of an economics conference, in terms of who is conducting the research, […]
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Although we are beginning to recover from the immunization backslide caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the recently released WHO and UNICEF national estimates of immunization coverage (WUENIC) shows that continued efforts are needed to ensure equitable access to vaccines. These life-saving vaccines are critical to prevent unnecessary illnesses and deaths and to provide a higher […]
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Measles is a highly contagious and vaccine-preventable disease that has been on the rise, both in the United States and globally. Missed routine immunizations due to the COVID-19 pandemic and growing mistrust in vaccines have contributed to a dangerous rise in cases. This webinar that provided an overview of the current state of measles in […]
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Last month, Svea Closser, PhD, MPH, an Associate Professor in the Department of International Health of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, participated in a Technical Advisory Group (TAG) meeting for polio eradication in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This meeting was hosted by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) and brought together public health […]
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This year, the Sabin Vaccine Institute’s annual Vaccination Acceptance Research Network (VARN) 2023 Conference was co-convened with UNICEF and co-sponsored by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in Bangkok, Thailand. IVAC showed a strong presence at VARN, with a number of posters, oral presentations, and workshops. Alex Michel presented a poster on IVAC’s online course, COVID […]
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