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The Immunization Newsletter is published every two months, in Spanish, English and French by the Immunization Unit of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO). Its purpose is to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information concerning immunization programs in the Region, in order to promote greater knowledge of the problems faced and their possible solutions.
References to commercial products and the publication of signed articles in this Newsletter do not constitute endorsement by PAHO/WHO, nor do they necessarily represent the policy of the Organization.
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Thirty years of the Immunization Newsletter (1979 - 2009)
“Thirty years of the Immunization Newsletter: The history of the EPI in the Americas” compiles over 2,500 articles on immunization published since 1979. This book will take you from the early implementation of the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) in the Americas to the current efforts to sustainably introduce new vaccines. You will read about the regional polio, measles and rubella elimination initiatives, from their conception to their achievement, and of the many experiences and lessons learned that have made the Immunization Program of the Americas one of the most successful life-saving initiatives in the world.
Please visit E-book site: http://www.paho.org/inb
COMING SOON: Immunization Newsletter - February 2013
PREVIOUS ISSUES INDEX (1979-2011)
- Immunization Newsletter - December 2012
IN THIS ISSUE: Immunization Registries in Latin America: Progress and Lessons Learned; Immunization and Birth Registration; The Information System of Brazil’s National Immunization Program; Web-based EPI Monitoring System by Birth Cohort in Bogotá, Colombia; NOTI-PAI: An Innovative Feature of Bogotá’s Immunization Registry; Chile’s National Immunization Registry; Information Management System, Tucumán, Argentina; Mobile Data Entry Clerk: An Innovative Idea Worth Exploring; Paraguay’s New Immunization Information System; Uruguay’s Nominal Immunization Registry; Pertussis/Diphtheria/Tetanus/Mumps Data Final Classification, 2010-2011; Lessons Learned from Implementing a Nominal Immunization Registry in Honduras
- Immunization Newsletter - October 2012
IN THIS ISSUE: XX TAG Meeting -Paving the Way for Immunization; Bolivian Uru Chipaya Community Receives PAHO Immunization Award; Polio Vaccines; Rotavirus Vaccination Schedule; Measles, Rubella and CRS Elimination; Evidence on Pertussi'; Decade of Vaccines: From Planning to Action; Cholera Vaccination in the Americas; Thimerosal-Containing Vaccines Continue to be Safe; The PAHO Revolving Fund and the Current Global Vaccine Market; Improving Regional Vaccine Production Capacity to Meet the Needs of the Americas; WANTED: Trinidad and Tobago’s East Leo Club 1982
- Immunization Newsletter - August 2012
IN THIS ISSUE: Intensive Health Activities Focused on Children in Haiti; WHO Vaccine Reaction Rates Information Sheets; International Workshop on Cold Chain Operations in Nicaragua; Workshop on Measles and Rubella Detection Using Real Time RT-PCR and Sequencing; Newsbriefs; El Salvador Enacts Vaccine Law; Measles/Rubella/Congenital Rubella Syndrome Surveillance Data Final Classification, 2011; Dr. Cláudio Marcos da Silveira: In Memoriam
- Immunization Newsletter - June 2012
IN THIS ISSUE: First Pan American Vaccine Safety Summit; Vaccinator Training Course, Uruguay: Quality Vaccinators for Service Excellence; Workshop to Define the Main Indicators and Visualizations for the Immunization Module of the Regional Health Observatory; Cold Chain Equipment and WHO Pre-qualification; The ProVac International Working Group Begins its First Country Study of the Pilot Phase
- Immunization Newsletter - April 2012
IN THIS ISSUE: Tenth Anniversary of Vaccination Week in the Americas and the First World Immunization Week; Haiti launches VWA with Intensive Vaccination Activities Focused on Children; Honduras launches Vaccination Week; Vaccine-derived Poliovirus Paralytic Poliomyelitis - What is it and what should you do?; Guide to Contraindications and Precautions to Commonly Used Vaccines; Vaccination: An Act of Love, 10 Years of Vaccination Week in the Americas
- Immunization Newsletter - February 2012
IN THIS ISSUE: Brazil’s Experience with the Development of a Vaccine-Wastage Evaluation System; Adherence to Immunization Recommendations by the Health Staff of the American Hospital. Montevideo, Uruguay, 2011; The Revolving Fund’s New KPI Dashboard: Key tool for continuous improvement; Alternative Algorithm for Poliovirus isolation and characterization; PAHO Revolving Fund: Vaccine and Syringe Prices, 2012; Fourth ProVac Network of Centers of Excellence Meeting, Cartagena, Colombia
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