3rd Annual PIVI Meeting – Sharing Lessons Learned
On September 17-19, 2019 The Task Force for Global Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) convened the 3rd Annual CDC and Partnership for Influenza Vaccine Introduction [...]
Factors and considerations for establishing and improving seasonal influenza vaccination of health workers: Report from a WHO meeting, January 16–17, Berlin, Germany
“Health workers represent an important target group for seasonal influenza vaccination because of their increased risk of infection as well as the risk of transmitting infection to [...]
Prevention and Control of Seasonal Influenza with Vaccines: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — United States, 2019–20 Influenza Season
This report updates the 2018–19 recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) regarding the use of seasonal influenza vaccines in the United States (MMWR Recomm Rep [...]
Measurement of birth outcomes in analyses of the impact of maternal influenza vaccination
Pregnant women and their newborns are particularly vulnerable to severe or complicated influenza virus infection. From randomized clinical trials, influenza vaccination reduces the incidence of [...]
A rapid evidence appraisal of influenza vaccination in health workers: An important policy in an area of imperfect evidence
The World Health Organization recommends vaccination of health workers (HWs) against influenza, but low uptake is intransigent. We conducted a Rapid Evidence Appraisal on: the risk of influenza [...]
How to implement seasonal influenza vaccination of health workers: An introduction manual for national immunization programme managers and policy makers
WHO has developed an introduction manual for national immunization programme managers and policy-makers to support the introduction of health worker influenza immunization. The health worker [...]
PIVI Newsletter
Moldova – Impact of PIVI and Healthcare Worker Workshops There are approximately 13,000 physicians and 25,000 nurses in the Republic of Moldova. While most work for the government, many [...]
The partnership for influenza vaccine introduction (PIVI): Supporting influenza vaccine program development in low and middle-income countries through public-private partnerships
Influenza vaccination remains the most effective tool for reducing seasonal influenza disease burden. Few Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) have robust, sustainable annual influenza [...]
The Not-Flashy, Essential Part of Outbreak Preparedness and Response
When an outbreak hits, how do we immediately get a Ministry of Health representative, an animal health specialist, a communications expert and a laboratory sample transporter on the same [...]
Health outcomes of young children born to mothers who received 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccination during pregnancy: retrospective cohort study
The objective of this study was to determine whether any association exists between exposure to 2009 pandemic H1N1 (pH1N1) influenza vaccination during pregnancy and negative health outcomes in [...]
