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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Drs. Joe Bresee and Marie-Paule Kieny discuss the importance of expanding seasonal influenza programs as a means of pandemic readiness.

Indonesia, Iraq and South Africa now rank among the ten countries with the highest number of under-immunized children worldwide, even though these countries are richer than many of their [...]