International Vaccine Access Center at JHSPH

01/22/2024

A historic day in the fight to ! Cameroon has become the first of many countries to introduce the RTS,S malaria vaccine into its routine immunisation programme. We’re proud to work with partners to support the roll out of the world’s first malaria vaccine:

We are working with 20 African countries that are aiming to introduce the vaccine in 2024. In total these 20 countries will aim to reach approximately 6.6 million children with the malaria vaccine through 2024 and 2025.

"Today represents a historic milestone as we will finally be able to offer a new tool in the fight against a disease that has impacted the African continent most of all, accounting for 95% of all deaths globally" - Aurélia Nguyen.

11/22/2023

04/25/2023

When: April 26th, 10:00am-11:30am EDT Registration: https://jh.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_t9sySAZwQoiJXZMd4W6z-Q Description: As part of this year’s World Immunization Week (2023), the International Vaccine Access Center is hosting a webinar to highlight exciting new vaccines and immunization tec...

03/22/2023

Scientists are hopeful a new type of vaccine in development could give us a better shot of fighting COVID-19, without involving any type of shot at all.

03/09/2023

Women have always been integral when it comes to immunization — including mothers who seek out vaccines for their children, researchers and scientists who work to deliver these vaccines, and healthcare workers on the frontlines of global immunization initiatives. With a rise in women participating...

03/08/2023

Dr. Chizoba Wonodi speaking at the 9th Annual Shot@Life Champion

03/03/2023

It's been three years since coronavirus impacted the world forever. The question is, where are we now and how are vaccines still preventing the spread of the virus?

02/21/2023

Winners include IVAC's VIRA chatbot team!🎉 Congrats on winning a Silver Award in the “Innovation” category, which recognizes new products and services that boost awareness about health issues.

Since its conception in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic’s peak, VIRA has used machine learning to grow the number of key topics covered—such as vaccine safety and eligibility—from 40 to more than 200. VIRA has been adopted by seven state health departments and has participated in more than 25,000 conversations. https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2023/johns-hopkins-bloomberg-school-of-public-health-wins-six-anthem-awards

Congratulations to the Winners of the 2nd Annual Anthem Awards!

Since launching The Anthem Awards in the summer of 2021, we've seen that impact has become a dominant force in mainstream culture. Now with nearly 2,000 entries from 43 countries around the world — ranging from local grassroots organizations to large-scale endeavors from global brands — the Anthem community demonstrates a commitment to impact and purpose-driven work that’s here to stay.

"The sheer number, breadth, and overall quality of the entries shared with us in the 2nd Annual Awards is a testament to the strength of our growing movement," says Anthem Awards Managing Director Jessica Lauretti.

The Anthem Awards is honored to recognize Gloria Steinem, the founders of Ben & Jerry’s, Ben Cohen & Jerry Greenfield, Billy Porter, Gabrielle Giffords, Amanda Gorman, Oleksandra Matviichuk on behalf of the Center for Civil Liberties and the People of Ukraine, Quannah Chasinghorse, Abigail E. Disney, and Founder & CEO of Chobani, Hamdi Ulukaya, with Special Achievement Awards.

2nd Annual Anthem Awards Winners include Lil Nas X, Michelle Obama’s When We All Vote, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Planned Parenthood, Sir David Attenborough’s The Green Planet, Sesame Street, Marina Abramovic, The Asian American Foundation, Sephora, Selma Blair, It Gets Better Project, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Ciara, UNHCR, NASA, Rihanna’s The Clara Lionel Foundation and so many more activists and leaders in impact.

See all of the 2nd Annual Anthem Awards Winners at anthemawards.com!

01/25/2023

“I think everybody's talking about that [flu] right now with the twindemic and potentially the triple endemic with RSV. Right now, the empirical data, the hospitalizations are tracking pretty well with our most pessimistic scenario, which is basically defined by the fact that there is very little immunity in the population because we haven't been infected in the last couple of years." - Dr. Shaun Truelove, assistant scientist at IVAC

Listen to a recent episode of the Public Health On Call podcast where Dr. Truelove returns to talk with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about this winter's COVID-19 surge as well as what models can tell us about other respiratory diseases like flu and RSV.

Dr. Shaun Truelove, an infectious disease epidemiologist, returns to the podcast to talk with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about the latest models for the COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub. They discuss the possibility of another COVID surge this winter as well as what models can tell us about other respiratory...

01/25/2023

In case you missed today's hosted by IPA, you can find the recording online -- hear from Dr. William Moss, IVAC's Executive Director, who presented on “Key Clinical and Epidemiological Aspects of and ”.

Watch here:

Call for Opening- Dr. Mary Agocs, International Pediatrics Association (IPA) Strategic Advisory Group on ImmunizationsOpening Remarks:- Prof. Enver Hasanoglu...