On September 17-18, the 2022 World Influenza Conference will be held in Guangzhou, China, experts and representatives from all over the world will participate in this conference to discuss the world’s most advanced influenza prevention and control strategies.
Nivel is researching the impact of COVID-19 on Influenza activity combining data from around the world.
Monthly reports can be found via this link on the Nivel website.
The latest data can be found in the bulletin enclosed as pdf below.
All presentations of the ESWI Respiratory virus Summit are available to watch here.
We have also made a 15 minute recap video for your convenience.
The programme for ESWI’s Respiratory Virus Summit: Pandemic Preparedness: where Science and Policy meet on June 21st 2022 in Brussels and online is available for download.
To register please visit: Respiratory Virus Summit
Read the full announcement by the WHO right here.
ESWI co-signed an open letter to express our concern about the average low coverage rates for flu vaccination in Europe. We call for concrete action to meet the WHO 75% target among risk groups, especially in this season!
Read the letter here: https://www.vaccineseurope.eu/news/articles/open-letter-calling-for-urgent-action-to-address-alarmingly-low-coverage-rates-for-influenza-vaccination
In 2021 ESWI held 5 webinars entitled: Preparing for COVID-19, RSV Disease and Influenza concomitant outbreaks.
You can find the conclusions and recommendations right here.
Congratulations to Guha, Sila, and Julia, winners of VaxHunt: The Quest to Prevent the Next Pandemic, an online game launched by the Influenzer Initiative at #ESWI2020.
This interactive game engages players in one of science’s greatest challenges- universal vaccine protection against influenza.
If you missed your chance to play, fear not, a new in-person VaxHunt is in the works for #ESWI2021, if COVID-19 safety provisions permit. Since its debut in December, the virtual VaxHunt has also been globally launched with another round of prizes for high scorers:
1st place: $500 USD
2nd place: $250 USD
3rd place: $100 USD
The game features trivia and puzzle challenges where players explore:
Our experience with COVID-19 has been a wake-up call to the ever-present threat an influenza pandemic poses to society. To prevent another pandemic, a universal influenza vaccine is imperative. Now is the time to fuel next-generation vaccine innovation by stimulating researchers, tech experts, thought leaders and investors to catalyze novel approaches and technologies. This challenging mission will require scientific breakthroughs, disruptive policy, and a new generation of bold flu fighters to accelerate critical vaccine research and development.
We hope you will share VaxHunt with your networks and make this important quest go viral!
*Players can also enjoy VaxHunt with the confidence that each module has been thoroughly reviewed by STEM.org Educational Research™(SER) and awarded its STEM.org Authenticated™ trustmark.
Copywrite: Sabin Vaccine Institute
World Immunisation Week – celebrated every year in the last week of April – aims to promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease. Immunisation saves millions of lives every year and is widely recognised as one of the world’s most successful health interventions. Yet, there are still nearly 20 million children in the world today who are not getting the vaccines they need, and many miss out on vital vaccines during adolescence, adulthood and into old age.
Using the theme ‘Vaccines bring us closer’, World Immunisation Week 2021 will urge greater engagement around immunisation globally to promote the importance of vaccination in bringing people together, and improving the health and wellbeing of everyone, everywhere throughout life.
Source: World Health Organization
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