Issue 1364: May 16, 2018
TOP STORIES
IAC HANDOUTS
WORLD NEWS
FEATURED RESOURCES
JOURNAL ARTICLES AND NEWSLETTERS
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS
TOP STORIES
IAC Spotlight! Hundreds of photos of vaccine-preventable diseases in the IAC Image Library are powerful tools for educating staff and patients about the importance of vaccination
The IAC Image Library on immunize.org provides ready access to hundreds of disease and vaccination-related digital images. These images are powerful tools when educating staff and patients about the importance of vaccination. IAC has brought together photos of people suffering from vaccine-preventable diseases; pictures of healthcare professionals vaccinating children, teens, and adults; as well as photos taken of pathology specimens and micrographs of viruses and bacteria.
On the IAC Image Library web page you will also find the following:
- Additional visual materials from IAC, including IAC videos, PowerPoint slide sets, and "Videos of the Week"
- Image libraries from CDC, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the History of Medicine database of the National Library of Medicine
Almost all of the images are free to download and can be used in lectures, articles, and presentations. As a courtesy, please credit the source of the image. Images accompanied by the copyright symbol are posted with the permission of the copyright holders and may not be reproduced without the express permission of the copyright holder (contact information is provided).
Access the IAC Image Library.
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Now available! IAC's sturdy laminated versions of the 2018 U.S. child/teen immunization schedule and the 2018 U.S. adult immunization schedule—order a supply for your healthcare setting today!
IAC's laminated versions of the 2018 U.S. child/teen immunization schedule and the 2018 U.S. adult immunization schedule are covered with a tough, washable coating; they will stand up to a year's worth of use in every area of your healthcare setting where immunizations are given. Both schedules are eight pages (i.e., four double-sided pages) and are folded to measure 8.5" x 11".
Laminated schedules are printed in color for easy reading, come complete with essential tables and footnotes, and include contraindications and precautions—a feature that will help you make an on-the-spot determination about the safety of vaccinating patients of any age.
PRICING
1–4 copies: $7.50 each
5–19 copies: $5.50 each
20–99 copies: $4.50 each
100–499 copies: $4.00 each
500–999 copies: $3.50 each
For quotes on customizing or placing orders for 1,000 copies or more, call (651) 647-9009 or email admininfo@immunize.org.
You can access specific information on both schedules, view images of both, order online, or download an order form at the Shop IAC: Laminated Schedules web page.
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CDC seeks your feedback on its materials for National Infant Immunization Week in a Post-NIIW Week Survey by May 21
While National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) is still fresh in your mind, please take a few minutes to complete CDC’s Post-NIIW Survey and share your feedback on this year’s planning and promotional materials available from the CDC. Your responses will help guide CDC as they begin planning activities for another successful NIIW in 2019. This survey is very brief and should take less than five minutes to complete. In addition, please let CDC know what you did during NIIW by filling out the NIIW Activity Form.
The deadline for both the survey and activity form is May 21. Your input is greatly appreciated.
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- CDC's NIIW website, with promotional, planning, and educational materials for NIIW activities
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Reminder! Hepatitis Testing Day is Saturday, May 19
As part of Hepatitis Awareness Month in the United States, the seventh annual Hepatitis Testing Day will occur Saturday, May 19. During May, CDC and its public health partners work to shed light on this hidden epidemic by raising awareness of viral hepatitis and encouraging priority populations to get tested.
CDC's Hepatitis Awareness Month and Testing Day Resource Center has free tools to help support your testing events and awareness activities. Resources include Live-Read Radio Scripts templates to pitch your events to local radio stations; sample proclamations for Hepatitis Awareness Month and/or national Hepatitis Testing Day; and buttons, badges, and a quiz widget for your website or email signatures.
Visit CDC's Hepatitis Testing Day—May 19 web page to find information and resources to promote hepatitis testing and awareness events in your area.
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IAC HANDOUTS
IAC updates its 4-page Q&A handout for patients: “Questions Frequently Asked about Hepatitis B”
IAC recently updated its 4-page Q&A handout for patients titled Questions Frequently Asked about Hepatitis B. Changes were made to update morbidity data, to revise possible interpretations to HBsAg/anti-HBc/anti-HBs test results, to incorporate a third option of vaccine for adults (Heplisav-B), and to update information on resource organizations.
Access all IAC hepatitis B-related handouts for patients and educational materials for staff.
IAC's Handouts for Patients & Staff web section offers healthcare professionals and the public more than 250 FREE English-language handouts (many also available in translation), which we encourage website users to print out, copy, and distribute widely.
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IAC updates its 4-page Q&A handout for patients and healthcare professionals: “Meningococcal: Questions and Answers”
IAC recently updated its 4-page Q&A handout for patients and healthcare professionals titled Meningococcal: Questions and Answers. Changes were made to update morbidity and mortality data, to update types of available vaccine (MPSV is no longer available), and to make other edits.
Access all Q&A handouts for patients and healthcare professionals.
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IAC updates its 3-page Q&A for patients and healthcare professionals: “Polio: Questions and Answers”
IAC recently updated its 3-page Q&A handout for patients and healthcare professionals titled Polio: Questions and Answers. Changes were made to update worldwide morbidity data and to clarify what is considered to be a complete poliovirus vaccination series when both IPV and OPV have been given.
Access all Q&A handouts for patients and healthcare professionals.
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IAC revises its easy-to-read Q&A handout for adult patients titled “Protect Yourself from Shingles…Get Vaccinated!"
IAC recently revised its easy-to-read Q&A handout for adult patients titled Protect Yourself from Shingles…Get Vaccinated! by making a slight change to one of the drawings.
Access all IAC easy-to-read Q&A sheets for patients and parents.
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WORLD NEWS
WHO issues press release announcing the largest cholera vaccine initiative in history
The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a press release on May 7 announcing the largest cholera vaccine initiative in history. The first two paragraphs are reprinted below.
A spate of cholera outbreaks across Africa has prompted the largest cholera vaccination drive in history, with more than two million people across the continent set to receive oral cholera vaccine (OCV).
The vaccines, funded by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, were sourced from the global stockpile and are being used to carry out five major campaigns in Zambia, Uganda, Malawi, South Sudan and Nigeria. The campaigns, which will be completed by mid-June, are being implemented by the respective Ministries of Health supported by the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners of the Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC), and mostly in reaction to recent cholera outbreaks.
Read the full press release: Largest cholera vaccine drive in history to target spike in outbreaks.
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CDC and WHO report on progress toward global polio eradication in this week’s MMWR and Weekly Epidemiological Record, respectively
CDC published Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication—Worldwide, January 2016–March 2018 in the May 11 issue of MMWR (pages 524–528). On the same day, WHO's Weekly Epidemiological Record published a similar article titled Progress towards polio eradication, worldwide, January 2016–March 2018 (pages 241–248). A media summary of the MMWR article is reprinted below.
In 2016–2017 there was progress toward global eradication of wild poliovirus (WPV). To date in 2018 (as of April 24) there have been more reported WPV than in the same time period in 2017. Identifying and vaccinating every last child remains challenging, but is necessary to end WPV transmission in Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan and to prevent outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV). Progress continued toward global eradication of wild poliovirus (WPV) in 2016–2017. WPV transmission continues in three countries—Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan. Reported WPV cases worldwide decreased from 37 in 2016 to 22 in 2017; to date in 2018 (as of April 24), eight WPV cases have been reported, compared to five during the same time period in 2017. Areas with low vaccination coverage, frequently due to inaccessibility and conflict, are at risk for not only WPV but also circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV). Stopping WPV transmission and prevention of cVDPV outbreaks will require reaching all unvaccinated children in hard-to-reach areas globally. As long as polio exists anywhere, it remains a threat everywhere. All countries must maintain high population immunity and strong poliovirus surveillance.
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IAC's new 142-page book, Vaccinating Adults: A Step-by-Step Guide, describes how to implement adult vaccination services in your healthcare setting and provides a review for staff who already vaccinate adults; IAC Guide available for free download
The Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) recently announced the publication of its new book, Vaccinating Adults: A Step-by-Step Guide (Guide).
This completely updated guide on adult immunization (originally published in 2004) provides easy-to-use, practical information covering important “how-to” activities to help providers enhance their existing adult immunization services or introduce them into any clinical setting, including:
- setting up for vaccination services,
- storing and handling vaccines,
- deciding which people should receive which vaccines,
- administering vaccines,
- documenting vaccinations (including legal issues), and
- understanding financial considerations and billing information.
In addition, the Guide is filled with hundreds of web addresses and references to help providers stay up to date on the latest immunization information, both now and in the future.
The entire Guide is available to download/print free of charge at www.immunize.org/guide. The downloaded version is suitable for double-sided printing. Options are available online to download the entire book or selected chapters. The development of the Guide was supported by the National Vaccine Program Office (NVPO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Expert staff from both agencies also provided early technical review of the content.
The Guide is a uniquely valuable resource to assist providers in increasing adult immunization rates. Be sure to get a copy today!
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JOURNAL ARTICLES AND NEWSLETTERS
CDC publishes article on diarrhea and respiratory infections, oral cholera vaccination coverage, and care-seeking behaviors of Rohingya refugees during fall 2017
CDC recently published Notes from the Field: Diarrhea and Acute Respiratory Infection, Oral Cholera Vaccination Coverage, and Care-Seeking Behaviors of Rohingya Refugees—Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, October–November 2017 in the May 11 issue of MMWR (pages 533–535). Excerpts from the first two paragraphs are reprinted below.
Violence in the Rakhine State of Myanmar, which began on August 25, 2017, prompted mass displacement of Rohingya to the bordering district of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Joining the nearly 213,000 Rohingya already in the region, an estimated 45,000 persons settled in two preexisting refugee camps, Nayapara and Kutupalong, and nearly 550,000 into new makeshift settlements. Mass violence and displacement, accompanied by malnutrition, overcrowding, poor hygiene, and lack of access to safe water and health care increase the vulnerability of children to infectious diseases, including pneumonia and diarrhea.
To prevent an outbreak of cholera, which is endemic in Bangladesh, a fixed-site, mass oral cholera vaccination (OCV) campaign targeting all persons aged ≥1 year was conducted among Rohingya refugees during October 10–18, with a follow-up campaign targeting children aged 1–4 years November 4–9 ... Registered refugees had access to a full spectrum of services provided by UNHCR, including health care, food vouchers, and nutrition treatment programs....
Read the full article: Notes from the Field: Diarrhea and Acute Respiratory Infection, Oral Cholera Vaccination Coverage, and Care-Seeking Behaviors of Rohingya Refugees—Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, October–November 2017.
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING
HepB United, HepB Foundation, and StoryCenter sponsor webinar on May 17 about the #justB storytelling project
Hep B United, the Hepatitis B Foundation, and StoryCenter are co-hosting a one-hour webinar on May 17 at 3:00 (ET) about #justB: Real People Sharing their Stories of Hepatitis B. The speakers will include Amy Hill, StoryCenter, and three #justB participants who will tell about their newly released #justB videos and their own experiences with hepatitis B.
Register for the webinar.
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Weekly CDC webinar series on "The Pink Book" chapter topics runs June 6 through September 26; register now
CDC is again presenting a 15-part webinar series to provide a chapter-by-chapter overview of the 13th edition of Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (also known as "The Pink Book"). This is a live series of weekly 1-hour webinars that will start June 6 and run through September 26. Recordings of sessions will be available online within 2 weeks after each webinar. All sessions begin at 12:00 p.m. (ET). Continuing education will be available for each event.
The webinar series will provide an overview of vaccines and the diseases they prevent, general recommendations for vaccines, vaccination principles, and immunization strategies for providers.
Registration and more information is available on CDC's Pink Book Webinar Series web page.
All the sections of "The Pink Book" (i.e., chapters, appendices, 2017 supplement) are available to download at no charge at www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/index.html.
You can also order this resource from the Public Health Foundation for $40 plus shipping and handling. This print version does not include the 2017 supplement.
ACIP will hold its next meeting on June 20–21 in Atlanta. The draft agenda is now available online. To attend the meeting, ACIP attendees (participants and visitors) must register online. The registration deadline for non-U.S. citizens is May 16; for U.S. citizens, it's June 11. Registration is not required to watch the meeting via webcast or listen to the proceedings via phone. See the first link below for the toll-free phone number and passcode.
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