International Vaccine Access Center

International Vaccine Access Center

A Lifetime of Protection: The Impact of Vaccination Across the Life Course
A Lifetime of Protection: The Impact of Vaccination Across the Life Course
As part of World Immunization Week 2026, the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is bringing together a distinguished panel of experts ...
Protecting Children’s Health: Ensuring Vaccine Access Through Strong State Policies
Protecting Children’s Health: Ensuring Vaccine Access Through Strong State Policies
In this webinar hosted by the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, policy analysts will discuss recent policy trends impacting immuniza...
Community-Based Tracking and Monitoring (COMBAT) Project: Findings and Way Forward
Community-Based Tracking and Monitoring (COMBAT) Project: Findings and Way Forward
The Community-Based Monitoring and Tracking (COMBAT) for Immunization Project is a multi-country initiative launched in 2024 by the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at the Johns Hopkins B...
A Climate Dashboard Lifts Off
A Climate Dashboard Lifts Off
Description Johns Hopkins researchers are focusing on the transportation sector as a major source of air- and climate-warming pollution. For universities, air travel emissions in particular can acc...
Webinar: Celebrating Vaccine Victories: EPI at 50
Webinar: Celebrating Vaccine Victories: EPI at 50
As part of World Immunization Week, the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health hosted a webinar to celebrate 50 years of the Essential Pro...
Exploring the Forefront of Digital Visualization Platforms: Women, Children, and Health
Exploring the Forefront  of Digital Visualization Platforms: Women, Children, and Health
This interactive session covered newly available digital health platforms designed to help disseminate population health data for increased stakeholder accountability and global health sustainabili...
Equity analysis in healthcare
Equity analysis in healthcare
Equity analysis in healthcare: Insights and Best Practices for Analyzing and Advancing Health Equity Measurement Using the VERSE Equity Toolkit On October 25, 2023, Makerere University College of ...
World Pneumonia Day 2023: The Latest Life-Saving Approaches
World Pneumonia Day 2023: The Latest Life-Saving Approaches
Despite global efforts to increase access to life-saving pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, pneumonia remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children under 5. In recognition of World...
COVID-19 Vaccination Delivery in Asia: Lessons Learned from 6 Low- and Middle-income Countries
COVID-19 Vaccination Delivery in Asia: Lessons Learned from 6 Low- and Middle-income Countries
During a virtual event supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), IVAC hosted a panel discussion around COVID-19 vaccination delivery and the pandemic experience from six LMIC's - Bangladesh, B...
Formação sobre Combate à Desinformação sobre Vacinas em Moçambique
Formação sobre Combate à Desinformação sobre Vacinas em Moçambique
IVAC worked with the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs in Mozambique to host a new evidence-based training to support healthcare workers in responding to online misinformation. O IVA...
Ask the Experts: Why Measles Rates are on the Rise
Ask the Experts: Why Measles Rates are on the Rise
Measles is a highly contagious and vaccine-preventable disease that has been on the rise, both in the United States and globally. Missed routine immunizations due to the COVID-19 pandemic and growi...
Emerging Priorities in Vaccine Safety and Pharmacovigilance in Asia and the Pacific
Emerging Priorities in Vaccine Safety and Pharmacovigilance in Asia and the Pacific
Vaccine safety and pharmacovigilance have been identified as a key area of importance in Asia and the Pacific, as well as an emerging priority for future pandemic preparedness and systems strengthe...
COVID-19 Vaccine Policy in a Changing World: Contributions of Vaccine Effectiveness Studies
COVID-19 Vaccine Policy in a Changing World: Contributions of Vaccine Effectiveness Studies
Vaccine policy has evolved throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in response to research and data collected about how vaccines perform in the real world - called vaccine effectiveness. During a virtual ...
Game Changers: Vaccine Innovations on the Horizon
Game Changers: Vaccine Innovations on the Horizon
As part of World Immunization Week (2023), IVAC is hosted a webinar to highlight exciting new vaccines and immunization technologies that are on the horizon. An international panel of distinguished...
IA2030 Scorecard Introduction
IA2030 Scorecard Introduction
The Immunization Agenda 2030’s Framework for Action articulates three Impact Goals for the next decade—Prevent Disease, Promote Equity, and Build Strong Programmes. https://scorecard.immunizationa...
World Pneumonia Day 2022 - Improving Access to Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines
World Pneumonia Day 2022 - Improving Access to Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines
This video brings awareness to the burden of pneumonia, especially in high-burden countries that don’t have the PCV yet, such as Somalia (as well as Chad, Guinea, and South Sudan). PCVs are an effe...
KHEL-Vaccine hesitancy
KHEL-Vaccine hesitancy
The games people play can enhance learning. ‘Khel’ translates into ‘game’ or ‘play’ in Hindi. KHEL - Knowledge on Health, Education and Learning through community games, a short documentary film ma...
Measles in America: Causes, Risks, and Responses
Measles in America: Causes, Risks, and Responses
As part of World Immunization Week, the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health brought together a distinguished panel of experts to explor...