Celebration and launch of the Ethiopia Collaborative Action Strategy in May. Photo credit: Ethiopia Federal Ministry of Health
Ethiopia Revolutionizes Health Campaign Planning, Implementation and Financing
Ethiopia is unifying its health programs and practices to improve care and efficiency. Since its implementation, more than 18 million children have been reached and vaccinated. This groundbreaking strategy was developed by the Health Campaign Effectiveness Coalition and could be used to help other countries. Read more here.
Vaccine Safety Shaping the Fight against mpox
A newly spreading mpox strain is being transmitted through human-to-human contact. This latest outbreak created an urgent need for quick vaccine rollouts and systems to make sure they are safe and effective. Brighton Collaboration answered this call to action in a major way. Learn more about how they are helping to mitigate the spread here.
Slideshow: Mpox Outbreak Control Efforts in Sierra Leone
Earlier this year, Sierra Leone's Minister of Health declared an mpox outbreak. Learn more on how The Task Force is helping the country shore up its response.
IN THE NEWS
An NPR piece published June 5 highlighted the importance of neglected tropical disease work and why it's more crucial that ever to raise awareness about these efforts, 'Neglected tropical diseases' now face even more neglect
The Voices for Vaccines Director Karen Ernst spoke about health misinformation and how it spreads at the 2025 Association of Health Care Journalists conference. A summary of that panel was published on June 17,Covering health misinformation: What journalists need to rethink.
Voices for Vaccines is hosting Vax Trivia Showdown 2025, a summer-long fundraiser where teams collect donations for the chance to compete in one-hour vaccine-trivia game on Zoom at 7 p.m. EDT August 28. Sign up here.
Entries are now being accepted for the Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination's "Elimination in Action: 2025 Photo Contest." The Coalition invites all those working to eliminate viral hepatitis around the world to submit photos that capture their work in action.
