Network News is an e-newsletter featuring news of interest to immunization coalitions, including advocacy opportunities, legislative efforts, immunization resources, educational offerings, and national conference information.
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Network News – April 20, 2023
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Webinar/Biennial Meeting
Coalition News, Top Stories, and Events
- The National Network of Immunization Coalitions highlights Immunize Oregon
- “Conspiracy Theorists Made Tiffany Dover into an Anti-vaccine Icon. She’s Finally Ready to Talk about It.” published by NBC
- Colorado Community Health Alliance and Julissa Soto launch new radio show Prevención es Salud con Julissa Soto (Prevention is Health with Julissa Soto)
- Montgomery County Immunization Coalition offers social media toolkit for National Minority Health Month
- Immunize Kansas Coalition hosted Vaccine Fears Overturned by Facts webinar series in March
- In-person: Missouri Immunization Coalition hosts “Missouri Immunization Conference 2023” in Columbia on April 26–27
- In-person: Immunize Arkansas hosts “2023 HPV Summit” in Little Rock on May 5
- In-person: Immunize Nevada hosts “17th Annual Nevada Health Conference” in Las Vegas on May 8–9
- In-person: Immunize Wisconsin hosts “Immunize Wisconsin Spring Conference” in Wausau on May 18–19
- Hybrid: WithinReach and Washington State Department of Health host “2023 Washington State Immunization Summit” in Tacoma on May 25
- In-person: Immunize Colorado hosts “2023 Colorado Regional Immunization Summit” in Glenwood Springs on June 8
Other News, Educational Opportunities, and Events
- Today! Virtual: National Resource Center for Refugee Immigrant and Migrant Communities hosts webinar “How to Support Refugee, Immigrant, and Migrant Communities before and after the End of the Public Health Emergency” on April 20; and offers a suite of related materials in several languages.
- Virtual: Association of Immunization Managers hosts webinars in April and May
- Virtual: National Minority Quality Forum hosts webinar on the state of minority health after COVID-19 on April 28
- Virtual: Celebrate National Adult Hepatitis B Vaccination Awareness Day with the Hepatitis B Foundation’s resources and social media toolkit; follow up with a webinar on how to implement the new universal adult hepatitis B screening and vaccination guidelines on May 1
- In-person: George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School hosts “National Vaccine Law Conference” in Arlington, September 14–15
Resources
- Immunize.org shares recording of webinar “Virulent: The Vaccine War Live Q&A”
- National Infant Immunization Week is April 24–30; use CDC’s digital media toolkit
- Vaccinate Your Family releases its 2023 “State of the ImmUnion” report on vaccine-preventable diseases in the United States
- Association of Immunization Managers shares three new items of interest, including a new episode of the REACHing for Vaccine Equity podcast, regional meetings of the Vaccine Access Cooperative, and the opening of nominations for the 2023 Immunization Champion Award
- Unity Consortium shares new FACTSinnated podcast episode featuring Dr. Paul Offit discussing empowering young adults in decisions about their health
- Improve uptake of HPV vaccine with the Society for Women’s Health Research social media toolkit
- Ambiguously Blind posts new podcast episode featuring Alicia Stillman and Patti Wukovits of Meningitis B Action Project