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ESWI Respiratory Virus Summit June 21st 2022 – Programme
/in News /by annickmannaertsThe 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
ESWI 2021 Conference Science Policy Interface highlights
/in News /by annickmannaertsRecommendations announced for influenza vaccine composition for the 2022-2023 northern hemisphere influenza season
/in News /by annickmannaertsRead the full announcement by the WHO right here.
What are European countries doing to protect populations this Flu Season?
/in News /by annickmannaertsESWI 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
ESWI Webinars 2021 conclusions and recommendations
/in News /by annickmannaertsIn 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.
VaxHunt: “The Quest to Prevent the Next Pandemic” winners!
/in News /by annickmannaertsCongratulations 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 Immunization Week 2021 – Vaccines bring us closer
/in News /by annickmannaertsWorld 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
#vaccinesbringuscloser
ESWI Annual report 2020
/in News /by annickmannaertsThe ESWI 2020 activity report is available for download, click on image.
Coronavirus, flu and RSV colliding in the fall: conclusions of ESWI’s webinars and recommendations
/in News /by annickmannaertsESWI organised four webinars in June 2020 to address these questions and discuss them amongst peers, clinicians and policymakers.
INFLUENZA AND RSV IN A COVID-19 WORLD
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF COVID-19, INFLUENZA AND RSV
INTERVENTION STRATEGIES FOR COVID-19, INFLUENZA AND RSV
CORNERSTONES OF PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS AND URGENT ACTIONS
The following is a summary of the main conclusions and recommendations from each of the four webinars.
ESWI Young Scientist Awards 2020
/in News /by annickmannaertsThe fifth edition of the ESWI Young Scientist Best Body Of Work award goes to Dr. Robert de Vries, Utrecht University, The Netherlands for his substantial accomplishments to date in the field of understanding influenza virus dynamics.
The first edition of the ESWI Young Scientist Innovative Award, a research grant supported by Seqirus, goes to Dr. Kirsty Short, University of Queensland, Australia, for her innovative research in vaccine development.
Both Dr. de Vries and Dr. Short will receive an invitation to give a keynote lecture during the Young Scientists Plenary session at the 7th ESWI Influenza Conference in Valencia, Spain (13-16 September).
Stimulating the careers of promising researchers being one of ESWI’s objectives, several applicants have been invited to co-chair a scientific session at the 2020 Valencia Conference.