The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) invites applications for the first English cohort of the certification course in Electronic Immunization Registries (EIRs) open to all professionals supporting or willing to support the implementation of EIR-related information systems. The purpose of this course is to strengthen country capabilities by supporting the development of context-specific (country or sub-country) action planning to develop, implement, and improve EIRs.
The course is aimed at professionals with responsibility for:
- Designing, planning and administering the EPI's nominal immunization registry;
- Implementing strategies using the information from the EIR system;
- Examining the feasibility of putting in place an EIR system.
We encourage decision-makers, experts in health information systems, and managers in Ministries of Health and immunization programs, as well as in national information and statistics units or departments within PAHO and WHO Member States to apply. Data managers who are involved with immunization information systems are also encouraged to apply.
Applications will be accepted until 30 August 2020.
The six-week course will begin on 14 September with two weeks of on boarding and orientation. There will be a two-week hiatus from 17 October until 1 November, and the course will conclude on 20 November, 2020.
There is no cost associated with participation in the course, but access to high speed internet is required. Participants should expect to dedicate at least 6-8 hours per week to coursework and participate remotely in the weekly 60-minute group discussions, in addition to completing activities that have been divided into short daily tasks intended to be completed in 30 minutes.
Participants who successfully complete the certification course in Electronic Immunization Registries are expected to be able to:
- Summarize the processes involved in developing EIRs.
- Identify if their own country (or sub-country) context is ready to implement an EIR, OR if they already have an EIR in place, the current status of the EIR.
- Relate the technical, functional, and operational recommendations to their specific context.
- Plan implementation of EIR based on relevant experiences for development, implementation, maintenance, monitoring, and evaluation of EIR systems.
- Identify best practices and case studies in dialogue with peers in other countries and contexts.
- Compare and share lessons learned and successful experiences in EIR implementation with peers and experts from all over the world, drawing on global expertise from WHO.
SPECIAL EVENT! Tuesday, September 1, 2020 8:00 AM EDT we will hold a webinar on Electronic Immunization Registries, featuring discussion by several panelists with expertise on the topic. The webinar is open to all people regardless of enrollment in the eLearning course.
Link to course announcement which has a link to register for the webinar: The announcement page with links to the webinar registration and course application.
