Save the date! The next EMIC meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 27 from 2-3:30 PM.

The June 14th meeting recording will be shared and posted to the EMIC YouTube playlist. Meeting minutes can be reviewed here.

The Partnership for Maternal and Child Health was recognized by the NJ Department of Health as a recipient of the 2022-2023 NJ Influenza Honor Roll and was awarded top honors for the Partnership's creative and dedicated approaches to flu activities.



Are you or someone you know interested in becoming a member of the Essex Metro Immunization Coalition? Fill out a member form to stay up to date on all of EMIC's activities!



Join us for the Partnership's Annual General Membership Meeting as we share our work and welcome special guest Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, for an exciting book discussion and signing. ENDEMIC: A Post-Pandemic Playbook provides a history of the COVID-19 pandemic, a look at the rapid and miraculous development of vaccines, a review of COVID treatments, and a simple primer on the immune system. Dr. Gandhi draws on lessons from the HIV and other pandemics to create a strategic 10-point pandemic playbook for future epidemic crises.

Wednesday, June 21 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

The Conference Center at Montclair State University

Register Here

The New Jersey Department of Health Vaccine Preventable Disease Program has developed new materials for educating families about the importance of maternal vaccines. You can view the new brochure "Protect Your Baby with Vaccines" and other materials at the NJ DOH VPDP website.

Mpox and Spring and Summer Events Resources

New cases of Mpox have been reported in the United States this spring. The warmer months are full of events that celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. Preparing for this season is a great opportunity to make sure that you stay healthy before, during, and after these celebrations: Get Healthy and Ready for Summer 2023. These additional resources are available from the CDC to help educate patients about Mpox vaccination, prevention, and treatment.

The New Jersey Department of Health, Vaccine Preventable Disease Program, and Rutgers School of Public Health are pleased to present the 2023 New Jersey Immunization Conference: RISE Together: Advancing Childhood Immunization Rates through Collaboration. This year's conference is offered in two parts, and separate registration is required for each part. Learn more at: https://rutgerstraining.sph.rutgers.edu/immunization2023



In collaboration with Touro University California College of Pharmacy, the Partnership is conducting an information session to determine parental attitudes toward childhood immunizations and to evaluate the impact of a children's book on such opinions. Participants will receive a copy of the book Andre's Armor and will be entered to win a gift card.

There are several upcoming workshops scheduled. If you are interested in learning more, please contact Jasmine Anderson and janderson@pmch.org.

If your facility currently interfaces with NJIIS, here are some tips on how to become an NJIIS Interface Expert!

• Take the Interface Webinar: Learn how to run interface reports in NJIIS to troubleshoot data issues. Register for an upcoming Interface Webinar in the Enrollment/Training section of the NJIIS homepage.
• Run the Interface Reports: The Interface File Details report and the Interface File Statistics report will show how your data is being processed in NJIIS and how to troubleshoot interface issues, including vaccines not reducing from your NJIIS inventory. 
• Additional Assistance: Open a ticket with NJIIS by clicking the “Submit a Request” link on the NJIIS homepage and select “I am Experiencing Issues with my Existing Interface”

For NJIIS inquiries and assistance click

Submit a Request on the NJIIS homepage and select the topic that best matches your question.

The hepatitis B birth dose program provides patient education materials in English, Spanish, and Chinese on preventing hepatitis B during pregnancy and the importance of babies receiving the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours after birth.

Have 15 minutes? Check out this short video as part of the Partnership's "15 minutes or Less" professional education on demand library discussing how to recommend hepatitis B vaccine to expecting families.

For resources, please visit the NJ Department of Health Perinatal Hepatitis B website.