The next EMIC meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 14 from 2-3:30 PM. Dr. Joseph Schwab, pediatrician and EMIC Chair, will present on addressing common questions about the HPV vaccine.

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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

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The Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey, in collaboration with the New Jersey Department of Health, has announced the winners of the 11th annual Protect Me With 3+ adolescent immunization awareness poster and video contest. This year's Protect Me With 3+ campaign – Create. Educate. Vaccinate. – emphasized the importance of educating New Jersey communities about the health benefits of vaccination. Over 300 students submitted poster or video entries this year. The winning creations can be viewed at protectmewith3.com/winners.

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.

Atlantic Health System and the Partnership are hosting a virtual workshop on May 23 at 12:00 pm "What You Should Know About the HPV Vaccine". Visit atlantichealth.org/events or call 1-800-247-9580 to register.

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.