#immunization — Public Fediverse posts
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Words matter: #CDC's anti-science messaging can undermine public trust in #vaccines, survey finds
#US childhood #immunization rates continue to decline, CDC is the foremost #publichealth authority in the #UnitedStates. One group read an earlier version of the CDC on Autism, another Kennedy's version. Using a seven-point scale, participants were asked whether they agreed or disagreed with certain statements about vaccines, and about their trust in #science and #government.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-vaccines/words-matter-cdcs-anti-science-messaging-can-undermine-public-trust-vaccines -
New webinar: integrating WorldPop’s 100m population open data into DHIS2 is reshaping vaccine delivery in remote regions 🌍
From mapping underserved communities in the Central African Republic to reaching 19,000 zero-dose children in Uganda, geospatial data is driving smarter microplanning.
#DHIS2 #GlobalHealth #Geospatial #Vaccines #DataForGood #Immunization
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Study highlights the fragility of measles elimination in the United States
A new study examined measles vaccination coverage following a large postelimination outbreak, primarily affecting u…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #adolescenthealth #America #childhealth #children #hospital #immunity #immunization #measles #medicalschool #MMR #mumps #pediatrics #primarycare #PublicHealth #Research #Rubella #UnitedStatesofAmerica #vaccine
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Study highlights the fragility of measles elimination in the United States
A new study examined measles vaccination coverage following a large postelimination outbreak, primarily affecting u…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #adolescenthealth #America #childhealth #children #hospital #immunity #immunization #measles #medicalschool #MMR #mumps #pediatrics #primarycare #PublicHealth #Research #Rubella #UnitedStatesofAmerica #vaccine
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/451169/ Study highlights the fragility of measles elimination in the United States #AdolescentHealth #ChildHealth #children #Éire #Health #hospital #IE #immunity #Immunization #Ireland #measles #MedicalSchool #MMR #mumps #pediatrics #PrimaryCare #PublicHealth #Research #Rubella #Vaccine
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These #Diseases Could Come Roaring Back
Before #vaccines , death and #disability stalked #children. But if #immunization rates drop, these diseases could come roaring back. Now, #health Secretary Robert F. #Kennedy Jr., who founded an #antivaccination group, is considering changes that could prompt drug companies to stop supplying lifesaving shots in the U.S., making it harder for children to get them.
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Flu vaccines protect children well across Europe, but H3N2 remains harder to stop https://www.byteseu.com/1927312/ #Children #Europe #Flu #H1N1 #H3N2 #Immunization #influenza #Pediatrics #PrimaryCare #vaccine #virus
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Flu vaccines protect children well across Europe, but H3N2 remains harder to stop
A large European primary care study found that flu vaccines provided children with strong protection over two seasons,…
#Europe #EU #Children #Flu #H1N1 #H3N2 #Immunization #influenza #Pediatrics #PrimaryCare #Vaccine #Virus
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States Extend RSV Immunization Period Amid Ongoing Spread
📰 Original title: RSV is still spreading, prompting states to extend the immunization period
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/states-extend-rsv-immunization-period-amid-ongoing-spread/?redirpost=77f9a57f-fe7e-48f6-8b28-ad4cc66cfc63
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📊 Webinar: Immunization microplanning with WorldPop data in DHIS2
🗓️ Apr 23, 14:00 (CET)Learn how high-resolution population data strengthens microplanning to reach every community. Featuring a CAR use case from HISP Rwanda + demos by HISP UiO and WorldPop.
Register here: https://dhis2.org/events/immunization-microplanning-worldpop/
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ACIP To Discuss COVID ‘Vaccine Injuries’ Next Month, Despite That Not Being In Its Purview
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ACIP To Discuss COVID ‘Vaccine Injuries’ Next Month, Despite That Not Being In Its Purview
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ACIP To Discuss COVID ‘Vaccine Injuries’ Next Month, Despite That Not Being In Its Purview
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ACIP To Discuss COVID ‘Vaccine Injuries’ Next Month, Despite That Not Being In Its Purview
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ACIP To Discuss COVID ‘Vaccine Injuries’ Next Month, Despite That Not Being In Its Purview
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Here in #Canberra, a city of nearly 490,000, we’ve had ONE confirmed case of #measles. The #health department issued a press release and everything, in case patient zero inadvertently infected others.
When I was a kid, measles was a common childhood hazard. Everyone knew someone who caught it. Now, even a single case is unusual enough to warrant a press release.
#Immunisation works. We are KILLING it, folks.
#medicine #immunization #vaccination https://aus.social/@jhaue/116116726950300485
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Here in #Canberra, a city of nearly 490,000, we’ve had ONE confirmed case of #measles. The #health department issued a press release and everything, in case patient zero inadvertently infected others.
When I was a kid, measles was a common childhood hazard. Everyone knew someone who caught it. Now, even a single case is unusual enough to warrant a press release.
#Immunisation works. We are KILLING it, folks.
#medicine #immunization #vaccination https://aus.social/@jhaue/116116726950300485
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Here in #Canberra, a city of nearly 490,000, we’ve had ONE confirmed case of #measles. The #health department issued a press release and everything, in case patient zero inadvertently infected others.
When I was a kid, measles was a common childhood hazard. Everyone knew someone who caught it. Now, even a single case is unusual enough to warrant a press release.
#Immunisation works. We are KILLING it, folks.
#medicine #immunization #vaccination https://aus.social/@jhaue/116116726950300485
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Here in #Canberra, a city of nearly 490,000, we’ve had ONE confirmed case of #measles. The #health department issued a press release and everything, in case patient zero inadvertently infected others.
When I was a kid, measles was a common childhood hazard. Everyone knew someone who caught it. Now, even a single case is unusual enough to warrant a press release.
#Immunisation works. We are KILLING it, folks.
#medicine #immunization #vaccination https://aus.social/@jhaue/116116726950300485
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Here in #Canberra, a city of nearly 490,000, we’ve had ONE confirmed case of #measles. The #health department issued a press release and everything, in case patient zero inadvertently infected others.
When I was a kid, measles was a common childhood hazard. Everyone knew someone who caught it. Now, even a single case is unusual enough to warrant a press release.
#Immunisation works. We are KILLING it, folks.
#medicine #immunization #vaccination https://aus.social/@jhaue/116116726950300485
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Vaccines save lives. Misinformation costs lives. Public health isn’t ideology. It’s responsibility. #VaccinesWork #PublicHealth #ProtectChildren #ScienceMatters #Immunization #HealthPolicy
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#RFK Jr. Allies Target States to Overturn #Vaccine Mandates for #Schools
Proponents of #vaccines warn that the efforts will further dismantle the #immunization infrastructure and lead to more outbreaks of #disease.
#maha #maga #vaccinationhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/health/rfk-school-vaccine-mandates.html
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#TWIV 1294
#infectiousdiseases #vaccinate #vaccines #VaccinesSaveLives #VaccinesAreSafe#AAP recommended #immunization schedules
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COVID-19 does affect the brains of babies before being born. New study says the virus killed some fetuses during pregnancy and altered development of surviving infants later in life.
news-cafe.eu/?go=news&n=13809
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and concerns about seizures and epilepsy are frequently cited by hesitant parents. Routine vaccines and their aluminum adjuvants are not linked to epilepsy Read the full article: www.jpeds.com/article/S002... #PublicHealth #VaccineSafety #Pediatrics #Epilepsy #Immunization
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"...OLYMPIA – On January 5, 2026, the Acting Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed a decision memorandum to revise the Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule and significantly reduce the number of vaccinations routinely recommended for all U.S. children. This decision did not follow established procedure for vaccine policy recommendations and threatens an increase in vaccine-preventable diseases in children nationwide. Children getting sick from the diseases prevented by recommended immunizations leads to missed school for children, missed work for parents, and even hospitalization and death in some children.
The current American Academy of Pediatrics Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule is based on established vaccine safety and effectiveness evidence. AAP recommendations consider:..."
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The West Coast Health Alliance continues to recommend vaccination in alignment with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule
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Cape Town R User Group: applied infectious disease modeling and DTPBoost to support DTP booster decisions
They also discuss DTPBoost, an R-based tool developed with partners including CDC and AFENET to support DTP booster vaccination strategy decisions
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#StarWars #immunization promotional #poster, 1979
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The #Trump admin plans to shift the federal govt away from directly recommending most #vaccines for #children & suggest they receive fewer shots to more closely align with Denmark’s #immunization model…. [but they’re totes cool with dictating what #women & #trans folk can do medically].
#PublicHealth #science #medicine #law #Trump #RFKJr #eugenics #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #HealthInsurance
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From #WHO: "Message by the Director of the Department of #Immunization, #Vaccines and Biologicals at WHO - November/December 2025"
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#CDC approves major child #vaccine change, rejects controversial one
The CDC formally approved a major change to the childhood #immunization schedule by dropping the long-standing recommendation for all newborns to get a #hepatitisB vaccine.#PublicHealth #HealthCare #science #medicine #Trump #RFKJr #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #law #policy #regulations #insurance #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #SocialCleansing #eugenics
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https://www.europesays.com/es/225113/ Gobierno vasco insiste en llamar a la población menor de 60 años a vacunarse de gripe porque la cobertura es solo del 6% | Sociedad #arm #doctor #dose #ES #España #hand #Health #immunization #influenza #injection #medical #nurse #prevention #Salud #shoulder #Spain #substance #syringe #vaccination #vaccine
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#CDC today updated its adult, child #immunization schedules to apply individual-based decision-making to #COVID19 vaccination and recommend that #toddlers receive protection from #chickenpox as standalone #immunization Rather than in Combination with #measles, #mumps, and #rubella vaccination. CDC states "Informed consent is back" Translation - non #vaccinated #children jeopardize the #publichealth of the entire #US #population - #adults #elderly #ill #ImmunoCompromised #chronicillness #cancer
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#Friday night firing massacre begins purge of #FederalWorkers including key #CDC #MedicalExperts at #HHS National Center for #Immunization and #RespiratoryDiseases such as those behind the #Morbidity & #Mortality tracking reports that first began publication by #USGov in late 1800's...
https://insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-news-cdc-employees-terminated -
#Friday night firing massacre begins purge of #FederalWorkers including key #CDC #MedicalExperts at #HHS National Center for #Immunization and #RespiratoryDiseases such as those behind the #Morbidity & #Mortality tracking reports that first began publication by #USGov in late 1800's...
https://insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-news-cdc-employees-terminated -
Acc/to Andy Pavia, professor & #pediatric #InfectiousDisease expert at the U of Utah, the #immunization practices considered on Thursday are “settled #science.”
“This new handpicked #ACIP has chosen to address issues that were relatively settled science for which there’s no new information that really suggests a need to do a detailed review. And his very proposed votes that would change things even before hearing the #data, & it suggests a great deal of #prejudgment of the issues,”Pavia said.
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The recommendations are part of the AAP's annual childhood #immunization schedule, which includes guidance for #COVID, #flu & #RSV #vaccines for those aged 18 & younger.
#AAP 2025 Recommended #Child & #Adolescent Immunization
Schedule for Ages 18 Years or Younger:#PublicHealth #Medicine #Science #Pediatric #Doctors #BackToSchool
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#RFKJr’s decision to “retire” the previous 17-member panel was widely decried by doctors’ groups & #PublicHealth orgs, who feared the advisers would be replaced by a group aligned w/RFKJr’s desire to *reassess*—& possibly end—longstanding #vaccination recommendations.
The new appointees to the Advisory Cmte on #Immunization Practices [#ACIP] include Dr. #RobertMalone, the fmr mRNA researcher who emerged as a close adviser to RFKJr in the #measles #outbreak.
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RT @DigitalScholarX: 💉🦟 Tackling #malaria, #NTDs, or #immunization challenges? Learn how #TeachToReach’s peer learning model accelerates lo…
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Many health leaders are highly analytical, adaptive learners who thrive on solving complex problems in dynamic, real-world contexts.
Their expertise is grounded in years of field experience, where they have honed their ability to rapidly generate insights, test ideas, and innovate solutions in collaboration with diverse stakeholders.
In January 2021, as countries were beginning to introduce new COVID-19 vaccines, Kate O’Brien, who leads WHO’s immunization efforts, connected global learning to local action:
“For COVID-19 vaccines […] there are just too many lessons that are being learned, especially according to different vaccine platforms, different communities of prioritization that need to be vaccinated. So [everyone] has got to be able to scale, has got to be able to deal with complexity, has got to be able to do personal, local innovation to actually overcome the challenges.”
https://youtube.com/live/uvv-g0lXy4c
In an Insights Live session with the Geneva Learning Foundation in 2022, she made a compelling case that “the people who are working in the program at that most local level have to be able to adapt, to be agile, to innovate things that will work in that particular setting, with those leaders in the community, with those families.”
https://youtube.com/live/nCB20y49hBI
However, unlike Kate O’Brien, some senior leaders in global health disconnect their own learning practices and their assumptions about how others learn best.
When it comes to designing learning initiatives for their teams or organizations, these leaders may default to a more simplistic, behaviorist approach.
They may equate learning with the acquisition and application of specific skills or knowledge, and thus focus on creating structured, content-driven training programs.
The appeal of behaviorist platforms – with their promise of efficient, scalable delivery and easily measured outcomes – can be seductive in the resource-constrained, results-driven world of global health.
Furthermore, leaders may hold assumptions that health workers – especially those at the community level – do not require higher-order critical thinking skills, that they simply need a predetermined set of knowledge and procedures.
This view is fundamentally misguided.
A robust body of scientific evidence on learning culture and performance demonstrates that the most effective organizations are those that foster continuous learning, critical reflection, and adaptive problem-solving at all levels.
Health workers at the frontlines face complex, unpredictable challenges that demand situational judgment, creative thinking, and the ability to learn from experience.
Failing to cultivate these capacities not only underestimates the potential of these health workers, but it also constrains the performance and resilience of health systems as a whole.
The problem is that this approach fails to cultivate the very qualities that make these leaders effective learners and problem-solvers.
Behaviorist techniques, with their emphasis on passive information absorption and narrow, pre-defined outcomes, do not foster the critical thinking, creativity, and collaborative capacity needed to tackle complex health challenges.
They may produce short-term gains in narrow domains, but they cannot develop the adaptive expertise required for long-term impact in ever-shifting contexts.
To help health leaders recognize this disconnect, it is useful to engage them in reflective dialogue about their own learning processes.
By unpacking real-world examples of how they have solved thorny problems or generated novel insights, we can highlight the sophisticated cognitive strategies and collaborative dynamics at play.
We can show how they constantly question assumptions, synthesize diverse perspectives, and iterate solutions – all skills that are essential for navigating complexity, but are poorly served by rigid, content-focused training.
The goal is not to dismiss the need for foundational knowledge or skills, but rather to emphasize that in the face of evolving challenges, adaptive learning capacity is the real differentiator.
It is the ability to think critically, to imagine new possibilities, to learn from failure, and to co-create with others that drives meaningful change.
By tying this insight directly to leaders’ own experiences and values, we can inspire them to champion learning approaches that mirror the richness and dynamism of their personal growth journeys.
Ultimately, the most impactful health organizations will be those that not only equip people with essential skills, but that also nurture the underlying cognitive and collaborative capacities needed to continually learn, adapt, and innovate.
By recognizing and leveraging the powerful learning practices they themselves embody, health leaders can shape organizational cultures and strategies that truly empower people to navigate complexity and drive transformative change.
This shift requires letting go of the illusion of control and predictability that behaviorism offers, and instead embracing the messiness and uncertainty of real learning.
It means creating space for experimentation, reflection, and dialogue, and trusting in people’s inherent capacity to grow and create.
It is a challenging transition, but one that health leaders are uniquely positioned to lead – if they can bridge the gap between how they learn and how they seek to enable others’ learning.
Image: The Geneva Learning Foundation Collection © 2024
#adaptiveLearning #coCreation #criticalThinking #healthLearning #immunization #ImmunizationAgenda2030 #KateOBrien #leadership #learningCulture #learningStrategy #peerLearning
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Continuous learning is lacking in immunization.
This lack may be an underestimated barrier to the “Big Catch-Up” and finding zero-dose children
This was a key finding presented at Gavi’s Zero-Dose Learning Hub (ZDLH) webinar “Equity in Action: Local Strategies for Reaching Zero-Dose Children and Communities” on 24 January 2024.
The finding is based on analysis large-scale measurements conducted by the Geneva Learning Foundation in 2020 and 2022, with more than 10,000 immunization staff from all levels of the health system, job categories, and contexts, responding from over 90 countries.
YearnContinuous learningDialogue & InquiryTeam learningEmbedded SystemsEmpowered PeopleSystem ConnectionStrategic Leadership202038303.614.68–4.814.685.104.83202261853.764.714.864.934.725.234.93TGLF learning culture and performance global measurements (2020 and 2022) uising the Dimensions of Learning Organization Questionnaire (DLOQ)What does this finding actually mean?
In immunization, the following gaps in continuous learning are likely to be hindering performance.
- Relatively few learning opportunities for immunization staff
- Limitations on the ability for staff to experiment and take risks
- Low tolerance for failure when trying something new
- A focus on completing immunization tasks rather than developing skills and future capacity
- Lack of encouragement for on-the-job learning
This gap hurts more than ever when adapting strategies to reach “zero-dose” children.
These are children who have not been reached when immunization staff carry out what they usually do.
The traditional learning model is one in which knowledge is codified into lengthy guidelines that are then expected to trickle down from the national team to the local levels, with local staff competencies focused on following instructions, not learning, experimenting, or preparing for the future.
For many immunization staff, this is the reference model that has helped eradicate polio, for example, and to achieve impressive gains that have saved millions of children’s lives.
It can therefore be difficult to understand why closing persistent equity gaps and getting life-saving vaccines to every child would now require transforming this model.
Yet, there is growing evidence that peer learning and experience sharing between health workers does help surface creative, context-specific solutions tailored to the barriers faced by under-immunized communities.
Such learning can be embedded into work, unlike formal training that requires staff to stop work (reducing performance to zero) in order to learn.
Yet the predominant culture does little to motivate or empower these workers to recognize or reward such work-based learning.
Furthermore, without opportunities to develop skills, try new approaches, and learn from both successes and failures, staff may become demotivated and ineffective.
This is not an argument to invest in formal training.
Investment in formal training has failed to measurably translate into improved immunization performance.
Worse, the per diem economy of extrinsic incentives for formal training has, in some places, led to absurdity: some health workers may earn more by sitting in classrooms than from doing their work.
With a weak culture of learning, the system likely misses out on practices that make a difference.
This is the “how” that bridges the gap between best practice and what it takes to apply it in a specific context.
The same evidence also demonstrates a consistently-strong correlation between strengthened continuous learning and performance.
Investment in continuous learning is simple, costs surprisingly little given its scalability and effectiveness.
Calculating the relative effectiveness of expert coaching, peer learning, and cascade training
How does the scalability of peer learning compare to expert-led coaching ‘fellowships’?
That means investment in continuous learning is already proven to result in improved performance.
We call this “learning-based work”.
References
Watkins, K.E. and Marsick, V.J., 2023. Chapter 4. Learning informally at work: Reframing learning and development. In Rethinking Workplace Learning and Development. Edward Elgar Publishing. Excerpt: https://redasadki.me/2023/11/04/how-we-reframed-learning-and-development-learning-based-complex-work/
The Geneva Learning Foundation. From exchange to action: Summary report of Gavi Zero-Dose Learning Hub inter-country exchanges. Geneva: The Geneva Learning Foundation, 2023. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10132961
The Geneva Learning Foundation. Motivation, Learning Culture and Immunization Programme Performance: Practitioner Perspectives (IA2030 Case Study 7) (1.0); Geneva: The Geneva Learning Foundation, 2022. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7004304
Image: The Geneva Learning Foundation Collection © 2024
#continuousLearning #DLOQ #Gavi #immunization #KarenEWatkins #learningCulture #performance #TheBigCatchUp #zeroDoseChildren #ZeroDoseLearningHubZDLH_
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New in Human Reproduction: The risk of miscarriage following COVID-19 vaccination: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Summary Answer: There is no evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are associated with an increased risk of miscarriage.
#Reproduction #COVID19 #Vaccination #Immunization #ReproSci #Canada #Miscarriage
https://academic.oup.com/humrep/article/38/5/840/7043098?utm_source=etoc&utm_campaign=humrep&utm_medium=email&nbd=29168911731&nbd_source=campaigner
