Program areas at AIRA
Strengthening public health systems and services - the purposes of this program are to strengthen the nation's public health infrastructure; ensure a competent, current, and connected public health system; and improve the delivery of essential public health services through capacity-building assistance. Under this program, aira receives federal grants from the united states department of health and human services centers for disease control and prevention ("cdc") through the following cooperative agreements:- capacity and standards - the purpose of this cooperative agreement is to provide capacity-building assistance to strengthen and improve the Immunization information systems ("iis") and Immunization program workforce that are instrumental in providing maintenance and oversight of the electronic systems that help prevent and control vaccine-preventable diseases.- Immunization integration program - the purpose of the cooperative agreement is to increase Immunization data quality and usage through collaboration, measurement, and technical support to improve iis and electronic health record ("ehr") systems interoperability.- Immunization gateway program - the purpose of this cooperative agreement is to support Immunization awardees with onboarding and sharing vaccination encounters through the Immunization gateway.- vaccinate with confidence program - the purpose of this cooperative agreement is to provide capacity-building assistance to strengthen and improve the workforce and infrastructure necessary to support the capacity of iis to conduct public health monitoring and surveillance to identify communities at risk.
National meeting - aira's national meeting provides an annual opportunity to bring aira's peers and partners together. Through both formal presentations and informal discussions, attendees have an opportunity to strengthen long-term partnerships, develop new relationships, gain professional education and training, and learn from one another. During the year ended september 30, 2022, it was attended by 660 virtual attendees.
Onc ideas project - aira has contracted with the Association for state and territorial health organizations ("astho"), an unrelated third party, for a project to provide program planning and implementation, technical, policy, and research support of the office of the national coordinator for health information technology ("onc") Immunization data exchange, advancement and sharing ("ideas") program.
Audacious inquiry project - aira has contracted with audacious inquiry, an unrelated third party, for a project to support the rapid onboarding of iis, as well as traditional and non-traditional provider organizations to the Immunization gateway to support the covid-19 vaccine response and increase the availability and volume of complete and accurate Immunization data stored within iis. This project also supports the ability of iis and iis vendors in generating and submitting the cdc prioritized data extract to the data clearing house. This program ended as of september 30, 2021.