Events

Watch Karen Crowley, DNP, Jefferson Jones, MD, MPH, and Bob Hopkins, MD, give an overview of RSV, new options to prevent it and CDC guidance for their use, and resources for providers and patients/caregivers

Watch L.J. Tan, MS, PhD, & Maria Woosley, DNP, APRN CPNP-AC discuss the different types of immunizations currently available, as well as those under review by FDA, policies impacting access to RSV immunizations and the real-world impact of RSV on infants, children and families.

This survey briefing discusses the indirect impact and burden of RSV on babies, young children, their families and the health care providers who treat young RSV patients. Two surveys were conducted, one of parents who had at least one child contract RSV, and one of pediatric health care providers who treat babies and young children with RSV.

The eighth annual Infant Health Policy Summit was hosted in Washington, DC in August 2022. Topics included: 

• Black maternal health crisis 
• RSV vaccines and interventions 
• Parents as partners in their baby’s care 
• Human donor milk quality and safety 
• Drug, formula and product shortages 

The seventh annual Infant Health Policy Summit was hosted virtually in September 2021. Topics included: 

• Value of safety and innovation for neonates 
• RSV and compounding disparities 
• Perspectives from the Asian, Black, Hispanic and LGBTQ communities 
• COVID-19 separation policies 
• Nutrition and safety of growing a human donor milk market
• Newborns and rare diseases

The sixth annual Infant Health Policy Summit was hosted virtually in September 2020. Topics included: 

• Disparities in infant health  
• Congenital gut disorders  
• Challenges for late preterm infants  
• Respiratory syncytial virus and COVID-19 
• Isolation and disruption during COVID-19  
• Vaccines 

The fifth annual Infant Health Policy Summit was hosted in Washington, DC in September 2019. Topics included: 

• Breastfeeding & human milk 
• Vaccine hesitancy 
• Disparities in the NICU 
• Innovation for the neonatal population 
• Respiratory diseases 
• Safety and nutrition 

The fourth annual Infant Health Policy Summit was hosted in Washington, DC in October 2018. Topics included: 

• Congenital heart disease 
• The benefits of human milk 
• Safety in the NICU 
• The dangers of respiratory syncytial virus 
• Congressional policy initiatives 

The third annual Infant Health Policy Summit was hosted in Washington, DC in October 2017. Topics included: 

• Hepatitis C transmission 
• Safety issues in the NICU 
• Quality and safety of donor human milk 
• RSV prevention access challenges 

The second annual Infant Health Policy Summit was hosted in Washington, DC in September 2016. Topics included: 

• Human milk quality and safety 
• RSV access challenges 
• Postpartum depression and PTSD in NICU families 
• Optimal maternal nutrition 
• Zika briefing   

The first Infant Health Policy Summit was hosted in Washington, DC in June 2015. Topics included: 

• Protecting preterm infants from infectious disease 
• Optimal nutrition and health for preterm infants