Last updated: 7 October 2026

Welcome to the Maternal Immunisation Readiness Network in Africa & Asia (MIRNA) website. This page explains how we handle personal information when you use this website and the terms that apply to your use of MIRNA’s website, resources, research, dashboards and other digital services.

By using this website, you acknowledge the practices and terms described below.

Privacy Policy

1. Information we may collect

MIRNA may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you interact with the website.

This may include:

• Your first and last name.
• Email address.
• Organisation or institution, where requested.
• Information submitted through contact forms.
• Newsletter subscription preferences and consent.
• Correspondence you send to MIRNA.

We may also automatically collect limited technical information when you use the website, such as browser type, device type, pages visited, referring pages, approximate location derived from your internet connection, and other website usage information.

2. How we use your information

We may use personal information to:

• Send newsletters and MIRNA network updates where you have subscribed.
• Respond to enquiries and requests submitted through the website.
• Provide information about MIRNA research, events, resources and activities.
• Manage and improve the website and its content.
• Understand how visitors interact with the website.
• Maintain website security and prevent misuse.
• Meet applicable legal, regulatory and administrative requirements.

We will not use personal information for purposes that are materially different from those described above without an appropriate legal basis or, where required, your consent.

3. Newsletter subscriptions

If you subscribe to the MIRNA mailing list, we may collect your name, email address and subscription consent.

You may unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe link provided in our newsletter emails.

Where confirmation of an email subscription is required, you may receive an email asking you to confirm your subscription before you are added to the mailing list.

4. Cookies and analytics

The MIRNA website may use cookies and similar technologies to support website functionality, remember preferences, understand website usage and improve the visitor experience.

We may also use analytics services to understand information such as page views, traffic sources, devices used and general patterns of interaction with the website.

Some third-party services embedded within the website may place their own cookies or use similar technologies in accordance with their respective privacy policies.

5. Interactive dashboards and embedded content

The MIRNA Data Centre may contain interactive dashboards, visualisations and other embedded content.

When you access embedded content, your browser may communicate directly with the server or service hosting that content. Limited technical information, such as your IP address and browser information, may therefore be processed by the relevant hosting or technology provider.

MIRNA takes reasonable steps to use trusted services and to manage embedded content securely.

6. Sharing of personal information

MIRNA does not sell personal information.

We may share information with trusted service providers where this is necessary to operate the website or provide services such as:

• Website hosting and infrastructure.
• Email and newsletter delivery.
• Website analytics.
• Security and technical support.
• Data storage and website administration.

Such service providers are expected to process information only for legitimate purposes associated with the services they provide.

Information may also be disclosed where required by law, regulation, court order or another lawful authority.

7. International processing

MIRNA operates across multiple countries in Africa and South Asia and may use technology providers that process or store information in different jurisdictions.

Where personal information is transferred across borders, reasonable measures will be taken to ensure that it is handled in accordance with applicable data-protection requirements.

8. Data retention

Personal information will be retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, or as required by applicable legal, regulatory or administrative obligations.

Newsletter information may be retained until you unsubscribe or request deletion, subject to any limited records that may need to be retained for compliance purposes.

9. Security

MIRNA takes reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure.

However, no website, internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

10. Your data-protection rights

Depending on the laws applicable to you, you may have rights relating to your personal information, including the right to:

• Request access to personal information held about you.
• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
• Request deletion of personal information where appropriate.
• Object to or restrict certain processing.
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
• Request information about how your personal data is being used.

To exercise these rights or raise a privacy-related concern, contact MIRNA through the contact details provided on this website.

11. External websites

The MIRNA website may contain links to websites operated by partner organisations, research institutions, publishers or other third parties.

MIRNA is not responsible for the privacy practices, security or content of external websites. Visitors should review the privacy policies of those websites separately.

12. Changes to this Privacy Policy

MIRNA may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the website, services, technology or applicable requirements.

The date at the top of this page will indicate when the policy was most recently updated.

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Terms of Use

1. Use of this website

The MIRNA website provides information relating to maternal immunisation research, readiness, implementation, learning, collaboration and related public-health activities.

You may use the website for lawful informational, educational, research and professional purposes.

You must not use the website in a way that could damage, disable, interfere with or compromise the website, its systems, its users or its security.

2. Health and medical information

Content published by MIRNA is intended primarily for research, education, public-health communication and knowledge-sharing purposes.

Information on this website does not constitute individual medical advice, diagnosis or treatment and should not be used as a substitute for advice from a qualified healthcare professional or relevant public-health authority.

3. Research and data

Research findings, statistics, dashboards and other data presented on the website may be based on information available at a particular point in time.

While reasonable efforts are made to provide accurate and useful information, research and public-health data may be revised, updated or interpreted differently as new evidence becomes available.

Where a data source, publication or methodology is identified, users should consult the original source where appropriate before relying on the information for research, policy or decision-making purposes.

4. Intellectual property

Unless otherwise stated, the website design, MIRNA branding, text, graphics, visualisations and other original materials are owned by MIRNA or used with appropriate permission.

Research papers, reports, photographs, datasets and other third-party materials may be subject to separate copyright, licence or attribution requirements.

Users should check the licence or copyright notice associated with individual materials before reproducing, modifying or redistributing them.

5. Permitted use

You may view, download or share publicly available MIRNA content for legitimate research, educational, informational or non-commercial purposes, subject to any copyright, licensing and attribution requirements displayed with the relevant material.

You may not falsely represent MIRNA content, remove required attribution, imply MIRNA endorsement without permission, or use MIRNA branding in a misleading manner.

6. Interactive dashboards

Dashboards and visualisations within the MIRNA Data Centre are provided as tools for exploring research and programme information.

Users should consider the accompanying descriptions, methodology, data sources, dates and limitations when interpreting dashboard information.

MIRNA does not guarantee that every dashboard will be continuously available or that underlying datasets will always remain unchanged.

7. External links and third-party content

The website may contain links to publications, partner institutions, external tools and other third-party resources.

A link to an external website does not necessarily constitute endorsement of all information, products, services or opinions available on that website.

MIRNA is not responsible for the availability, security or content of third-party websites.

8. Website availability

MIRNA aims to keep the website available and functioning reliably but does not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free access.

Access may occasionally be interrupted for maintenance, upgrades, technical issues, security measures or circumstances outside MIRNA’s control.

9. Limitation of responsibility

MIRNA makes reasonable efforts to ensure that information published on the website is accurate and relevant.

However, to the extent permitted by applicable law, MIRNA is not responsible for losses or damages arising solely from reliance on website content, temporary website unavailability, third-party services or use of external websites linked from this website.

10. Acceptable use

You must not:

• Attempt to gain unauthorised access to the website, servers or systems.
• Introduce malware, malicious scripts or harmful code.
• Attempt to disrupt or overload the website.
• Scrape or extract information in a manner that materially interferes with website operation.
• Use the website for unlawful, fraudulent or misleading activities.
• Misrepresent your relationship with MIRNA.

MIRNA may restrict access where necessary to protect the website, its users or its systems.

11. Changes to these Terms

MIRNA may update these Terms of Use as the website, network and services develop.

Continued use of the website following an update means that the latest version of these terms will apply to your subsequent use.

12. Contact us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, these Terms of Use, your personal information or the MIRNA website, please contact us through the Contact Us page.

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Email: info@mirna.org