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TechNet webinar - Launch of WHO Guidance for Using Modelling for Immunization Decision-Making
Date: May 5, 2026 Time: 13:00 PM CET
Registration link: Webinar Registration - Zoom
This webinar will introduce the newly released WHO guidance for using modelling for immuniz...
Dear colleagues, I’ve created a repository of national immunization policies and SOPs for vaccine management at facility level. This comes from what is available online, combined with publications that have been shared with me.
https://www.technet-21.org/en/topics/programme-management/sops
Fi...
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Sizeable between- and within-country inequalities in childhood immunization impair progress towards universal coverage of all persons with essential life-saving vaccines. Monitoring global trends in immunization inequalities helps to identify population subgroups that are less likely to benefit from...
Chers collègues,
Bonjour, j’espère que vous allez bien.
Je mène actuellement une recherche doctorale sur le transfert de technologies et son impact sur l’innovation et la production pharmaceutique locale en Afrique, avec un focus sur le Nigeria, le Cameroun et le Sénégal.
Compte tenu de l’experti...
Dear colleagues,
Greetings, I hope you are doing well.
I am currently conducting a doctoral research study on technology transfer and its impact on innovation and local pharmaceutical manufacturing in Africa, with a focus on Nigeria, Cameroon, and Senegal.
Given the expertise within this communit...
Immunization outcomes depend on behavior, including caregivers seeking services, providers following protocols, and communities trusting the system. Yet social and behavior change initiatives are rarely institutionalized or consistently funded, often buried in budget lines without clear accountabili...
Dear colleagues,I have just put together a comprehensive slide deck on the Field-Anchored Vaccine Specification Matrix (FAVSM) - a framework I developed and published through IntechOpen in March 2026 to translate field operational constraints directly into vaccine product design requirements.The dec...
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Dear TechNet Members,
Are you also facing challenges with vaccine supply security and would like to strengthen your preparedness to vaccine stockouts? Our next webinar – the second in our strategic vaccine procurement series, that will take place on Thu...
UNICEF is pleased to invite you to save the date for the upcoming BCU Case Studies Webinar, where selected countries will share experiences and lessons learned from the implementation of the Big Catch-Up (BCU).
Big Catch-Up Case Studies Webinar: Lessons from Country Implementati...
Excited to share that my book chapter has just been published!
Approximately 1.9 billion people live in fragile and conflict-affected settings, yet vaccine design and evaluation continue to assume stable delivery conditions.
This chapter challenges that paradigm.
-Drawing on evidence from vaccine...
Dear Colleagues,
Health professionals are increasingly stepping into leadership roles—often in complex systems with limited resources and high expectations. Yet structured opportunities to reflect on leadership practice remain rare.
Over the past year, I’ve facilitated the Leadership Masterclass w...
Join our Webinar on Immunization microplanning with WorldPop data in DHIS2 / Avec l'interprétation simultanée en français
Microplanning for immunization is an approach that helps health workers reach every community with immunization services by identifying priority communities and potential barr...
A new JSI article on Gavi's VaccinesWork platform synthesizes findings from the Zero-Dose Learning Hub across Bangladesh, Mali, Nigeria, and Uganda, and makes a compelling case that the field's default approaches to reaching zero-dose children are incomplete without corresponding attention to subdis...
The SAGE meeting highlights have been published in form of a SAGE Digest Webinar following the March meeting (9-12).
Click here to watch the video summary:
The discussion covered:
Global and Regional Reports
Immunization Agenda 2030
COVID-19
Typhoid
Polio...
The Varo Foundation is pleased to announce the release of Varo 2.0, available now on the Google Play Store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.intven.varo).
Varo 2.0 is a complete, ground-up rebuild of the Varo app. The new application infrastructure is cleaner, built on a more susta...
Link to join the webinar on 24 March
Dear TechNet Colleagues,
We would be very glad to welcome you to our next VPPN onboarding webinar, that will take place on Tuesday, 24 March, at 11am GMT+1.
Join us on 24 March to meet and chat with peers from around the world and us, the team behind t...
GiveWell is looking to identify programs that increase the uptake of routine childhood immunizations by bringing vaccination services closer to communities through targeted outreach sessions or mobile vaccination. We think these programs have the potential to be highly cost-effective and scalable an...
Dear Colleaques,
Happy to share the latest edition of ImmunizationForResilienceNewsletter, titled:
"Cholera 2026: When The System Sees It Coming But Cannot Move - The Scenario Nobody Talks About"
This edition looks at a reality many teams face in 2026: community-based surveillance can be function...
Learning agenda on hepatitis B birth dose vaccine delivery in Africa
Insights and recommendations to improve timely administration
Wednesday 4 March at 16:00–17:30 EAT | 14:00–15:30 CET | 8:00–9:30 EST
Chronic hepatitis B affects 254 million people globally, with the highest burden in low‑ and m...
Four years into its strategic plan, the Measles & Rubella Partnership's Midterm Review reveals that while progress has been made, countries and global institutions must take urgent, collective action to reach elimination targets by 2030.
At the end of 2024, 83 countries had eliminated measles a...
Dear Colleagues,
The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) of the World Health Organization is seeking qualified experts to serve on a SAGE Working Group on yellow fever vaccination yellow fever SAGE Working Group on yello...
Colleagues,
WHO has released the Full Value of Improved Influenza Vaccines Assessment (FVIVA), looking at the potential health, economic and policy impacts of next-generation influenza vaccines that offer broader and longer-lasting protection than current seasonal products.
Some key takeaways that...
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