There are now two COVID-19 vaccine introduction courses available. The Orientation to national deployment and vaccination planning for COVID-19 vaccines OpenWHO course is intended to help national and sub-national focal points in countries develop the NDVP and prepare for COVID-19 vaccine introduct...

Hi all! For those of you who are interested, the DHIS2 team at the University of Oslo is hosting a webinar on Thursday, 28 January from 14-15:00 Oslo time (UTC+1) on the DHIS2 COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Toolkit. Registration is open via this online form: https://forms.gle/P1YC8QHD4UjFjMWU9 The webin...

Hello everyone! Im Charisse Tan from Philippines. I would like to know if there are official publication or established SUSAR for any of the covid-19 vaccine? What is the difference between SUSAR and serious AEFI? Thank you :)...

The paper I authored together with my dear friend Alan Kennedy, analyzes a more resilient transport mode, ocean freight, to supplement road and air freight.   “There is little doubt that the long-haul transportation of COVID-19 vaccines and other vital pharmaceuticals needs to be conduc...

NEW PAGE ALERT!!! TechNet-21 Page on Human Resources & Leadership Access page here - https://www.technet-21.org/en/topics/immunization-workforce 2021 is designated as the International Year of the Health and Care Workers. The health workforce plays a crucial role in ensuring availability of q...

We ask for your opinion and assessment: We are pleased to announce that some days ago we were able to hand over our series-ready Solar-Hybrid PCM Reefer (island solution) SUNTAINER. Please watch the video here (90 seconds): https://youtu.be/hFN9o2wvEJ4 The production took place in technical inf...

I wonder about this pandemic, will there be a vaccine soon? When will it be available? What will its presentation be? Will there be availability for poor countries? Cost? Are equipment manufacturers going to support poor countries with equipment? Could you share with us what are manufacturers d...

On December 23, 2020, HLN released a new version (v1.27.1) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) in support of both the Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines, as well as the COVD-19 unspecified vaccine code. ICE is a state-of-the-art open source software system that provides clinical decision sup...

December 15, 2020, HLN released a new version (v1.26.2) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) in support of the Pfizer COVID vaccine. ICE is a state-of-the-art open source software system that provides clinical decision support for immunizations for use in Immunization Information Systems (II...

Dear colleagues, After COVID-19 vaccines are introduced into countries, it will be vital to generate real-world data on vaccine effectiveness and impact, as many questions will remain unanswered by the clinical trials. Studies will likely be done in a variety of countries, in a variety of population...

Many of the vaccines being developed require extremely cold storage temperatures. If someone has some sense of what range of storage temperatures may be required for the covid 19 vaccine distribution, this information would be very valuable for manufactures to give them a jump on the design of appro...

I wish to add to the very practical and sensible Robin and Rafael discussions on Covid-19. There should be more specific stability data provided for the candidate vaccines. ULT is really a non-reality for logistics in terms of cost and maintenance for LMIC countries for a country wide pandemic (vers...

This tool is and updated version of the VIRAT that was shared on the 21 September. Link to the updated tool: https://www.technet-21.org/en/library/main/6724-covid-19-virat/vraf-2.0-%22covid-19-vaccine-introduction-readiness-assessment-tool%22  The updated tool, referred as the VIRAT/VRAF ...

On December 1, 2020, HLN released a new version (v1.25.1) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE). ICE is a state-of-the-art open source software system that provides clinical decision support for immunizations for use in Immunization Information Systems (IIS), Electronic Health Record (EHR), a...

Ultra-Low: Berlinger Fridge-tag to monitor COVID-19 vaccines at ultra-low temperatures. Attached the details of our latest member of the Fridge-tag family: the Ultra Low. You can chose on what limits to set the alarms, and based on that we configure the devices. As soon as there is a PQS Standard a...

WHO and UNICEF have just released intermin guidance on developing a national deployment and vaccination plan for COVID-19 vaccines. This document is intended to guide national governments in developing and updating their national deployment and vaccination plan (NDVP) for COVID-19 vaccines, and...

The Boost Community invites all immunization professionals to respond to a recent Boost survey around how we can support countries to plan and prepare for the introduction of a COVID-19 vaccine. This survey is part of a Sabin co-led initiative (with Dalberg and JSI), the COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Pro...

On November 6, 2020, HLN released a new version (v1.24.2) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE). ICE is a state-of-the-art open source software system that provides clinical decision support for immunizations for use in Immunization Information Systems (IIS), Electronic Health Record (EHR) an...

Dear all, this is to inform you that the "WHO SAGE roadmap for prioritizing uses of COVID-19 vaccines in the context of limited supply" has been published on the SAGE website www.who.int/immunization/sage/covid-19_documents/en/. The Roadmap considers priority populations for the use of va...

Dear all  we wish to share the following findings for needful. India begins study on BCG vaccine impact on Covid-19  (https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-begins-study-on-bcg-vaccine-impact-on-covid-19/story-UG70g0qxgu6dp7XWiEVbiN.html) “Two recently released studies, one in...