At request of Government of India, MCHIP immunization team has prepared a ready reckoner for health workers, which captures key aspects of immunization that a peripheral health worker (ANM, LHV others) should know. Comments welcome from Technet colleagues Immunization-ready-reckoner-for-health-...

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I found this discussion on Global Health Delivery Online. A nursing student was interested in forming an organization on global health nursing ( http://www.ghdonline.org/nursing/discussion/forming-a-student-organization-for-global-health-n/#reply-4483?id=6434756&format=text&type=digest) Has any...

Cross posted from IAC Express (Issue: 873) with many thanks. GLOBAL TRAINING NETWORK INVITES HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS TO TRY ITS PILOT PROGRAM ABOUT VACCINE SAFETY WHO's Global Training Network provides training for national programmes and regulatory authorities on the principles of vaccine safe...

Auto-combustion incinerators are preheated with biomass (wood, dung, other) for about 30mn, and then rely on the operator to keep temperatures in bounds (600-900 deg C) by knowing when to load what for 3 hrs, and then finish with a 30mn biomass burn-down period. • Biomass is used to get the system...

Evaluation of mid-level management training in immunisation in the African region. Mutabaruka E, Dochez C, Nshimirimana D, Meheus A. World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Division of Communicable Diseases, Immunization and Vaccine Development, Brazzaville, Congo. Abstract OBJEC...

Written by: Benoît Silve, Bioforce Institute Over the last several years, as investments in vaccines and essential drugs have grown, there has been increased interest in helping supply chains deliver health commodities and equipment more effectively to the people who need them. To improve supply ...

Written by: Philippe Jaillard and Aristide Aplogan, AMP Over the past eight years, almost 400 district medical officers in 11 African countries[sup][1][/sup] have earned professional (masters level) diplomas through a unique practical inter-university program called EPIVAC. The program’s name is ...

Thank you Diana ChangBlanc for sharing this with TechNet21 readers. Non-Financial Incentives for Voluntary Community Health Workers: A Qualitative Study A new report and accompanying policy brief (attached to this e-mail) present the findings of a qualitative JSI study that explored various approa...

The first global training on effective vaccine management by Hailu Makonnen Kenea, Souleymane Kone, and Modibo Dicko from WHO; and Andrew Garnett, consultant. On July 29, 2010, after ten days of intensive and interactive training, 29 global, regional, country, and independent cold chain and log...

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Global Health eLearning Center: New Homepage and Certificate Programs For TechNet21 readers who do not receive Bob Davis's regular and informative Child Survival Updates, we suggest you look into the following: We are excited to announce that the USAID Global Health eLearning Center (http://www.glo...

Since 1994, with USAID funding, JSI has conducted international courses on supply chain management of health commodities. These training activities have been a pivotal part of the supply chain support USAID has funded through the USAID/DELIVER PROJECT and the DELIVER and FPLM projects before that. ...

Many thanks to Diana Chang Blanc for sharing this with TechNet21 readers. Good day to you all, We are pleased to announce the “Overview Course in Supply Chain Management of Health Commodities", a new training designed to increase professionals of the health sector’s understanding of logistics ...

The Advanced Immunization Management (AIM) e-Learning website launched a new module on 7 October to support the World Health Organization's computer-based Measles Strategic Planning (MSP) tool. The MSP was developed to help countries develop measles vaccination strategies to meet their measles contr...

Juliana Abakah-Katz from UNICEF sends in this contribution on the New and Emerging Talent Initiative Programme (NETI), whichis an entry point for external professionals interested in an international career with UNICEF. As part of UNICEF’s global talent management strategy to achieve its current and...

POST 01423E: TOOLS FOR SUPPORTIVE SUPERVISION FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01412E, 01415 & 01420E 28 APRIL 2009 ****************************************** Dear Padmini, We would like to thank all those who have provided feedback on these tools, and encourage them to change them i...

POST 01420E: INJECTION SAFETY SUPERVISION TOOL FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01412E & 01415 22 APRIL 2009 ****************************************** Hi, I have looked through the Injections Safety Supervision Tool. My observation is in section 3 on safe disposal; It only addressed placing of the syri...

POST 01412E: FOUR TOOLS FOR SUPPORTIVE SUPERVISION 5 APRIL 2009 ****************************************** Attached please find the English version of our 4 tools for supportive supervision of health centers in immunization. We would very much appreciate your feedback on the use of th...

POST 01392E: MORE ON SUPPORTIVE SUPERVISION FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01386E AND 01388E 21 FEBRUARY 2009 ****************************************** Dear Technet moderator, Your constituency may be interested in a new approach to supportive supervision we are introducing in Mali. In past ye...