Interesting paper from EMHJ describing systemic bottlenecks and proposes potentialsolutions for routine EPI in Pakistan...

For reviewing the performance of a programme it is customary to have a target / expected level of achievement as a denominator before launching a programme. From the numerator collected through formats, indicators were obtained for performance review; for e.g. in NID/SIA’s 0 to 5 yr children are the...

Every quarter, a slide set on introduction status of selected vaccines is updated. The most recent version is available from the web @: http://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/en/ in the right hand column, under the “recent immunization data” menu. If you want to see the worldwi...

An Editorial in Indian Pediatrics the journal of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics has again raised doubts about the usefulness of Hepatitis-B vaccination in India. Results of the pilot study launched in Andhra Pradesh to evaluate the usefulness of the vaccine have been published in the latest issu...

Dear Colleagues, Paper immunization registers and register books are critical components of health information systems (HIS) for immunization programs across the globe. Even as many HIS for immunization programs and other health domains move toward electronic and mobile data collection systems, p...

Since 1998, WHO and UNICEF collect annually data on national immunization systems jointly through the WHO/UNICEF Joint Reporting Form on Immunization (JRF) (http://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/routine/reporting/en/). The Joint Reporting Form annually collects national level da...

The Immunization Summary is an app for visualizing data (tables, graphs, maps) on policies, activities and impact of national immunization systems. These data are reported by WHO & UNICEF Member States annually for incidence, coverage, immunization system indicators and vaccination schedules. The...

Current immunization coverage rates in the WHO European Region are insufficient to ensure herd immunity and stop the spread of vaccine-preventable diseases. In some countries, rates have now fallen well below the WHO-recommended threshold (95%). Across the Region, up to 1 million infants born each y...

Many thanks to Diana Chang Blanc for sharing this information with the readers! The Immunization Summary is an app for visualizing (tables, graphs, maps) data on policies, activities and impact of national immunization systems. The IPAD/IPHONE app can now be downloaded directly from the iTunes ap...

For achieving >90% coverage in the shortest period at the session site level, a one-pager offline tool, which I wish to name as 'IMMUNOGRAM', is adequate. This tool incorporates the basic principle of 'My Village My Home', suitably expanded for IWs (Immunization Weeks) of IRI (Intensification of...

In day today life we see so many things happening around us which we can capture and use 'philosophically' in our training programmes. On bringing the two gates closer but not touching each other within a minute the red ants 'constructed' a bridge across a gap of 8 to 10 ants length, a similar gap o...

A few more research papers on immunization coverage and related topics from Tasnim Partapuri. For those who want to download it directly, they can do so using the following link: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-698X/9?issue=S1. ##text## ##text## ##text## ##text## ##text##...

Tasnim Partapuri shares a series of research papers on immunization coverage and related topics that she came across on the BioMed Central website while researching on her project. She has very kindly sent PDF files of the articles, which will be posted on the forum over the next week. For those who...

New research results published today! Available at:(http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-698X/9?issue=S1). This is to announce the publication today of a journal supplement titled The Fallacy of coverage: uncovering disparities and improving immunization coverage - The Canadian International Immuni...

POST 01375E: ACCURACY OF IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE DATA 18 JANUARY 2009 ****************************************** Stephen Lim et al in a study published in The Lancet (volume 372, issue 9655, pages 2031–2046, 13 December 2008) raise concerns about the tendency to over report when it comes to ...

POST 01314E: IMMUNIZATION MIS—TOOLS EXIST BUT USAGE DISMAL FOLLOW-UP ON POST: 01312E 30 AUGUST 2008 ******************************************* It is not the absence of Software or tool to monitor immunization. BUT the WILL to do it. RIMS and computers and a personnel provided in most districts,...

TECHNET21 E-FORUM Technical network for strengthening immunization services Contributions to: [email=%3Ca%20href=][log in to unmask][/email]">[log in to unmask] or use your reply button! POST 01311E: MIS FOR IMMUNIZATION (TOPICS FOR TECHNET21 2008 MEETING) FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01301E & 01306E ...

POST 00660E : IMPROVING COVERAGE Follow-up on Posts 00642E and 00646E 8 April 2004 _________________________________ The first contribution is from Khadija Msambichaka (mailto:[email protected]) from AFRO. The second comes from Mercy Ahun (mailto:[email protected]) from GAVI Secretari...

POST 00646E : IMPROVING COVERAGE Follow-up on Post 00642E 5 March 2004 ___________________________________ This posting contains two contributions. The first is from Gasse (mailto:[log in to unmask]) from UNICEF Headquarters. It is likely to generate much discussion. The PowerPoint pre...

POST 00646E : IMPROVING COVERAGE Follow-up on Post 00642E 5 March 2004 ___________________________________ This posting contains two contributions. The first is from Gasse (mailto:[log in to unmask]) from UNICEF Headquarters. It is likely to generate much discussion. The PowerPoint pre...