By -Tesfaye Tsigu UNICEF has procured, delivered and installed greater than 100k optimal cold chain equipments in low and middle-income countries over the past few years. UNICEF collaborates with GAVI, WHO, Governments and other partners to strengthen the health system of those countries.  Pu...

People that Deliver (PtD) has just published its Business case for investment in human resources for health supply chain management. The findings show that most health supply chain workforce investments have been made in staffing (ensuring supply chain positions are filled) and skills development i...

Dear TechNet members, Do you work on vaccine procurement? Have you ever wondered where to find publicly available market intelligence resources? Or what budgeting concerns should be taken into account during the planning processes? If so, you are welcome to join UNICEF's new Strategic Vaccine Proc...

Building off the foundational work of the Vaccination Demand Hub, and with funding from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the Service Experience Toolkit was launched. The Service Experience Toolkit is designed to introduce the concept of immunization service experience (SE) at the country level, part...

We are pleased to announce that the Teach to Reach: Connect 6 plenaries and workshops are now available. Register for Teach to Reach: Connect 7 on 14 October 2022 https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach Topics covered include: Immunization Agenda 2030, COVID-19 vaccine demand, gender barrier...

Version 1 (OMS et UNICEF) en date du 27 juillet 2022 Ce document présente les principales considérations programmatiques essentielles pour passer des campagnes de masse pour la vaccination contre la COVID-19 à l'intégration de la vaccination contre la COVID-19 dans les programmes de vacci...

This new implementation guidance summarizes and builds on current global recommendations and programmatic considerations for establishing and/or strengthening platforms for the vaccination of health workers.  While this area has recently gained increased attention through the COVID-19 vaccinat...

Title: Considerations for integrating COVID-19 vaccination into immunization programmes and primary health care for 2022 and beyondVersion 1 (WHO & UNICEF) 27 July 2022 Content: This document lays out key considerations for integrating COVID-19 vaccination into immunization programme services, P...

Contenu : Ce jeu de diapositives résume les derniers facteurs à prendre en considération et recommandations de l’OMS quant au choix des produits vaccinaux contre la COVID-19 avec la liste d’utilisation d’urgence (EUL) de l’OMS (la plupart de ceux-ci étant actuellement disponibles via le mé...

Content: This slide set summarizes WHO latest recommendations and considerations for choosing COVID-19 vaccine products with WHO Emergency Use List (EUL) (currently available under COVAX). Objective: To help orient the Ministry of Health (MoH) and National Immunization Advisory Committee Group (NIT...

Dear All: With thanks to all who contributed, the NDVP version 2.0 is now on-line and can be found at: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-2019-nCoV-Vaccine-deployment-2021.1-eng The updated (second) version of the WHO-UNICEF “Guidance on developing a national deployment and vaccinati...

Please refer the Video developed by NCCRC with support of UNICEF with the objective of making the task of WIC/WIF installation much easier, though demonstration of interconnections between WICs/WIFs & associated equipment/control units. The efforts are towards briefing the purpose & illustr...

Webinar: New guidance for managing health care waste produced by your immunisation program August 20, 2020, 9:00 a.m. EST / 3:00 p.m. CEST (Geneva) REGISTER HERE:  https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_os4B34RiR0mgeELADv7yTQ  Join Gavi and UNICEF for a webinar on health care waste ma...

The challenge before us is an enormous one – many lives hang in the balance. But never in the history of the world have we had as many resources available to craft solutions as we do today. When a Covid-19 vaccination is developed, we have the benefit of innovative homegrown tech that already exists...

WHO recently published a new guidance document: “A practical handbook for planning, implementing and strengthening vaccination in the second year of life” (2YL Handbook). The 2YL Handbook provides detail on the practical steps for planning, managing, implementing, and monitoring vaccinati...

People that Deliver Launches a New Resource for Health Supply Chain Practitioners: the Human Resources for Supply Chain Management Theory of Change Like all chains, supply chains are no stronger than their weakest link. Although hundreds of millions of dollars in commodities flow through the health...

Working together to unlock the lifesaving power of data 2018 marks the 20th anniversary of WHO and UNICEF’s Joint Reporting Form (JRF) on Immunization – a single form used by all countries to record data on national immunization rates and cases of vaccine-preventable diseases; track vaccine supply ...

Dear TechNet community members, Warm greetings! The cold chain situation in many countries is sub-optimal and affects the capacity of national immunization programs to deliver potent vaccines to all women and children.To help improve this situation, the Gavi Board approved the Cold Chain Equipment ...

The Immunization Summary app, which is  great tool initiated by Olivier Beauvais, is now updated and includes data up to 2016. Using the app will  allow you accessing immunization data in a dynamic way, by  generating  visuals (tables, graphs, maps) on schedules, on a selected set of vaccine preven...

Following the July 2017 release of the WHO and UNICEF estimates of national immunization coverage and the corresponding chorus of concerns about sustained (i.e., a more positive alternative to the term “stagnated” that is frequently used) levels of vaccination coverage since around 2010 that seems t...