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...

Dear all  Greetings from KVG team and wish to share the following with the viewers for needful. Write-up As per World Health Organization (WHO) there is "no evidence" that the BCG vaccine protects against COVID-19. Initially, WHO also stated that there were no enough evidences of airborne tr...

Dear viewers. We the KVG team wish a happy new year and wish to share the post on BCG vaccination. As a question of justice, world wants to end TB by 2030 – the major killer among infectious diseases often hand in glove with HIV / AIDS. India aims to achieve the same by 2025. Specific vaccination...

Dear viewers We wish to share our very short study finding with the TechNet viewers for further input and mutual sharing of experiences for the global benefit of closing the imuunization gap. Introduction of a newer vaccine or any change in vaccination policy provides an opportunity to train / reo...

Hello All, In the website for WHO PQ vaccines BCG and Yellow Fever are the two vaccines which have multi dose preparations packaged in ampoules. As soon as we open a mulit-dose ampoule and administer the first dose, we are leaving the remining doses in the ampoule exposed to environment (very often...

GoI is planning to put in place open vial policy at the facility level. In that context I would like to get comments from the members on a draft opertional guideline. This has been prepared from WHO and other resources on open vial policy. We intend to draft a pictorial guidlines covering following ...

Claude Letarte reminds us that 24 March 2011 was World Tuberculosis Day and shares with us links to the free BCG World Atlas published by McGill University and partners in Montreal. The Atlas is: "a first-of-its-kind, easy-to-use, searchable website that provides free detailed information on current...

In my humble opinion Michel and Robert have asked a useful question. Very often polio or other campaigns displace Measles and Bcg in subdistrict stores. The unwritten convention is to move them to the freezer. Especially since the vials are not as breakable as the old ampoules used earlier Usually f...

POST 01183E : BCG AND LEPROSY 8 November 2007 ___________________________________ This posting contains two contributions. Devesh Singh from India asks a question about the protective effect of BCG. Thanks to Uli Fruth from WHO/HQ for providing an answer. The Lancet article to which he refers is...

POST 01081E : BCG EFFICACY QUESTIONED Follow-up on Posts 01070E (http://listes.ulaval.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A2=i ... org&P=1144) and 01076E (http://listes.ulaval.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A2=i ... .org&P=406) 18 April 2007 ____________________________________ NOTE : The link to the PATH’s evaluation of ...

POST 01076E : BCG EFFICACY QUESTIONED Follow-up on Post 01070E (http://listes.ulaval.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A2=i ... org&P=1144) 9 April 2007 ____________________________________ Samuel Kamau (mailto:[email protected]) from Kenya sends these comments on the news about BCG effectiveness, f...

POST 01070E : BCG EFFICACY QUESTIONED 27 March 2007 ____________________________________ NOTE : Most of you will have picked up the error in the link to the article on the ethics of compulsory vaccination. It is not even the first time I make this same mistake, a "w" instead of an "e" in the...