WHO/Europe is working with immunization programmes across the European Region to help them raise awareness about HPV vaccination, address obstacles to high uptake and prepare for HPV vaccine introduction where it is not yet part of the routine immunization programme. As part of this work ...

  National and subnational participants from Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Sudan and Syria gathered at the Dead Sea, Jordan from 25 to 27 September to participate in a MENA Regional Workshop on Equity-Informed Microplanning. The workshop was organized by UNICEF MENARO in close tech...

Dear viewers Please go through the attached PPT which may contribute to better the quality of service delivery. The illustrations are just a fraction of the tip of an iceberg. We daily receive such illustrations from the field. We wish to share the PPT presented on 21st Sep 2016 in the regular Aca...

Interesting article from Bloomberg. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-17/ebola-vaccine-challenge-motorbikes-and-kerosene-fridges.html This section on the supply chain challenges is particularly interesting: Muddy Roads “Even if we decide not to use the vaccine during this outbreak and ...

Member States Delegates discuss progress towards global immunization goals at the World Health Assembly, May 2014 Fifty-four speakers including 50 representatives from Member States[1], one Observer[2], Civil Society Organizations[3] and the GAVI Alliance took the floor during the discussion on t...

Unknown gunmen on Saturday the 28th of December 2013 opened indiscriminate fire on entering a hospital and fled from the scene. Subsequently, one polio worker, Zahid Gul, was killed on the spot whereas ward orderly Niqab Khan and a woman sustained severe injuries. Meanwhile, policemen reached the...

Après le succès de la première édition de la licence professionnelle en logistique de la santé, l’AMP, l’OMS et l’IRSP lancent la deuxième édition de la formation diplômante en logistique de santé, développée avec l’appui du projet LOGIVAC. D’une durée d’un an, cette formation est sanctionnée par...

Oxytocin is a lifesaving drug - it is one of the 13 commodities on the list of the United Nations Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children. - See more at: http://everywomaneverychild.org/component/content/article/1-about/409-un-commission-sets-out-plan-to-make-life-saving-health...

Cross-posted from the January 2012 Global Immunization News issue. Many thanks. 31/01/2012 from Osman Mansoor, UNICEF Pneumonia and diarrhoea remain the top two causes of child deaths. The availability of new vaccines against the top causes of pneumonia (Hib, PCV) and diarrhoea (RV) in children...

WHO recommends that "Every refrigerator storing vaccines should have a freeze indicator" [Immunization in Practice, Module 3: The cold chain, 2004 update]. This is because the risk of freezing may be a more important danger to vaccines than heat, especially with Vaccine Vial Monitors (VVM...

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...

Dear Sir,Based on the PATH report, we must immediately demand from DCGI office or GOI for use of IPV through Intradermal Route as well, otherwise people would be cheated as they have been with Rabies vaccine. Though I disagree with the report on one point that is a device is required for effective d...

by Terry Hart and Julian Bilous, consultants, and Osman David Mansoor, UNICEF In 2006, the Government of Japan offered funding to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to help countries prevent and prepare for future influenza pandemics. Recognizing that support from cold chain and logistics ...

Dear Padmini VPPAG is currently consulting on a paper on the generic Preferred Product Profile (gPPP) for new vaccines used by national programmes in developing countries. The document is currently open for consultation until July 15th. (see attached) Kindly find it at our site: http://sites.googl...

POST 01216E: COLD CHAIN MAINTENANCE Follow-up on POST 01214E 17 January 2008 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lora Shimp adds to the cold chain maintenance discussion based on her experience in various countries. The need for access...

POST 01138E : VACCINE STOCK MANAGEMENT 11 August 2007 ____________________________________ Vaccine_stock_management:_Guidelines_on_stock_records_for_immunization_programme_and_vaccine_store_managers_(WHO/IVB/06.12) WHO recently published a new document on vaccine stock management. The docum...

POST 01021E : T SERIES VACCINE EFFICACY 6 December 2006 ____________________________________ Jedeth Mamora (mailto:[email protected]) from UNICEF in Indonesia, is asking questions on the efficacy of T series vaccine. I wonder how the search was made on the WHO site but I would suggest the...

POST 00937E : THINKING THE UNTHINKABLE Follow-up on Posts 00917E, 00923E and 00931E 8 June 2006 __________________________________________________________ This posting contains five contributions to the discussion. The first comes from Patrick Isingoma (mailto:[email protected]...

POST 00817E : THIMEROSAL AND AUTISM Follow-up on Posts 00809E and 00812E 31 July 2005 _____________________________________ Julie Milstien (mailto:[email protected]) or (mailto:[email protected]) from the United States but living in France, answers the double-spell...

POST 00792E : MEASLES CAMPAIGN AND ITN DISTRIBUTION Follow-up on Posts 00763E, 00765E, 00767E, 00768E, 00771E, 00774E, 00778E, 00781E, 00784E, 00789E and 00789E 24 May 2005 _____________________________________ The first contribution in this posting is from both Karen Kramer (mailto:ka...