The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), with technical support from WHO Nepal, successfully conducted a comprehensive Joint External EPI–VPD Surveillance Review from 24–30 April 2026. This milestone exercise—the first of its kind since 2010—was undertaken following recommendations from the WHO...

Dear Colleagues, I just published a concise analysis of Nepal’s rubella elimination through the WUENIC 2024 lens. It outlines the operating model behind the milestone, a 2024 coverage snapshot with visuals. It closes with a practical maintenance checklist for programs aiming to sustain elimination...

Concerns over the depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer because of refrigerants and foaming agents used in CCEs have spurred a global effort to phase out the production and consumption of CFC and many others (i.e. HCFCs). Subsequent concerns over global warming have reinforced the need to elimi...

The Gavi Zero-Dose Learning Hub (ZDLH), led by JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., is pleased to announce the publication of a case study describing the introduction of the typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) in Nepal. The case study highlights innovative approaches that successfully identified...

You are invited to the launching of the manual Designing and Implementing Gridded Population Surveys, a manual with step-by-step tutorials for survey practitioners - See flyer to register or go here https://teams.microsoft.com/registration/2zWeD09UYE-9zF6kFubccA,Br5CidzRyEyk5fawxT_jcw,gtfS...

Join the Boost Community and the Exemplars in Global Health (EGH) program for a live engagement on Tuesday, May 17 at 10:00 AM EDT/ 2:00 PM GMT / 3:00 PM WAT / 7:30 PM IST (check your local time). The Exemplars in Global Health program believes that the quickest path to success is to identify who h...

Hello,   Greetings!!   Empower, in collaboration with WHO SEARO, is pleased to announce the launch of the Emergency Outbreak Response Platform for 11 South & Southeast Asian countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, DPR Korea, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailan...

PATH’s Freeze-Safe innovation sets a new benchmark, helping protect vaccine potency, reducing health worker burden, and providing cost savings to health systems Seattle, February 7, 2018—This week, the first commercially available freeze-free vaccine carrier will begin introductory field trials in ...

Between 21 and 24 February 2017, the “Training for the comprehensive analysis of vaccination coverage surveys” was held in Kathmandu, Nepal. This training brought together 25 participants from Ministries of Health, National Statistics Offices (NSOs) and research institutes from Cambodia, China, Indo...

Dear TechNet Community, WHO and UNICEF are pleased to announce the release of a new Joint Statement on Achieving immunization targets with the comprehensive effective vaccine management (EVM) framework. This statement uncovers the cornerstone to the WHO-UNICEF immunization supply chain strategy to...

Thirty countries have now introduced IPV vaccine as part of objective 2 of the Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan. In August, the second of the polio endemic countries, Pakistan, introduced IPV nationally. There are now 30 countries that have introduced the vaccine. Nigeria, the other ende...

This summary has been extracted from the IVAC website. For best viewing, please click here. For the first time in its history, the International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Disease (ISPPD), was held in Asia in March 2014. Nearly 1,000 scientists and public health experts from aroun...

Sustainably Graduating, so they don’t come home to live with us Robert Steinglass, Immunization Team Leader, MCHIP Immunization Senior Advisor, JSI 18 February 2014 (appeared as a blog with live links on Health Planning and Policy Debated, 18 February 2014 and accessible at: http://blogs.ls...

Dimagi is pleased to announce that it will support five organizations from various sectors in India and Nepal to explore the use of mobile technology for logistics and supply chain management in low-resource settings. Each organization will be supported to launch a proof of concept of CommTrack, an ...

by Raja Rao and Joseph Torres, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation In November last year, 17 different proposals on how to optimize immunization systems were each awarded $100,000 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in round nine of its Grand Challenges Explorations initiative. Below, Raja R...

by Kamel Senouci and Lara Gautier, AMP Many national immunization programs rely on the professional advice of national immunization technical advisory groups (NITAGs) to help them make critical decisions on introducing new vaccines. Implemented in April 2008 by Agence de Médecine Préventive (AMP)...

This has been cross-posted from the SABIN website with thanks. Since late 2008, the Sustainable Immunization Financing (SIF) Program has been operating in twelve African, and three Asian pilot countries. Using a collective action approach, SIF invites key stakeholders - especially parliamentar...

POST 01344E: POLIO ERADICATION VS CONTROL—ADDITIONAL ASPECTS TO CONSIDER FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01339E, 01341E, 013342E & 01343E 31 OCTOBER 2008 ****************************************** CONTROL MORE EXPENSIVE IN THE LONG RUN Hans, I agree with you. You may recall that I was seconded ...

POST 01269E: ENERGY POLICY INCORPORATING HEALTH SECTOR NEEDS FOLLOW-UP ON POST: 01265E 22 MAY 2008 ******************************************* Dear Rowan, I cannot quote any clear-cut examples of energy policy specific to the health sector, but I can give reference to several indirect e...

POST 01217E: SCHOOL-BASED TT VACCINATION FOLLOW UP ON POSTS POST 01212E AND POST 01214E 20 JANUARY 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Steinglass, who has comprehensively documented Indonesia’s experience with school-based T...