What is MAINSTREAM? The MAINSTREAM initiative worked with local mentor institutes in Cameroon, Ghana, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique and Pakistan to support 25 small embedded implementation research (IR) projects to strengtheng immunization coverage and equity, especially for zero dose children. Th...

Immunization outcomes depend on behavior, including caregivers seeking services, providers following protocols, and communities trusting the system. Yet social and behavior change initiatives are rarely institutionalized or consistently funded, often buried in budget lines without clear accountabili...

Come learn how implementation research is helping immunization programmes reach zero dose children! Under the MAINSTREAM project, the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research and the Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals Department at WHO in collaboration with local mentor institutes have...

VillageReach just published a new brief calling for expanding CHWs' role in immunization services. From outreach to planning to vaccine administration CHWs can help reach more people with vaccines.  What CHW centric approaches have you seen work well in your work? What approaches would y...

Malawi’s Ministry of Health used DHIS2 Tracker to register and manage its vaccine cold chain equipment, cataloging more than 300 pieces of equipment across 20 districts in only four weeks, and reducing inventory reporting time from years to minutes. Cold chain equipment and vaccine stock data—two...

Dear All, USAID is partnering with Digital Square to assess how governments and investors can harness existing digital tools and platforms to efficiently support response efforts in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including supporting vaccine planning, distribution and monitoring.  We nee...

In January 2019, PATH and the Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) partnered with the government of Senegal to evaluate a smart energy management device attached to certain solar vaccine refrigerators that would enable health workers to use electric devices in areas with limited or unreliable power. Cal...

USAID’s flagship Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP) is pleased to introduce our latest publication, Community Monitoring of Individual Children’s Vaccinations: Six Country Experiences. This brief details MCHIP/MCSP experiences with community monitoring of vaccinations in Timor-Leste, India,...

As part of the WHO African region efforts to improve immunization and surveillance performances in terms of quality, effectiveness, efficiency, coverage and equity and in order to strengthen the capacity of policy makers and health providers in countries, there is a need for accurate data in order t...

WHO and UNICEF have just published a new evidence brief on solar direct-drive (SDD) vaccine refrigerators and freezers. It includes case studies from Tanzania, Colombia and Kenya, as well as an overview of SDD technology and how to make sure that SDD technology is the right choice. Here's the link: ...

Posting by: David W Brown, Brown Consulting Group International, LLC, North Carolina, USA Marta Gacic-Dobo, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland The WHO and UNICEF recommend that immunization programmes order and supply vaccines bundled with safe-injection equipment (e.g., diluents, aut...

We are pleased to share the new PtD Newsflash no. 16 with our colleagues.     In this issue of the PtD Newsflash, read more about the: Webinar for the LAC region on systematic approaches to increasing professionalism in health SCM Newgraduates from the Pharmacy Assistant Training...

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...

cStock is a simple mHealth system that helps to ensure community health workers in Malawi have lifesaving products to treat children under five. cStock was originally piloted in 6 districts and 3 of these districts also implemented supporting teams. The greatest benefits were shown in districts wit...

The Quarter 4, 2012 issue of the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT’s Supply Chain Management (SCM) Newsletter focuses on a number of promising mobile supply chain interventions, which are quickly becoming a preferred approach to data collection, tracking, and reporting. Mobile systems such as ILSGateway in Ta...

Diarrheal disease is among the five leading causes of morbidity and mortality among under-five children in Malawi. In the multiple indicator survey conducted in 2006, nearly a quarter (23.3%) of under-five children reported having a diarrhea episode in the previous two weeks. Rotavirus infection con...

by Kristina Lorenson, PATH Regional distribution centers (RDCs) may be a realistic option for countries that distribute large quantities of vaccines and need to invest in cold chain infrastructure, according to a report by project Optimize. The report, completed this month, assesses the cost of ...

Since 1994, with USAID funding, JSI has conducted international courses on supply chain management of health commodities. These training activities have been a pivotal part of the supply chain support USAID has funded through the USAID/DELIVER PROJECT and the DELIVER and FPLM projects before that. A...

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 ...