Dear colleagues, WHO, UNICEF with the support of TechNet-21 invite you to a webinar session on "Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine new formulation: implications on vaccine management, supply chain, and technical assistance". This webinar will orient countries on the new Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 Vacc...

  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...

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...

Dear Sir Good day. I have faced one question regarding NIDs, which is: if one of the governorates or provinces in any country achieves a routine immunization coverage rate of more than 95%, is there need to proceed with NIDs? This question was raised in Iraq. My first response: I reminded him (o...

POST 01403E: MEASLES VACCINATION SCHEDULE 17 MARCH 2009 ****************************************** Riadh Karem ([[email protected]][email protected][/email]), a public health doctor from Iraq, has a question regarding the measles vaccination schedule: He says that at present there ...

POST 00951E : THINKING THE UNTHINKABLE Follow-up on Posts 00917E, 00923E, 00931E, 00937E, 00942E and 00947E 8 July 2006 __________________________________________________________________ This posting contains two contributions. The first is a short message of appreciation from Mogens M...

POST 00750E : IRAQ COLD CHAIN 2 February 2005 __________________________________________ Muatez M. Abbas (mailto:[email protected]) from EPI/Iraq has sent a presentation on cold chain in post-war Iraq, prepared by Modher S. Moa'een. This presentation is posted on the "Country Programm...

POST 00656E : COMBATING RUMOURS Follow-up on Post 00619E, 00643E and 00647E 2 April 2004 _______________________________________ This posting contains three contributions. The first is from Alasdair Wylie (mailto:[email protected]) independent consultant from the UK, and the se...

POST 00448E : USE OF VVMs ON ALL VACCINES Follow-up on Post 00446E 4 May 2002 _________________________________________________ Some more comments and questions about the use of VVMs were received. First from G R Baru, Project Officer (Cold Chain) at the UNICEF/India country office (mail...

Post00280 MONITORING THE IMPACT OF POLIO ERADICATION 26 SEPTEMBER 2000 CONTENTS 1. CHECKLIST AND INDICATORS FOR MONITORING THE IMPACT OF POLIO ERADICATION 2. PROGRESS TOWARD POLIOMYELITIS ERADICATION: EUROPEAN REGION 1998-JUNE 2K 1. CHECKLIST AND INDICATORS FOR MONITORING THE IMPACT OF PO...

Post00248 DRAFT GUIDELINES: NID QUALITY 5 May 2000 CONTENTS 1. RE: DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT 2. THE USE OF "ZERO-DOSE" 1. RE: DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT In Post00245, POLIO NID QUALITY ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES, on 28 April 2000, Bob Davis, UNICEF//ESAR...

Post00245 POLIO NID QUALITY ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES 28 April 2000 CONTENTS 1. DRAFT POLIO NID QUALITY ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT 1. DRAFT POLIO NID QUALITY ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT Bob Davis, UNICEF/ESARO, introduces a draft global guidelines for evalua...

Post00241 Polio + NIDS 11 April 2000 CONTENTS 1. SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE DURING NIDS + TIP SHEET 2. MASSIVE EFFORT TO DELIVER ONE BILLION DOSES OF POLIO VACCINE IN INDIA 3. FINAL PUSH IN CAMPAIGN TO ERADICATE POLIO 4. WHEN AND HOW TO STOP POLIO VACCINATION AFTER THE DISEASE IS E...