by Daniel Thornton, GAVI; Henry Mwanyika, PATH; Drew Meek, WHO; Ulrike Kreysa, GS1 A project in Tanzania is exploring how best to implement barcodes on vaccine packaging. By adding barcodes to the shipping containers and secondary packaging used to transport vaccines, project organizers hope to le...

New bivalent polio vaccine simplifies logistics in hard-to-reach areasby Ian Lewis, UNICEF Supply Division Since 2005, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has increasingly used monovalent oral polio vaccines (OPVs) in the fight against the two wild poliovirus strains still in circulation ...

POST 00712E : ACCIDENTAL NEEDLESTICK Follow-up on Posts 00701E, 00706E and 00708E 31 August 2004 _____________________________________ Two more contributions were received on this topic. The first is from Anil Varshney (mailto:[email protected]) from India. The second is from Willia...

Post00343 VACCINE FREEZING: WHY IS THE COLD CHAIN TOO COLD? 20 May 2001 CONTENTS 1. WHY IS THE COLD CHAIN TOO COLD? MORE..... 2. HEP-B OUT OF THE COLD CHAIN? 3. VVMs ON VACCINES 1. WHY IS THE COLD CHAIN TOO COLD? MORE..... The freezing point of Hepatitis B vaccine is -0.5'C The f...

Post00325 VACCINE VIAL MONITORS 1 March 2001 CONTENTS 1. VVM - DRY ICE TROUBLE? NO! MORE! 2. VVM ON VACCINES: CURRENT STATUS AND PLANNED ROLLOUT 1. VVM - DRY ICE TROUBLE? NO! MORE! In Technet Forum Post00314, VVM - DRY ICE TROUBLE? NO!, 25 January 2001, Fred Simiyu, WHO Nigeria, re...

Post00325 VACCINE VIAL MONITORS 1 March 2001 CONTENTS 1. VVM - DRY ICE TROUBLE? NO! MORE! 2. VVM ON VACCINES: CURRENT STATUS AND PLANNED ROLLOUT 1. VVM - DRY ICE TROUBLE? NO! MORE! In Technet Forum Post00314, VVM - DRY ICE TROUBLE? NO!, 25 January 2001, Fred Simiyu, WHO Nigeria, re...

Post00269 VACCINE RECONSTITUTION + V NEWS 28 July 2000 CONTENTS 1. VACCINE RECONSTITUTION: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS 2. VACCINE NEWS 1. VACCINE RECONSTITUTION: PROBLEMS, APPROACHES AND SOLUTIONS PATH has begun investigating improvements to the reconstitution process of lyophilized vaccin...

Post00252 POLIO ERADICATION TARGET NOW 2005 18 May 2000 CONTENTS 1. UN POLIO CAMPAIGN SUFFERS SETBACKS 2. ON TRACK FOR A WORLD CERTIFIED POLIO-FREE IN 2005 1. UN POLIO CAMPAIGN SUFFERS SETBACKS From the Associated Press: "The global campaign to eradicate polio has been hindered by...

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...