Dear Colleagues, I’m pleased to share a concise analysis of the polio situation in Angola drawing on WUENIC 2024 coverage estimates, 2025 evolution and insights from IMB 2025 report. Feedback and additional insights from the TechNet community are most welcome. Angola has already surpassed its 2024...

Hello,   I am the Child & Adolescent Immunizations Program Manager for Public Health - Seattle & King County in Seattle, WA, USA. Our program recieved funding through our state Department of Health to increase rates of immunization for the most impacted communities. One need we have h...

Deadline extended  Do you work on health or immunization? Are you passionate about new and innovative approaches to improving vaccination coverage? If ‘yes’, then we’d like to hear from YOU! The World Health Organisation (WHO) has developed a set of tools to support immunization programmes ...

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...

A home-based vaccination record is a document (more often physical rather than electronic) --- issued by an official authority (may be sub-national or national) to an individual person and maintained in the household by an individual or individual’s caregiver (e.g., mother, father, grandparent, etc)...

The IVAC VIMS Report on Global Vaccine Introduction - September 2014 is out! Recent updates (since March 2014) include: -South Sudan's introduction of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine in July 2014 marks a significant milestone in global health, as Hib-containing pentavalent vaccine is n...

POST 01345E: DURING GLOBAL RECESSION USE SCARCE RESOURCES RESPONSIBLY (POLIO ERADICATION) FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01339E, 01341E, 013342E, 01343E & 01344E 3 NOVEMBER 2008 ****************************************** FOCUS NEEDS TO SHIFT TO OVERALL WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN Before the eradicat...

POST 01178E : VACCINE STOCK MANAGEMENT Follow-up on Posts 01138E and 01164E 29 October 2007 ________________________________ This posting has been delayed for some technical questions. It contains three contributions. The first is from Henrique Menezes d’Alva from WHO/Mozambique. The s...

POST 01131E : TEMPERATURE MONITORING DEVICES - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION Follow-up on Post 01123E 30 July 2007 ____________________________________ In response to Idrissa Yalcouyé’s request, [log in to unmask]">Terry [log in to unmask]">Hart from India points out that he...

POST 01121E : WASTE MANAGEMENT Follow-up on Post 01111E 13 July 2007 _____________________________________ Modibo Dicko's message generated three contributions. The first is from [log in to unmask]">Henrique Menezes d'Alva, from Angola. [log in to unmask]">John Lloyd, fro...

POST 01042E : VVM USE Follow-up on Posts 01028E and 01035E 19 January 2007 _______________________________________ In reaction to Subhash Choudhury's anecdote on VVM use, five contributions were received, from 1. Anil Varshney (mailto:[email protected]) from India 2. Enrique...

POST 00780E : INFORMATION ON SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS? Follow-up on Posts 00762E and 00769E 21 April 2005 _____________________________________ Below are comments by Abdoulaye Oumar Djigo (mailto:[email protected]) from Sénégal supporting those by Bibata Paré previously posted. __________...

POST 00747E : CHILD HEALTH DAYS Follow-up on Post 00740E 27 January 2005 __________________________________________ This posting contains three contributions. Robert Steinglass (mailto:[email protected]) from Immunization Basics asks some questions on these Child Health Days. Ans...

POST 00733E : MULTI-YEAR PLAN Follow-up on Posts 00729E and 0731E 26 December 2004 _____________________________________ Steven Toikilik (mailto:[email protected]) from Papua New Guinea, has a word of appreciation, below. Another Multi-year plan has been posted on the website, that...

Post00375 VAX INTRO + QUALITY DRAFT + SOLAR + NEWS 18 September 2001 CONTENTS 1. RE: A "THINK PIECE" ON INTRODUCTION OF COMBO VACCINES 2. ENSURING QUALITY OF VACCINES AT COUNTRY LEVEL: DRAFT FOR COMMENT 3. SOLAR POWER IS REACHING WHERE WIRES CAN'T 4. MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE IN A...

Post00334 GAVI DONATIONS - INJECTION WASTE DISPOSAL 10 April 2001 CONTENTS 1. GAVI DONATIONS - INJECTION WASTE DISPOSAL ISSUES 2. NEW CONTACT DETAILS - THE COLLABORATIVE CENTRE FOR COLD CHAIN MANAGEMENT 1. GAVI DONATIONS - INJECTION WASTE DISPOSAL ISSUES The GAVI/CVP supported additio...

Post00258 POLIO ERADICATION TARGET 19 June 2000 CONTENTS 1. CORRECTION: POLIO ERADICATION TARGET NOW 2005 2. POLIO NEWS 1. CORRECTION: POLIO ERADICATION TARGET NOW 2005 In Post00252, Polio Eradication Target Now 2005, 18 May 2000, TECHNET Forum posted an article from the associated P...

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...