On March 28, 2026, HLN released a new version of the open-source Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) software with several clinical logic and technical enhancements. HLN is also pleased to introduce CDS Insight, a new platform designed to streamline the demonstration and testin...

Learning agenda on hepatitis B birth dose vaccine delivery in Africa Insights and recommendations to improve timely administration Wednesday 4 March at 16:00–17:30 EAT | 14:00–15:30 CET | 8:00–9:30 EST Chronic hepatitis B affects 254 million people globally, with the highest burden in low‑ and m...

Dear Colleaques, The Immunization for Resilience newsletter is delighted to announce our first commentary in the peer-reviewed journal, Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, Taylor & Francis Group.“Closing the Hepatitis B Birth-Dose Gap in Cameroon: Global Evidence and Policy Imperatives,” o...

REGISTER HERE: https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ArPqP2JCTLeT3WA-0zYSOA   On Wednesday 1 October, 14:00-16:00 CET Protection from birth: Expanding access to hepatitis B birth dose WHO estimates that 254 million people were living with chronic hepatitis B infection (HBV) in 20...

Colleagues,I am sharing a concise analysis of Cameroon’s WUENIC 2024 results with targeted, system-level recommendations. The brief synthesises a decade of trends (2015–2024), highlights equity gaps, and proposes practical fixes aligned with IA2030.Key findings (snapshot):-HepB birth dose remains at...

Dera all Contributing to techNet community after a few years, hope this may interest the viewers India is committed. Inspite of having 2nd largest population in the world; eradicated polio more than a decade ago. Through consistent interventions raised childhood vaccination coverage. While launchi...

On February 17, 2024, HLN released a new version of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE), with support for updated COVID-19 vaccine recommendations. ICE is a state-of-the-art open source software system that provides clinical decision support for immunizations for use in Immunization Informatio...

On June 21, 2024, HLN released a new version (v1.43.1) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) in support of updates to the COVID-19 vaccine. ICE is a state-of-the-art open source software system that provides clinical decision support for immunizations for use in Immunization Informa...

Dear all Generally both parents and beneficiaries feel just pushing the vaccine will result in immunization. To maintain the quality of service, CDC has set 8 rights to be observed before / while and after administering any vaccine. Control of TB is a question of justice and human rights. Globally...

Dear viewers We wish to share the original article -- “Study on Hepatitis B Birth dose Vaccination Coverage, Promoting the same in a Private Rural Medical College”. Though Viral Hepatitis – a silent public health problem of “extraordinary scale” could not feature in MDG goals, got qualified to be ...

Dear viewers - sharing the following for needful Universally it is very well known that vaccination is one of the most cost effective public health programme from control to eradication of Vaccine Preventable diseases. Public sector is provided with proper cold chain equipments, periodic training ...

Dear viewers Manoor is a SC of Community Health Centre (CHC) Kota of Udupi Taluk and district of Karnataka state. What the country wants to achieve by 2020 is already achieved and sustained. Udupi and the neighboring districts – Dakshinakannada, Kodagu, are all well performing districts. Only constr...

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Great study on off-label use of HepB vaccine out of the cold chain and how this help raise HepB birth dose coverage by almost 30% without any safety or adverse reaction reported.It does feel that we really don’t make full use of VVMs!!! Hepatitis B vaccine stored outside the cold chain setting: a p...

Dear Colleagues : Please find attached an information bulletin which announces the recent WHO pre-qualification of DTwP-HepB-Hib vaccine available in a compact, pre-filled auto-disable injection technology (cPAD). An example of a compact pre-filled auto-disable injection technology is the Uniject™...

I was invited to attend the 14th day function of a funeral ceremony by my neighbor of a person who died at the age of 36 due to complications of “white Jaundice” (Hepatitis B Virus) in a tertiary care hospital. He married at the age of 32 to a lady of 24 years. They have one daughter of 9 months. Mo...

The success of operationalizing WHO iterations on Hepatitis B birth dose vaccine which dramatically raised the coverage from 19% in April 2014 to 100% in July and sustained, inspired to implement WHO MDVP / Open vial policy guidelines issued by the Government in the attached Sampaje PHC for field pr...

An Editorial in Indian Pediatrics the journal of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics has again raised doubts about the usefulness of Hepatitis-B vaccination in India. Results of the pilot study launched in Andhra Pradesh to evaluate the usefulness of the vaccine have been published in the latest issu...

World Health Organization provides technical support in the form of "Position paper" on all vaccines for guiding the member countries to formulate their own country specific "National Immunization schedule (NIS)" by the central level technical committee on the basis of epidemiolo...

WHO and UNICEF have jointly prepared an information bulletin which addresses varied implications of different types of vaccine vial monitors (VVMs), notably VVM category type 7 (VVM7) and VVM category type 14 (VVM14), on vaccines such as the Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) and the fully-liquid Dipht...