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...

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 June 27, 2025, HLN released a new version of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) software, bringing important updates and enhancements to ICE vaccine evaluation and forecasting. This latest release, v2.47.1, delivers improved logic, enhancements, and alignment with current im...

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...

On 7 October 2022, WHO published an updated Hepatitis A vaccines position paper to replace the 2012 hepatitis A position published in the Weekly Epidemiological Record . The updated paper, based on a systematic literature review during 2012-2021, considers changes in epidemiology and the latest ev...

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 ...

by Simona Zipursky, PATH; Christoph Conrad, WHO/Quality, Safety & Standards; Tony Richardson, CDC/Vaccine Supply & Assurance Branch They call it the Decade of Vaccines for a reason. More new vaccines will become available between 2010 and 2020 than all previous decades combined. Not onl...

Epidemiologists and public health researchers from multiple institutions are collaborating to gather and analyze the best available data on deaths and sick days caused by over 100 diseases and injuries around the world. The culmination of their work is the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study. RT...

Background: In 2010 the 63rd World Health Assembly called for a comprehensive response to viral hepatitis. As mandated by the WHA, from 2011 onwards, World Hepatitis Day is promoted on 28 July in order to provide an opportunity for awareness raising and greater understanding of viral hepatitis as...

Temperature Monitoring Study To Commence in Vietnam and Uganda by Joanie Robertson, Huong Vu and James Cheyne, PATH While some vaccines will lose their potency if they are stored at temperatures above or below the standard 2° to 8°C, many vaccines are quite heat stable and can tolerate temperatures...

POST 01268E: WORLD HEPATITIS DAY 19 MAY 2008 ******************************************* Chronic viral hepatitis can no longer be ignored. The figures are rather staggering. Take a look at the statistics: Ø 500 million people worldwide currently infected with hepatitis B or C Ø This...

POST 00706E : ACCIDENTAL NEEDLESTICK Follow-up on Post 00701E 15 August 2004 _______________________________ Two replies were received following Vladimir's Petrovic's posting (00701E). The first is from Steve Wiersma (mailto:[email protected]) from WHO who discusses the issue. The second ...