Sharing the following news article from the UK Guardian newspaper.  https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/11/sydney-gp-vaccine-storage-issue-holy-family-medical-dulwich-hill "A letter from the practice to a parent whose child received a vaccine during this period seen by Guardia...

Dear Colleagues, On 12 and 13 October 2022, People that Deliver (PtD), alongside the International Association of Public Health Logisticians (IAPHL), Management Sciences for Health (MSH), Pharmaceutical Systems Africa and SAPICS – and with the support of the Global Fund – will host the ...

Hi Everyone, With facilitation by the USAID MTaPS Program, the Joint Learning Network (JLN) is accepting applications for a Virtual Learning Exchange on Managing Conflicts of Interest in National Pharmaceutical Systems. This learning exchange will bring together a group of frontline practition...

by Raja Rao and Joseph Torres, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation In November last year, 17 different proposals on how to optimize immunization systems were each awarded $100,000 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in round nine of its Grand Challenges Explorations initiative. Below, Raja R...

by Dmitri Davydov, UNICEF Supply Division and John Lloyd, PATH In partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Danish Technical University has begun a pro bono study on vaccine export packaging designs that would extend the safe, useful life of export packaging to allow for d...

POST 01299E: ALTERNATIVE USE OF PORTABLE STEAM STERILIZERS 5 AUGUST 2008 ******************************************* Apologies for the delay in posting this query and the response -------- Dear all, I would like to thank everyone for all those informative articles posted in this forum...

POST 01284E: CLIMATE CHANGE/PLASTIC AND PACKAGING FOLLOW-UP ON POST 01283E 26 JUNE 2008 ******************************************* Rosamund Lewis, Member of the HPV Global Community of Practice Steering Committee, shares with us the web address of a site that suggests practical ways in whic...

POST 01051E : USE OF ALCOHOL FOR VACCINE INJECTIONS Follow-up on Posts 01029E, 01036E and 01044E 8 February 2007 ________________________________________ This posting contains three contributions. I believe that this will likely settle the issue. The first is from Serge Ganivet (mail...

POST 01044E : USE OF ETHANOL FOR VACCINE INJECTIONS Follow-up on Posts 01029E and 01036E 23 January 2007 ___________________________________________ Akhter Hamid (mailto:[email protected]) from WHO/Bangladesh is restating the question originally asked by Jedeth Mamora. David Hipgr...

POST 00998E : VVM USE AND FREEZE INDICATORS Follow-up on Posts 00960E, 00962E, 00964E, 00970E, 00973E, 00975E, 00978E and 00989E 22 October 2006 ___________________________________________ This posting contains four contributions : 1. from Ranjit Dhiman (mailto:[email protected]) from I...

POST 00971E : COLD CHAIN CAPACITY ASSESSMENT Follow-up on Post 00965E 5 September 2006 _____________________________________ Three members copied to TechNet their response and comments to Robin Biellik's request. First that of Kalli Kachalla (mailto:[email protected]) from Nigeria,...

POST 00714E : COVERAGE IMPROVEMENT PLANNING IN CAMBODIA 7 September 2004 _____________________________________ Beverley-Ann Biggs (mailto:[email protected]) from Australia has sent a joint contribution for posting on the TechNet21 website from the Cambodian National Immunization Progra...

POST 00708E : ACCIDENTAL NEEDLESTICK Follow-up on Posts 00701E and 00706E 21 August 2004 _______________________________ Amber Hogan (mailto:[email protected]) from the United States discusses preventive measures of accidental needlesticks. _______________________________ Best practi...

POST 00682E : HepB VACCINE DOSES INTERVAL Follow-up on Post 00674E 3 June 2004 _______________________________ Three colleagues contributed answers to Vladimir Petrovic's question on HepB doses interval. First Ann Kempe (mailto:[email protected]) from Australia, followed by Mary Ca...

Post00386 PROTECTION OF MORE COLD SENSITIVE VACCINES 23 October 2001 CONTENTS 1. PROTECTION OF MORE COLD SENSITIVE VACCINES " Hep B freezes at ?0.5, two degrees above DPT. ....field assessments in recent years have shown that DPT freezing is a common problem,..." It has bee...

Post00385 HYBRID SOLAR AND COOL IDEAS + PIS 19 October 2001 CONTENTS 1. HYBRID SOLAR ELECTRIC POWER continued 2. RE: Post00383 COOL IDEAS continued 3. THE PRODUCT INFORMATION SHEETS (PIS) Visit the TechNet 21 Delhi meeting web pages at: http://www.who.int/vaccines-access/index...

Post00373 NEW VAX INTRO + ORDER ADS + NEW + NEWS ++ 10 September 2001 CONTENTS 1. A "THINK PIECE" ON INTRODUCTION OF NEW VACCINE 2. REVISED PAGES FOR REVIEW: ORDERING INJECTION EQUIPMENT 3. INAPPROPRIATE DRUG DONATIONS: THE NEED FOR REFORMS 4. INTRODUCING TRAINING FOCAL POINT: ...

Post00372 MEETING PRESENTATIONS + POLIO KAP? ++ NEWS 7 September 2001 CONTENTS 1. TECHNET 21 PRESENTATIONS 2. KAP STUDIES DONE ON POLIO ERADICATION? 3. MENINGITIS VACCINE PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENTS 4. RE: EXPERIENCE ON MOBILE CLINICS SOUGHT IN YEMEN 5. INTERNATIONAL HEALTH EXCHANGE WEBSITE ...

Post00368 NEW VAX INTRODUCTION 20August 2001 CONTENTS 1. RE: Post00366 INTRODUCTION OF NEW VACCINES 2. NEW CHECKLIST FOR NEW VACCINES INTRODUCTION FROM WHO/HQ 3. NEW VACCINE INTRODUCTION GUIDELINES: FILES AVAILABLE The Technet21 meeting Draft Agenda is available at: http://www.who....

Post00366 INTRODUCTION OF NEW VACCINES 6August 2001 CONTENTS 1. TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO COUNTRIES NEEDED FOR INTRODUCTION OF NEW VACCINES Robert Steinglass, BASICS, raises the need for technical support to countries to enable them to anticipate and deal with the operational...