Dear all We are presenting this post for inputs from the viewers which will help us in critically reviewing the programme as an exercise for the post graduates. This may indierectly help in reaching the goals and objectives of GVAP by 2020. Context: Government of India (GOI) has launched Mission ...

Dear viewers Context: India in collaboration with development partners like WHO/UNICEF/USAID/MCHIP etc has made remarkable advances in the last ten years: introduction of Measles 2nd dose, HepB vaccine including Birth dose vaccine, JE 2 doses, Pentavalent vaccine, year 2012-13 declared as year of ...

Cross-posted from www.childsurvival.net with thanks! I wanted to let you know about an exciting new polio initiative announced last week. In a display of support for the new Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan, more than 400 scientists and technical experts from 80 countries issued the Scient...

Cross posted from http://www.childsurvival.net with many thanks to Robert Davis NOTE FROM ROBERT DAVIS INVITING CONTRIBUTIONS The Expanded Programme on Immunization, now the world's largest public health programme, is approaching its fortieth birthday. It got started in a small suite of offi...

Smallpox vaccination-induced immune responses may help combat HIV?BMC IMMUNOLOGY 11:23,doi 10.86/1471-2172-11-23 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2172/11/23/abstract http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7734527/Withdrawal-of-smallpox-vaccine-contributed-to-spread-of-HIV.html Ending smallp...

POST 01356E: VACCINE RESEARCH AND INTRODUCING NEW VACCINES 25 NOVEMBER 2008 ****************************************** A Boost for Vaccine Research: (Science, Emma Hitt: 28 March 2008) A recent estimate of the global vaccine business by Lehman Brothers predicts that the vaccine industry w...

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 01292E: NEEDLE-FREE/COLD CHAIN-FREE VACCINE DELIVERY 20 JULY 2008 ******************************************* A peep into the future with regard to needle-free vaccine delivery reveals that innumerable innovative technologies are being researched to deliver vaccines. These range from aeros...

POST 01272E: LOW-TECH SOLUTIONS IMPROVE IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE--THE TRACKING BAG STORY 26 MAY 2008 ******************************************* Tasnim Partapuri and his colleagues from IMMUNIZATIONBasics, India share this story about how tracking bags have enabled health workers in some Indian st...

POST 01201E : ERADICATION EFFORTS Follow-up on Posts 01174E and 01179E 14 December 2007 ____________________________ TIP : If you consult TechNet archives on Listserv, most of you will not see the active links in the body of the text, depending on configuration. Please go to the very bot...

POST 01174E : ERADICATION EFFORTS 20 October 2007 ______________________________________________________ Robert Davis from UNICEF/ESARO proposes the following analysis of eradication efforts. Food for thought and discussion! ___________________________________________________________ Pro...

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 00947E : THINKING THE UNTHINKABLE Follow-up on Posts 00917E, 00923E, 00931E, 00937E and 00942E 27 June 2006 _________________________________________________________________ The first contribution in this posting comes from Anil Varshney (mailto:[email protected]) from India....

POST 00945E : MATERIAL OF INTEREST 24 June 2006 _______________________________________________________________ You will find below, first a slightly modified message from Robert Davis (mailto:[email protected]) from UNICEF/ESARO drawing our attention to the revised WHO guidelines on vacc...

POST 00937E : THINKING THE UNTHINKABLE Follow-up on Posts 00917E, 00923E and 00931E 8 June 2006 __________________________________________________________ This posting contains five contributions to the discussion. The first comes from Patrick Isingoma (mailto:[email protected]...

POST 00931E : THINKING THE UNTHINKABLE Follow-up on Posts 00917E and 00923E 27 May 2006 ________________________________________________________________ This posting contains three contributions. First Anthony Battersby (mailto:[email protected]) from the United Kingdom, defends furthe...

POST 00923E : THINKING THE UNTHINKABLE Follow-up on Post 00917E 11 May 2006 ________________________________________________________________ This posting contains two contributions in response to that of Anthony Battersby. The first is from Mogens Munck (mailto:[email protected]) f...

POST 00917E : THINKING THE UNTHINKABLE 27 April 2006 ______________________________________________________________ Anthony Battersby (mailto:[email protected]) from the United Kingdom, shares thoughts and opinions on polio eradication. _________________________________________________...

POST 00898E : GLOBAL INITIATIVES FUNDING 14 March 2006 ________________________________________________________ This message is cross-posted from UNICEF/ESARO's Technical Updates. Sincere thanks to Bob Davis and Evelyn Chege. The Measles Partners meeting took place last 14-15 February in ...