by Daniel Thornton, GAVI; Henry Mwanyika, PATH; Drew Meek, WHO; Ulrike Kreysa, GS1 A project in Tanzania is exploring how best to implement barcodes on vaccine packaging. By adding barcodes to the shipping containers and secondary packaging used to transport vaccines, project organizers hope to le...

A recently published paper (JB Milstien and M Kaddar. 'The role of emerging manufacturers in access to innovative vaccines of public health importance', Vaccine 28: 2115-2121, 2010) analyzes the potential for emerging suppliers, those vaccine manufacturers located in developing countries, to supply ...

POST 00700E : GLASS SYRINGES DISPOSAL Follow-up on Post 00696E 24 July 2004 _______________________________ Two contributions were received on this topic of glass syringes disposal following Philippe Jaillard's request (Post 00696E). The first is from Chambard-Benalleg (mailto:chambar...

POST 00619E : COMBATING RUMOURS 13 December 2003 _______________________________________ UNICEF Regional Office for East and Southern Africa (ESARO) has produced a report two years ago with the help of Joyce Kramer, on antivaccination rumours and how to combat them. The topics has lost no rele...

POST 00426E : Needle-free injector for mass immunization campaigns 16 February 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Follow-up discussion on TechNet21 Postings 00405E, 00408E, 00411E, 00147E and 00420E The recent dialogue on how and where to license a new...

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...

Post00231 VACCINE FREEZING 14 March 2000 CONTENTS 1. CHANGING VACCINE STORAGE LOWER TEMPERATURE LIMIT FROM 0 TO 2 DEGREES? 2. VACCINE FREEZING IN TEMPERATE CLIMATES 3. DOMESTIC REFRIGERATOR MODIFICATIONS? 4. VACCINE LOSS? COST? A QUESTION 1. CHANGING VACCINE STORAGE LOWER TEMPERATURE LIMI...

Post0230 INJECTION SAFETY & WASTE DISPOSAL 9 March 2000 CONTENTS 1. SMALL SCALE INCINERATOR TRIALS - SOUTH AFRICA 2. LOW-COST MEDICAL WASTE INCINERATOR MANUAL AND PLANS ARE NOW AVAILABLE 3. SHARPS INCINERATION EMISSIONS CONTROL - NEW TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT HELP? 4. COMMENT RE: POST0216...