Colleagues, WHO has released the Full Value of Improved Influenza Vaccines Assessment (FVIVA), looking at the potential health, economic and policy impacts of next-generation influenza vaccines that offer broader and longer-lasting protection than current seasonal products. Some key takeaways that...

On September 2, 2025, HLN released a new version of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) software. The latest release, v2.48.1, brings important updates to ICE vaccine evaluation and forecasting, with a focus on influenza and RSV. ICE is a state-of-the-art open source software system that prov...

We are pleased to annouced that the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a comprehensive training package on seasonal influenza vaccination, designed to support Ministries of Health, health workers, and key stakeholders. This eight-module series covers essential topics (epidemiology, vaccine...

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...

If a recipient received Influenza (Flu) Vaccine can receive COVID19 Vaccine next day more precisely AstraZeneca...

PATH, in collaboration with TechNet-21, the East African Community (EAC) Immunitzation Group, and The Vaccine Procurement Practitioners Network (VPPN), are delighted to invite you to join a webinar on using PATH's Vaccine Cost Calculators to inform immuni...

Many thanks for attending the session on measles and rubella microarray patches. Follow the URL below to see the session in case you have missed it:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAcQx5SI6c8 Below I summarise key discussion points from the session:  • The few remaining countries that...

A new online training component has been added to the WHO Economic Value Chain Package for Influenza Vaccination to support decision making and implementation efforts for influenza vaccination in low- and middle-income countries based on economic data. Economic Value Chain Package for Influenza Vac...

On February 12, 2020, HLN released a new version (v1.22.1) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE). ICE is a state-of-the-art open-source software system that provides clinical decision support for immunizations for use in Immunization Information Systems (IIS), Electronic Health Record (E...

What is the efficiency of Influenza vaccine?...

On February 1, 2019, HLN Consulting released a new version (v1.15.1) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE). ICE is a state-of-the-art open-source software system that provides clinical decision support for immunizations for use in Immunization Information Systems (IIS), Electronic Health Reco...

A new release of ICE (v1.8.1.0) is now available. (Download ICE v 1.8.2.0) The release includes the following changes: Updates to the Polio Vaccine Group and the Meningococcal ACWY Vaccine Group to better reflect latest guidelines, and addition of Influenza vaccine (CVX 185) to the Influenza Vac...

[U.S.] National Center for Health Statistics releases data brief titled "Vaccination Coverage Among Adults Aged 65 and Over: United States, 2015" The National Center for Health Statistics recently released the data brief from its 2015 National Health Interview Survey. Key findings from the survey d...

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 ...

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Dear Tech Net Colleagues, The Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (PIP) Framework promotes the development of systems and information specific to responding to public health influenza emergencies. Based on lessons learned from the WHO H1N1 response and other gap analyses, a series of objectives have be...

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™...

The IVAC VIMS Report on Global Vaccine Introduction - September 2014 is out! Recent updates (since March 2014) include: -South Sudan's introduction of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine in July 2014 marks a significant milestone in global health, as Hib-containing pentavalent vaccine is n...

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...