On receiving a few photos from the Canara Bank Manger, KVG Sullia branch this afternoon, I too got motivated to write a page and shared with local PHCs / Districts / State / centre / Development partners for further enhancement of 'civic'responsibility of civilians for better community participa...

UNICEF has launched an Innovation Fund (first-ever in the UN) to channel the energies of private sector, civil society and academia in support of strategic innovations for children. The initiative will fund early-stage technical start-ups to support innovations in infrastructure (access to services...

Twenty-three speakers including 21 representatives from Member States (i.e. 15[2]), and two civil society organizations[4] and took note of the recommendations. While Member States acknowledged successes in a few areas, most notably the absence of wild polio virus cases in the African region and mo...

Sustaining interest in a programme for several years is not an easy task. India conducted 44 rounds of Pulse Polio including the current round in Jan 2016. Many got retired but still proactively involve themselves in the pulse polio programme as national festival. Little creative simplifying cha...

Abstract from an article written by our EPI Ghana team. Comments are welcome! For the full article please go to: http://www.sciforschenonline.org/journals/vaccines/article-data/IJVI-1-104/IJVI-1-104.pdf Background: WHO and UNICEF supported Ghana to conduct Effective Vaccine Management (EVM) assess...

We have shared the ‘Power of Peer Education’ to be followed by two write-ups on 1. 3 ‘D’s Affect: Duelist – the Determinant of Denominators and 2. Making of All Time Mission Mode [ATM(M)] outreach sessions. Background: Following the first round of Intensification of Routine Immunization (IRI) i...

Dear TechNet Members, First and foremost, let me wish you all a Happy New Year and extend my best wishes for a successful and productive 2016. One of the TechNet achievements of 2015 was the organization of the 14th edition of the face to face conference of TechNet members and the wider community ...

Evolution, growth and development, extension-expansion, operational research are all natural processes. Launch of a new programme with a properly fitting outfit, infuses rejuvenation, jubilance, reminds the commitment and sustains interest among the service providers in implementing the old program...

The case for a ‘Common Logistics Operating Platform’ to serve District Management of Supply systems and Service delivery support. Question: Could an ‘Integrated Public Health Supply Chain Platform’ at district level replace the current, fragmented, inefficient and costly provision of separate s...

Dear Technet Members, In February, Pamela Steele Associates (PSA) and Dr Andrew Brown will be drawing on their extensive experience in the health and humanitarian sector to deliver three popular training courses in Dubai, U.A.E: i. HEALTH SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (14th – 18th Feb 2016) ii. SUPPL...

Gundmi template started as “A breakthrough through break journey” and finally, one month data analysis of one subcentre itself can provide lot of information for appropriate action. This is shared with ANM/MO/THO/DC Udupi/State/Centre/Development partner and now with TechNet community for needful. ...

Pleased to share with you the finalized report from theOctober 2015 Meeting of the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (IPAC), held in Geneva, Switzerland on October 14-15, 2015....

Veuillez trouver ci-dessous les liens concernant trois documents, liés à la gestion efficace des vaccins, qui sont dès à présent disponibles en français: • COMMENT UTILISER LES CONTENEURS PASSIFS ET LES BRIQUETTES À EFFET ISOTHERME POUR LE TRANSPORT DES VACCINS ET LES OPÉRATIONS EN PÉRIPHÉRIE ht...

On visiting Gundmi sub centre, vaccination data was collected, analysed and the results were shared as a "brekthrough" with the health care service providers, Taluk Health Officer, RCH Officer, District Health Officer and all the higher officers up to the centre and with the TechNet 21 community. Gu...

WHO and UNICEF have just released a new joint publication on solar fridges and freezers that is intended to provide managers in national immunization programmes with guidance on how to implement successful solar-powered vaccine refrigerator and freezer systems. It takes into account new developments...

The fabulous app "Immunization Summary" was updated with 2014 data and in the 6 WHO officials languages. The Immunization Summary is an app for visualizing (tables, graphs, maps) data on policies, activities and impact of national immunization systems. There's a just discovered bug, which is the co...

“You can’t vaccinate a child with a mobile phone.”Andrea Coleman, co-founder, Riders for Health Technology is all the rage in global health programs, from immunization and child survival to reproductive and maternal health, to malaria, HIV and TB programs. mHealth platforms proliferate, eHealth app...

The WHO has just released a new 'Guidance Note' on vaccine diluents. It is designed to provide guidance on the proper handling of vaccine diluents and their use in reconstitution. The purpose is to enable vaccinators, logisticians and programme managers to understand how diluents should be used with...

How best can a less developed country like Uganda conduct a cost effective POD in real time after trucks have delivered?...

The way forward As maternal and child health advocates, how can we support the adoption of next-generation supply chains so that products successfully reach the women and children who most urgently need them? Read on... http://globalhealth.org/delivering-health-services-to-women-and-children-how-s...