Thinking Globally: On 06th Nov 2014, in the training workshop on MDVP/Open vaccine vial policy, the PHC staff were sensitized about two rounds of pulse polio (NID 2015); shared the global concerns of polio eradication programme: 1. closing the population immunity gap 2. reaching the unreached espe...

I was invited to attend the 14th day function of a funeral ceremony by my neighbor of a person who died at the age of 36 due to complications of “white Jaundice” (Hepatitis B Virus) in a tertiary care hospital. He married at the age of 32 to a lady of 24 years. They have one daughter of 9 months. Mo...

Every quarter, a slide set on introduction status of selected vaccines is updated. The most recent version is available from the web @: http://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/en/ in the right hand column, under the “recent immunization data” menu. If you want to see the worldwi...

Dear TechNet21 colleagues, Vietnam’s National Expanded Programme on Immunisation (NEPI) has since 2010 worked with the Luxembourg Agency for Development Cooperation to strengthen the nation-wide cold chain equipment maintenance system, using an outsourced services model. Simultaneously, a nationw...

Dear All, WHO EPELA authentic e-learning courses are accepting applications for 2015 courses. Great opportunity for a lifetime experience... http://http://epela.net/epela_web/index.php PHARMACEUTICAL COLD CHAIN MANAGEMENT 2 February – 24 April 2015 4 May – 24 July 2015 7 September - 27 ...

Dear TechNet 21 Members, Thank you to those who have taken part in our survey so far. We have had more than 100 contributors from many countries but we still need more. PtD is leading the development of a 'SCM Leadership Competency Framework' as part of the GAVI People and Practice Workin...

Global commitment eradicated polio in 4 regions. Before eradication, globally an estimated 959 cases used to occur per day which is now reduced to...

Dear Colleagues, Thank you to those who filled in the 1st and 2nd survey. We have had over 110 responses so far. We still need your help with the last survey. As part of the GAVI supply chain strategy PtD has been leading the development of a ‘SCM Leadership Competency Framework’ as part of the...

Interesting read from this recent paper that nicely summarizes some of the key challenges and opportunities in routine immunization according to 8 core components of 1. Policy, standards, and guidelines 2. Governance, organization, and management 3. Human resources 4. Vaccine, cold chain, and l...

Two pager on impact of implementing open vial policy was shared with the superiors and development partners at all levels and with the eminent professors of international reputation of Medical Colleges in Karnataka and Rajeev Gandhi University. On suggestion and demand; for dissemination prepared a ...

We are pleased to inform you that several publications featuring the Decade of Vaccines Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) Assessment report 2014 are now available for dissemination. - WHO Executive Board 136 report on GVAP: http://apps.who.int/gb/e/e_eb136.html The document (EB 136/25) will be ...

Announcement: Vietnam’s National Expanded Programme on Immunisation (NEPI) has since 2010 worked with the Luxembourg Agency for Development Cooperation to strengthen the nation-wide cold chain equipment maintenance system, using an outsourced services model. Simultaneously, a nationwide internal co...

Cross-posted from the IAPHL forum with many thanks! Dear IAPHL members, Firstly, thanks to Victoria, Kamran, Gashaw, Wendy, and Prashant for providing their insights.They show the variety of value that GIS provides to logistics, I have categorized them into four different areas; OPERATIONAL/MONI...

This is the third posting I have made on in-country transport of vaccine. The first two postings opened issues for discussion on vaccine storage temperatures and on optimizing inter-store transfers. This posting focuses on transport for outreach immunization in the context of a passive-cooled supply...

This post follows another on in-country Vaccine Transport a week ago, inviting discussion of the post and suggesting we discuss a revision of vaccine transport temperatures around a single temperature requirement; +2C to +8C during 48 hours with excursions 100kgs) requires rolling and lifting trolle...

Dear Colleagues, We would like share the PtD Newsflah no. 13 - Special Conference Issue with our colleagues around the globe. In this special conference issue of the PtD Newsflash, read more about the: - The 2nd PtD Global Conference held in Copenhagen, Denmark. - The PtD Workshop on...

Dear Colleagues, Thank you to those who filled in the 1st survey. We have had 88 responses so far. As part of the GAVI supply chain strategy PtD has been leading the development of a ‘SCM Leadership Competency Framework’ as part of the GAVI People and Practice Working Group. Such a framework ...

Cross-posted from GIN with thanks! In October 2014, an immunization app developed by Chile’s National Immunization Programme in collaboration with a local university, was selected to represent the Ministry of Health (MOH) in a national innovation competition. The app InfoVacunas is free and prov...

The success of operationalizing WHO iterations on Hepatitis B birth dose vaccine which dramatically raised the coverage from 19% in April 2014 to 100% in July and sustained, inspired to implement WHO MDVP / Open vial policy guidelines issued by the Government in the attached Sampaje PHC for field pr...

The new WHO EVM Assessment Tool (version 1.1.0) is available for download from the EVM restricted access website: https://extranet.who.int/evm The attached release note briefly summarizes the changes made to the tool. Please download and install the new tool – important changes have been made....