Cross-posted from the global.knowledge-gateway.org with thanks! Dear Friends, Could you please share this easy-to-digest message out to the West African public through your various means? It is very well done and provides people with the information they require to stop the spread of Ebola. An...

Time to rethink cold rooms. Inspired by johns rethinking. A lot has happened since the first vaccine cold rooms were installed. There is much better access to refrigeration technicians. Butchers and many others are using cold rooms, if something goes wrong it is being repaired. There is some kin...

I'm a student with the University of Washington. We are trying to develop and improve upon cost models for the cold chain. We know that for grid electricity, kerosene and gas we can multiply country energy prices by consumption. Has anyone attempted to model what the cost would be if the refrigerato...

A couple of months ago, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) produced a package of materials in support of their call for wider use of existing vaccines in the “controlled temperature chain” or CTC. An issue brief, Vaccinating Children Beyond the Cold Chain, is available in English and French. It is a...

I want to bring your attention to a new supply chain management resource: the Promising Practices in Supply Chain Management series. The series was commissioned by the Supply and Awareness Technical Reference Team (TRT) of the United Nations Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women’s and Chil...

In the middle of this month (July 14), Kodagu district of Karnataka in its routine RI training of HCWs, introduced the "Extended Immunogram" to promote newborn vaccination. As was rightly expressed in the 67th WHA held in May 2014, promoting Hepatitis B birth-dose vaccine is a global chall...

I am writing to the group in hopes to receive some insight into EVM Assessments. Are countries require to post their results online? Is there are repository of this results somewhere? Thank you for your help, -- Sincerely, Tatiana Viecco University of Cambridge Student Sidney Sussex Col...

The People that Deliver Newsflash No. 11 is now available. Please see attached. You can also access the full Newsflash on our website at http://www.peoplethatdeliver.org . Regards, Andrew N BROWN, BPharm PhD Executive Manager – People that Deliver UNICEF Supply Division, Copenhage...

Interventions promoting hepatitis B birth dose in the Rural Medical College completed one quarter. With simple measures and zero budget, the coverage was raised from 19.14% in April to 91.89% by 30th June 2014. In these three months, timely newborn vaccination has become a part of newborn care proto...

Call for abstracts 2nd PtD Human Resources for Supply Chain Management Conference Copenhagen Denmark 28-30 October 2014 Background: The People that Deliver (PtD) Initiative is a broad global coalition of organizations that strives to improve the health supply chain workforce in developing ...

The following guidance documents are now available: PRACTICES TO IMPROVE COVERAGE OF THE HEPATITIS B BIRTH DOSE VACCINE This document is now available in both English and French. The main purpose of this document is to evaluate published and grey literature on best practices for provision of hepati...

Cross-posted from the IAPHL forum with thanks! We are pleased to announce that the IAPHL website now provides you with access to a FREE online course, called Lessons in Logistics Management for Health Commodities. This is a self-directed learning course that you can take at your own pace, and all...

Icelined refrigerators have become a dominant standard worldwide for the safe storage of vaccine in areas of unreliable electricity supplies. In the 35 years since the start of the Product Information Sheets not a single upright, domestic compression refrigerator has been posted in the pre-qualified...

I wanted to draw your attention to an article, “An analysis of government immunization program expenditures in lower and lower middle income countries 2006-12,” recently published by Health Policy and Planning. Co-authors include representatives from the Sabin Vaccine Institute’s Sustainable Immuniz...

Dear Colleagues, Paper immunization registers and register books are critical components of health information systems (HIS) for immunization programs across the globe. Even as many HIS for immunization programs and other health domains move toward electronic and mobile data collection systems, p...

WHO is developing a new Vaccine Management Handbook module on cold chain equipment maintenance. We are looking for examples of successful maintenance initiatives covering either (or both) fixed cold chain equipment and transport (refrigerated and non-refrigerated). Examples and/or opinions are welco...

Dear All, I am a project coordinator for Nexleaf Analytics. We are a nonprofit organization dedicated to building low-cost technologies that create positive health, environmental and social impact. I have attached a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for fridge maintenance for your review. Additio...

Cross-posted from GAVI CSO forum with thanks! Dear Colleagues: I would like to draw your attention to an exciting opportunity to seek funding for research projects on life-saving interventions for children under five. Please email [email protected] for additional information and feel f...

"How to raise Hep-B birth dose coverage?" is one of the challenging topics globally. On studying the WHO position paper on Hep-B vaccine, an attempt is made to address two of the iterations – 1. Administering birth dose within 24 hrs. 2. Using this as a performance indicator for revie...

Today we would like to share with you the Measles & Rubella Initiative Annual Report for 2013. The whole EPI team directly or indirectly has contributed to the progress reflected in this report. Specifically we would like to acknowledge Marta & the SIG team for all the data inputs and Robe...