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. Additiona...

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...

From People that Deliver Recognizing the importance of supply chains, the GAVI Alliance partners, GAVI Secretariat, WHO, UNICEF, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are currently designing a supply chain strategy to increase investment in supply chains, coordinate global activities on the iss...

Member States Delegates discuss progress towards global immunization goals at the World Health Assembly, May 2014 Fifty-four speakers including 50 representatives from Member States[1], one Observer[2], Civil Society Organizations[3] and the GAVI Alliance took the floor during the discussion on t...

Since 1998, WHO and UNICEF collect annually data on national immunization systems jointly through the WHO/UNICEF Joint Reporting Form on Immunization (JRF) (http://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/routine/reporting/en/). The Joint Reporting Form annually collects national level da...

According to WHO’s Health for the world’s adolescents report released today, adolescent deaths and disability from measles have fallen markedly—by 90% in the African Region between 2000 and 2012, thanks to childhood vaccination with measles vaccine. However, common infectious diseases that have been...

When the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) was established 40 years ago, only around 5% of the world’s children were protected from six diseases — polio, diphtheria, tuberculosis, pertussis, measles and tetanus — targeted by four vaccines. Today, that figure is 83%, with some developing ...

cStock is a simple mHealth system that helps to ensure community health workers in Malawi have lifesaving products to treat children under five. cStock was originally piloted in 6 districts and 3 of these districts also implemented supporting teams. The greatest benefits were shown in districts wit...

2013 saw the emerging of the People that Deliver(PtD) Initiative, with funding for a modest secretariat, housed at the UNICEF Supply Division, secured through UNFPA, UNICEF SD and USAID on the 31st December 2014. An Executive Manager began in Jun 2013, a strategic plan was finalised, an aspirational...

This note has been cross-posted from the GAVI CSO forum with many thanks! Dear colleagues, This week on occasion of the World Immunization Week, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has released a call for greater attention to the need for heat-stable vaccines to facilitate acc...

A recently concluded two-week discussion on the IAPHL Forum addressed the challenges or solutions for managing vehicles for distribution of health commodities in rural areas. In week one, moderator Matthew Hann from Riders for Health summarized the discussion: "almost everyone mentioned that...