Webinar now available on Cervical Cancer Action website; Please visit the Cervical Cancer Action Multimedia web page to watch and listen. For more information, please contact [email protected] [size=14]HPV vaccination in developing countries: Recent lessons from six pilot programs[/si...

In solar powered vaccine storage systems high quality wet cell batteries have the potential of lasting longer than sealed batteries. However, they periodically need the addition of distilled water. Distilled water can be hard to obtain in remote areas. Sun Frost has developed a method using waste h...

Many thanks to Diana Chang Blanc for sharing this information with us. Introducing a vaccine: Policy and Programme Considerations Dear Colleagues, You may recall a brochure from the June 2010 NUVI Meeting "market place" describing an updated Vaccine Product Menu which would be av...

The video of the WHO-PDA Parmaceutical cold chain management on wheels course conducted during 2-7 June 2008 in Istanbul, Ankara, Konya, Eskiehir and Bursa (a 1,400 km route), Turkey. [vimeo]8785477[/vimeo]...

Written by: Benoît Silve, Bioforce Institute Over the last several years, as investments in vaccines and essential drugs have grown, there has been increased interest in helping supply chains deliver health commodities and equipment more effectively to the people who need them. To improve supply ...

Written by: Kevin Pilz, USAID contractor and Bonnie Keith, RHSC Public-health systems everywhere depend upon reliable and efficient supply of medicines and health commodities to ensure positive health outcomes. Despite this, supply chains in low- and middle-income countries are rarely recognized ...

Written by: Philippe Jaillard and Aristide Aplogan, AMP Over the past eight years, almost 400 district medical officers in 11 African countries[sup][1][/sup] have earned professional (masters level) diplomas through a unique practical inter-university program called EPIVAC. The program’s name is ...

Written by: Madjiguène Ndiaye, SNEIPS; Ibrahima Leye, Consultant; and Mariama Gueye, PATH On October 27, 2010, the Government of Senegal officially launched a new project to demonstrate the impact of various changes and upgrades to the vaccine supply chain including the use of mobile warehouses to...

Written by: S Kibet, WHO Kenya; P Zaninka & T Rweizire, Uganda EPI; R Anderson, UW; and S Newland, PATH Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of vaccine supply chains is no easy task, especially when data is difficult to gather, financing is tight, and there is pressure to improve and ex...

User manuals always disappear. I would suggest that manufactures are requested to stick the manuals on the lid/door. Naturally the stickers must be of good quality, like the do's & don'ts on the VESTFROST ILRs merry christmas soren spanner...

Call for Documents on the Effects of New Vaccine Introduction on National Immunization Programs and Health Systems Robert Steinglass and Mike Favin post this request. The USAID-funded MCHIP Project (Maternal and Child Health Implementation Project) would very much appreciate your assistance in...

VSSM INTRODUCTION AT NATIONAL VACCINE STORE ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (By Ghulam Taqi) Country Background: Pakistan is the largest country in WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region: With Four Provinces and three areasThe total population approximately 167 million.Annual Birth Cohort approx...

Thank you Diana ChangBlanc for sharing this with TechNet21 readers. Non-Financial Incentives for Voluntary Community Health Workers: A Qualitative Study A new report and accompanying policy brief (attached to this e-mail) present the findings of a qualitative JSI study that explored various approa...

A big thank you to Kim Kertson, PATH, for this note! Less than ten years after the creation of the Meningitis Vaccine Project (MVP) the new meningococcal A conjugate vaccine is ready to be introduced in Africa. MenAfriVacTM was licensed by the Indian regulatory authorities in December 2009, prequ...

Dear Sir,Based on the PATH report, we must immediately demand from DCGI office or GOI for use of IPV through Intradermal Route as well, otherwise people would be cheated as they have been with Rabies vaccine. Though I disagree with the report on one point that is a device is required for effective d...

Many thanks to Mojtaba Haghgou for sharing this with our readers. The TechNet21 website will soon have a software depot from which you will be able to download VSSM and other latest software. Vaccination Supply Stock Management (VSSM) version 4.7, is a computer application, now used in the centra...

UPDATE ON MATERNAL NEONATAL TETANUS ELIMINATION AS OF OCTOBER 2010 WHO/CHERG estimates for causes of child mortality show that Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus (MNT) was responsible for 59,000 neonatal deaths in 2008.Though the figure shows a 92% reduction in mortality from the 800,000 deaths estima...

Does anyone have any idea where I could possibly find information about the number of vaccines wasted due to problems with things like freezing? Thanks....

Dear Editor, UNICEF, in collaboration with WHO and PATH, took a country-wide extensive evaluation of Cold Chain and Vaccine Management in Uganda in 2007. I happened to be the Team Leader for the project. I take the opportunity to attach the report and request you to share it with all TechNet21 me...

James Cheyne shares with us a film on immunnization. It comes with a cautionary note that the video contains language that some may find offensive. Another weapon in our armoury against immunization naysayers!  Please use the following link to see the film, which has been uploaded on YouTube:  http:...