POST 01344E: POLIO ERADICATION VS CONTROL—ADDITIONAL ASPECTS TO CONSIDER FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01339E, 01341E, 013342E & 01343E 31 OCTOBER 2008 ****************************************** CONTROL MORE EXPENSIVE IN THE LONG RUN Hans, I agree with you. You may recall that I was seconded ...

POST 01343E: WEAK ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION AND STALLING POLIO ERADICATION—TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01339E, 01341E & 013342E 29 OCTOBER 2008 ****************************************** As a response to Mogens, no you are not correct. My whole point is that there are 2 o...

POST 01342E: POLIO ERADICATION VS CONTROL—THE DEBATE CONTINUES FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01339E & 01341E 27 OCTOBER 2008 ****************************************** The topic continues to be hotly debated and perspectives seem to differ widely. For those of you who would like a statistical u...

POST 01341E: POLIO ERADICATION VS CONTROL—THE REAL COSTS FOLLOW-UP ON POST 01339E 25 OCTOBER 2008 ****************************************** There was also myresponse to POST 00931E in which I wrote: QUOTE About the switch from eradication to control, imagine the world asking...

POST 01339E: POLIO—ERADICATION VS CONTROL FOLLOW-UP ON POST 01338E 22 OCTOBER 2008 ****************************************** Given the content of the World Health Report, which incidentally does not mention polio, why is WHO still trying unsuccessfully to eradicate the disease? It is t...

POST 01334E: PROTECTING PUBLIC TRUST IN IMMUNIZATION 11 OCTOBER 2008 ******************************************* Claude shares with us this interesting article on how important pubic trust is to the success of immunization programmes and the threats to this trust and how trust could be bui...

POST 01331E: WHO INVENTORY OF TRAINING AND REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR NEW VACCINES INTRODUCTION 6 OCTOBER 2008 ******************************************* Dear All, Please see attached, an "Inventory of Training and Reference Materials for New Vaccines Introduction" that WHO has ...

POST 01327E: SCHOOL-BASED IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMME EXPERIENCE 25 SEPTEMBER 2008 ******************************************* WHO and partners are collecting experiences from several countries with existing school-based immunization programmes. This information can be useful for other countries...

POST 01326E: FUTURE COLD CHAIN TRENDS FOLLOW-UP ON POST 01325E 23 SEPTEMBER 2008 ******************************************* Thanks for the update. This is knowledge worthy being updated, which otherwise I and most of my colleagues in the program did not have. Continue with these efforts...

POST 01325E: FUTURE COLD CHAIN TRENDS 19 SEPTEMBER 2008 ******************************************* On 10 and 11 June 2008, a meeting was held on Cool Chain Technologies for the Future (organized by PATH) at Mijoux, France. Prior to the meeting, discussions were held with cold chain equipme...

POST 01323E: NEW SNAPSHOTS ON COLD CHAIN AND LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT 14 SEPTEMBER 2008 ******************************************* Please see attached the pdf version of the latest in our series called SnapShots, this one is on cold chain and logistics management. It should also be availa...

POST 01322E: IMMUNIZATION MIS/TRAINING DOCUMENTS FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS: 01312E, 01314E, 01315E, 01318E 12 SEPTEMBER 2008 ******************************************* Ram Bhui responds to Anil Varshney’s request for a link to the Immunization MIS used in Indonesia, and Tasnim Partapuri very ...

POST 01321E: DEVELOPING COMPUTER-BASED INFORMATION SYSTEMS: ISSUES TO CONSIDER FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS: 01312E, 01314E & 01315E 11 SEPTEMBER 2008 ******************************************* Over the years I have been involved in the development of several computer-based information systems in public ...

POST 01318E: SIMPLIFICATION OF IMMUNIZATION MIS FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS: 01312E, 01314E & 01315E 6 SEPTEMBER 2008 ******************************************* Dear All Dr Sood has brought out very important facts. It is therefore prudent to work towards simplification of tools, so that t...

POST 01317E: PQS E10 NEEDLE DISABLER DEVICES: ATTACHMENTS 4 SEPTEMBER 2008 ******************************************* Inadvertently, the relevant documents were not attached to the earlier post; the error is hereby rectified. Apologies. --------- Dear TechNet21 members, Please be ...

POST 01316E: COMMENTS INVITED ON PQS E10 NEEDLE DISABLER DEVICES 3 SEPTEMBER 2008 ******************************************* Dear TechNet21 members, Please be informed that PQS E10 needle disabler devices performance specifications and verification protocol are released for comments. We...

POST 01315E: MIS IMMUNIZATION—PROBLEM OF MULTIPLE SOFTWARES FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS: 01312E & 01314E 2 SEPTEMBER 2008 ******************************************* Dear forum, I wish to highlight the problem of multiple softwares in place at the same time, and the same information being having to be ke...

POST 01314E: IMMUNIZATION MIS—TOOLS EXIST BUT USAGE DISMAL FOLLOW-UP ON POST: 01312E 30 AUGUST 2008 ******************************************* It is not the absence of Software or tool to monitor immunization. BUT the WILL to do it. RIMS and computers and a personnel provided in most districts,...

POST 01313E: SAFE INJECTION: AVOIDING OVER PENETRATION FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS: 01308E, 01309E & 01310E 28 AUGUST 2008 ******************************************* Thickness of subcutaneous tissue can be judged by pinching. When needle pierces the muscle the same can also be felt so if heal...

TECHNET21 E-FORUM Technical network for strengthening immunization services Contributions to: [email=%3Ca%20href=][log in to unmask][/email]">[log in to unmask] or use your reply button! POST 01311E: MIS FOR IMMUNIZATION (TOPICS FOR TECHNET21 2008 MEETING) FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01301E & 01306E ...