POST 01284E: CLIMATE CHANGE/PLASTIC AND PACKAGING FOLLOW-UP ON POST 01283E 26 JUNE 2008 ******************************************* Rosamund Lewis, Member of the HPV Global Community of Practice Steering Committee, shares with us the web address of a site that suggests practical ways in whic...

POST 01282E: FINANCING OF SUPPLY CHAIN LOGISTICS/TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS 18 JUNE 2008 ******************************************* Terry Hart from IT Power India seeks information on models and experiences in outsourcing and innovative financing of supply chain, logistics, and transportation...

POST 01281E: DARK SPECKS IN THE ACTIVE AREA OF THE VVM 16 JUNE 2008 ******************************************* Umit Kartoglu of WHO responds to Bal Ram Bhui’s question regarding how to interpret specks in the VVM’s active surface. ----------- Hi everyone, I would like to bring...

POST 01280E: COSTING FOR IMMUNIZATION SERVICES FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS: 01265E, 01269E, 01273E 15 JUNE 2008 ******************************************* Rowan Wager delves further into how heath services costs can be offset. Terry Hart poses a question with regard to Anthony Battersby’s ppt ...

POST 01278E: VVM REFERENCES—ADDENDUM FOLLOW-UP ON POST: 01277E 11 JUNE 2008 ******************************************* Dear moderator, The first reference as indicated at the end of the below posting is an old document that is NOT valid any more. It seems that this document has sl...

POST 01277E: VVM—A WHO-PREQUALIFIED AND VALIDATED TOOL FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS: 01264E, 01266E, 01275E 10 JUNE 2008 ******************************************* The query regarding VVM reliability has generated a fair number of responses--a few heated ones too. An interesting diversion here be...

POST 01275E: HOW RELIABLE IS THE VVM? FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS: 01264E, 01266E 4 JUNE 2008 ******************************************* Rajesh Sood raises questions about the reliability of VVM in the context of out-of-cold-chain practices and recommends conventional safeguards. ----------- ...

POST 01273E: CONTINUING THE DEBATE ON ENERGY FOR HEALTH: FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS/SYRINGE MANUFACTURE AND ENERGY USE FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS: POSTS 01265E, 01269E 29 MAY 2008 ******************************************* Rowan Wagner takes the discussion a little further by posing questions about l...

POST 01272E: LOW-TECH SOLUTIONS IMPROVE IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE--THE TRACKING BAG STORY 26 MAY 2008 ******************************************* Tasnim Partapuri and his colleagues from IMMUNIZATIONBasics, India share this story about how tracking bags have enabled health workers in some Indian st...

POST 01269E: ENERGY POLICY INCORPORATING HEALTH SECTOR NEEDS FOLLOW-UP ON POST: 01265E 22 MAY 2008 ******************************************* Dear Rowan, I cannot quote any clear-cut examples of energy policy specific to the health sector, but I can give reference to several indirect e...

POST 01268E: WORLD HEPATITIS DAY 19 MAY 2008 ******************************************* Chronic viral hepatitis can no longer be ignored. The figures are rather staggering. Take a look at the statistics: Ø 500 million people worldwide currently infected with hepatitis B or C Ø This...

POST 01266E: BROADENING THE USE OF THE VVM 16 MAY 2008 FOLLOW UP ON POST 01264E: ******************************************* Hans Everts responds to Joanie Robertson’s request for out-of-cold-chain vaccine distribution experiences and asks for a proactive approach to VVM. He says the n...

POST 01265E: A SEAT AT THE TABLE: HEALTH SECTOR NEEDS AND NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY 14 MAY 2008 ******************************************* Rowan Wagner brings to the table an issue that has been less frequently discussed− efficient delivery of immunization services and its reliance on...

POST 01264E: EXPERIENCES WITH OUT-OF-COLD-CHAIN VACCINE DISTRIBUTION: PROJECT OPTIMIZE 11 MAY 2008 ******************************************* A request from PATH’s Joanie Robertson for experiences in using Out-of-Cold Chain Vaccine Distribution in your immunization programmes. Please do a...

POST 01261E: STRENGTHENING THE VACCINE SUPPLY CHAIN 3 MAY 2008 ******************************************* Rowan Wagner writes about managing an efficient vaccine supply chain. ----------- Recently I received a request for information about logistic training material aimed at vaccine supply ...

POST 01259E: REPAIR/NON-REPAIR OF COLD CHAIN EQUIPMENT 29 APRIL 2008 Follow up on posts: POST 01258E, 01257E, 01254E ******************************************* Nasim Ahmed spells out his observations based on a cold chain survey and inventory and states that there are several factors ...

POST 01258E: REPAIR/NON-REPAIR OF COLD CHAIN EQUIPMENT 25 APRIL 2008 Follow up on posts: 01257E, 01254E Recent posts on cold chain equipment and maintenance: 01229E, 01227E, 01226E, 01225E, 01221E, 01218, 01216, 01214E ******************************************* The responses, as y...

POST 01257E: REPAIR/NON-REPAIR OF COLD CHAIN EQUIPMENT 23 APRIL 2008 Follow up on post: POST 01254E Recent posts on cold chain equipment and maintenance: 01229E, 01227E, 01226E, 01225E, 01221E, 01218, 01216, 01214E ******************************************* There has been almost n...

POST 01255E: SURVEY OF IMMUNIZATION LOGISTICS TRAINING PROGRAMMES AND RESOURCES 16 APRIL 2008 ******************************************* Dear All, WHO/IVB and PATH have recently received a 5 year grant from the Bill and Melinda GATES foundation for a project entitled "Optimize: Immu...

POST 01254E: REPAIR/NON-REPAIR OF EQUIPMENT AND SIMPLIFYING THE COLD CHAIN FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS: 01216E, 01218, 01221E, 01225E, 01227E, 01229E 15 APRIL 2008 Â ******************************************* Â Â In POST 01214E I presented my ideas about how to improve the present state of ...