POST 01183E : BCG AND LEPROSY 8 November 2007 ___________________________________ This posting contains two contributions. Devesh Singh from India asks a question about the protective effect of BCG. Thanks to Uli Fruth from WHO/HQ for providing an answer. The Lancet article to which he refers is...

POST 01182E : RETRACTABLE SYRINGE Follow-up on Posts 01166E and 01171E 5 November 2007 ____________________________________ In response to Vijay Kiran’ contribution, Prabir Chatterjee from India provides the following information. On the same site a would-be interesting link "Disp...

POST 01180E : WASTE MANAGEMENT 2 November 2007 ______________________________ Two documents are now available on-line on the WHO Healthcare Waste Management website. "WHO core principles for achieving safe and sustainable management of health care waste". And the final ...

POST 01179E : ERADICATION EFFORTS Follow-up on Post 001174E 31 October 2007 _________________________________ This long contribution is sent by Robert Steinglass from IMMUNIZATIONbasics in the United States. _________________________________ "Stop the madness!" Dear Mo...

POST 01178E : VACCINE STOCK MANAGEMENT Follow-up on Posts 01138E and 01164E 29 October 2007 ________________________________ This posting has been delayed for some technical questions. It contains three contributions. The first is from Henrique Menezes d’Alva from WHO/Mozambique. The s...

POST 01176E : PIS/PQS 24 October 2007 ____________________________________ Dear all, WHO PQS secretariat is happy to announce official release of the PQS E10 "safety box for the disposal of used sharps" product specifications and verification protocol which were approved by the PQ...

POST 01175E : VACCINE-DERIVED POLIO VIRUS 22 October 2007 _______________________________________ We wish to draw your attention to the Weekly Epidemiological Report of 28 September 2007 that featured a "Global update on vaccine-derived polioviruses, January 2006 - August 2007" Si...

POST 01174E : ERADICATION EFFORTS 20 October 2007 ______________________________________________________ Robert Davis from UNICEF/ESARO proposes the following analysis of eradication efforts. Food for thought and discussion! ___________________________________________________________ Pro...

POST 01173E : MALARIA VACCINE CANDIDATE 17 October 2007 _______________________________________ Early findings from a malaria vaccine trial among African infants are promising, based on a research article published today Oct 17. In a double-blind trial of 214 infants in Mozambique, the malari...

POST 01171E : RETRACTABLE SYRINGE Follow-up on Post 01166E 14 October 2007 ____________________________________ [log in to unmask]">Vijay Kiran from India contributes the following comments raising again an important issue of disposal. We have discussed sharps disposal many times...

POST 01167E : PIS/PQS Follow-up on Post 01040E 5 October 2007 _________________________________ WHO PQS secretariat is happy to announce the official release of PQS E01 and PQS E03 product specifications and verification protocols which were approved by the PQS steering group on 14 Septe...

POST 01166E : RETRACTABLE SYRINGE 3 October 2007 ________________________________ Carib Nelson from PATH is sending you the summary of the following report "Evaluation of a Retractable Syringe in South Africa". As said in his message, the full report is available upon request. NO...

POST 01165E : VACCINE-PREVENTABLE DISEASES : YOUR OPINION 1st October 2007 __________________________________ Craig Shapiro from WHO requests your opinion. Documents are attached as they are rather small in size. The deadline is short by the end of this week, so you must react fast. ____...

POST 01164E : VACCINE STOCK MANAGEMENT Follow-up on Post 01138E 30 September 2007 ____________________________________ The following contribution comes from Femi Odegbami from Nigeria ____________________________________ Dear Moderator and TechNet21 readers, I would like to than...

POST 01162E : NEEDLE REMOVER ASSESSMENT 26 September 2007 _______________________________________ It is Guyana’s turn to publish a needle removers’ assessment (865K). It was sent by Nicole Dupré of Initiatives Inc., and forwarded with very positive comments by James Cheyne and Carib Nelso...

POST 01161E : MEASLES VACCINATION AND BHS Follow-up on Post 01154E 23 September 2007 ____________________________________ The following comment is from Anthony Battersby from the United Kingdom. I make further comments on this issue below. ____________________________________ Do no...

POST 01160E : QUESTIONS ON CCM CARDS Follow-up on Post 01155E 29 september 2007 ________________________________ The following contribution is from Ümit Kartoglu from WHO in response to Nihal Babalioglu’s request. I apologize to Nihal for having addressed her as him... ____________...

POST 01158E : VACCINE OUT-OF-THE-COLD-CHAIN 17 September 2007 ________________________________________ The following article describes the use of an out-of-the-cold-chain immunization strategy to improve the timeliness of the HB birth dose in rural China. It showed a large improvement ...

POST 01157E : VACCINATION IN SCHOOLS : REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 14 September 2007 ___________________________________ The following request comes from Jhilmil Bahl from WHO. You are invited to share the information with the forum too. It may interest many other members. __________________...

POST 01155E : QUESTIONS ON CCM CARDS 8 September 2007 _____________________________ The following questions come from Nihal Babalioglu presumably from Turkey. Please relpy directly to him with copy to Technet _____________________________ I would appreciate if I can get the answers to my...