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Dear colleagues, I’ve created a repository of national immunization policies and SOPs for vaccine management at facility level. This comes from what is available online, combined with publications that have been shared with me.
https://www.technet-21.org/en/topics/programme-management/sops
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Four years into its strategic plan, the Measles & Rubella Partnership's Midterm Review reveals that while progress has been made, countries and global institutions must take urgent, collective action to reach elimination targets by 2030.
At the end of 2024, 83 countries had eliminated measles a...
Colleagues,
WHO has released the Full Value of Improved Influenza Vaccines Assessment (FVIVA), looking at the potential health, economic and policy impacts of next-generation influenza vaccines that offer broader and longer-lasting protection than current seasonal products.
Some key takeaways that...
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POST 01188E : NEW DOCUMENT
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Aide-memoire for prevention of freeze damage to vaccines
Cold chain storage is necessary to prevent damage to vaccine due to heat exposure, but keeping vaccines too cold can be just as harmful as keeping them too warm - many vaccine...
POST 01186E : VACCINE STOCK MANAGEMENT
Follow-up on Posts 01138E, 01164E and 01178E
13 November 2007
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This posting contains three contributions. The first is from Modibo Dicko from WHO/AFRO who cofirms that different definitions are used in the AFRO reg...
POST 01184E : IMMUNIZATION CAPACITY-BUILDING
10 November 2007
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Readers might be interested in this, published on line as part of the series on poverty and human development this week, in Education for Health.
Strengthening Immunization in a West African...
POST 01183E : BCG AND LEPROSY
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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
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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
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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
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This long contribution is sent by Robert Steinglass from IMMUNIZATIONbasics in the United States.
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"Stop the madness!"
Dear Mo...
POST 01178E : VACCINE STOCK MANAGEMENT
Follow-up on Posts 01138E and 01164E
29 October 2007
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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
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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
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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
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Robert Davis from UNICEF/ESARO proposes the following analysis of eradication efforts. Food for thought and discussion!
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Pro...
POST 01173E : MALARIA VACCINE CANDIDATE 17 October 2007
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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
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[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
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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
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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
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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.
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POST 01164E : VACCINE STOCK MANAGEMENT
Follow-up on Post 01138E
30 September 2007
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The following contribution comes from Femi Odegbami from Nigeria
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Dear Moderator and TechNet21 readers,
I would like to than...
POST 01162E : NEEDLE REMOVER ASSESSMENT 26 September 2007
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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
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The following comment is from Anthony Battersby from the United Kingdom. I make further comments on this issue below.
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Do no...
POST 01160E : QUESTIONS ON CCM CARDS
Follow-up on Post 01155E
29 september 2007
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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...
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