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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 Fi...
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 01124E : IMPROVED MENINGITIS VACCINE Follow-up on Post 01104E 18 July 2007 _____________________________________ In Post 01104E we informed you that an "Improved Meningitis Vaccine for Africa Could Signal Eventual End to Deadly Scourge". Robert Davis and Evelyn Chege from ...
POST 01123E : TEMPERATURE MONITORING DEVICES - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 17 July 2007 _____________________________________ [log in to unmask]">Idrissa [log in to unmask]">Yalcouye has the following request and we would appreciate that you reply to him directly ______________...
POST 01122E : VACCINATION ISSUES 15 July 2007 _____________________________________ Two articles recently published in the WHO Bulletin (June 2007 issue) will likely interest you if you haven’t seen them already. Our thanks to [log in to unmask]">Andrei [log in to unmask]">Mu...
POST 01121E : WASTE MANAGEMENT Follow-up on Post 01111E 13 July 2007 _____________________________________ Modibo Dicko's message generated three contributions. The first is from [log in to unmask]">Henrique Menezes d'Alva, from Angola. [log in to unmask]">John Lloyd, fro...
POST 01119E : SOLAR REFRIGERATOR Follow-up on Posts 01019E, 01027E, 01032E, 01037E, 01045E, 01095E, 01102E and 01109E 10 July 2007 _____________________________________ This posting contains one contribution from [log in to unmask]">Robert [log in to unmask]">Steinglass f...
POST 01118E : ORAL POLIO VACCINE COLOUR Follow-up on Post 01050E, 01058E, 01100E and 01107E 8 July 2007 ______________________________________ No other comment or reply were received on this topic. Thus [log in to unmask]">Jacqueline Fournier-[log in to unmask]">Caruana, ...
POST 01117E : VVM ANNIVERSARY Follow-up on Posts 01101E and 01106E 5 July 2007 _____________________________________ Ümit Kartoglu from WHO/HQ replies to [log in to unmask]">Robert [log in to unmask]">Steinglass _____________________________________ Dear Robert, ...
POST 01115E : OTHER INTERVENTIONS WITH VACCINATION 2 July 2007 _____________________________________ Integration of other child health services with immunization has been discussed on the forum, even as recently as last May (post 01087E). There is also a string of postings on Other Interventio...
POST 01114E : STOCK MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE 29 June 2007 _____________________________________ Technet21 policy is to the effect of not posting advertisement on its site or e-forum. We already asked in the past whether we should make this rule more flexible. The message below is indeed advertisement. ...
POST 01113E : APPREHENDED PANDEMIIC 27 June 2007 _____________________________________ The recent spread of avian influenza in wild birds and poultry may be a precursor to the emergence of a human pandemic. While it is accepted that in 1918 the virus originated in birds, it is debated whether...
POST 01112E : COSTS - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 25 June 2007 _____________________________________ I am looking for recent data on refrigeration energy and maintenance costs. I have some information from Emmanuel Taylor and Bob Davis and am wondering if anybody else has done work in this are...
POST 01111E : WASTE MANAGEMENT 23 June 2007 _____________________________________ [log in to unmask]">Modibo [log in to unmask]"> Dicko, from WHO/AFRO, shares two interesting documents on waste management with his analysis and conclusions. Hyperlinks below will give access to r...
POST 01109E : SOLAR REFRIGERATOR Follow-up on Posts 01019E, 01027E, 01032E, 01037E, 01045E, 01095E and 01102E 21 June 2007 _____________________________________ This posting contains two contributions. The first comes from Søren Spanner from UNICEF/India. The second is from Gregory Kilu...
POST 01108E : NEEDLE REMOVER EVALUATION 19 June 2007 _____________________________________ NOTE : Adjustments, to be expected, have been made to the Expert database, to solve the few reported problems, especially those concerned with updating one's own data. Some modifications to the design h...
POST 01107E : ORAL POLIO VACCINE COLOUR Follow-up on Post 01050E, 01058E and 01100E (An archive error occurred in this last posting and only attachments were retained in the archives) 17 June 2007 _____________________________________ The first message is from [email=%3Ca%20href=][log in t...
POST 01106E : VVM ANNIVERSARY Follow-up on Post 01101E 15 June 2007 _____________________________________ This is a really excellent posting, full of interesting stories, interviews and policy statements. Congratulations to everyone who labored so hard over so long a period. The intervie...
POST 01104E : IMPROVED MENINGITIS VACCINE 11 June 2007 _____________________________________ Improved Meningitis Vaccine for Africa Could Signal Eventual End to Deadly Scourge. Successful Vaccine Trial Promises Long-Term, Low-Cost Protection From Epidemics in Africa. Indeed t he Meningitis...
POST 01102E : EVALUATION OF SYRINGE MELTING 9 June 2007 _____________________________________ PATH conducted a field evaluation of 3 prototype syringe melters in Indonesia. These low-cost approaches to syringe melting used local fuel, such as wood, coconut husks, or stoves, as heat sources....
POST 01107E : ORAL POLIO VACCINE COLOUR Follow-up on Post 01050E, 01058E and 01100E (An archive error occurred in this last posting and only attachments were retained in the archives) 17 June 2007 _____________________________________ The first message is from Anil Varshney from India. ...
OST 00101E : VVM ANNIVERSARY 2 June 2007 __________________________________ NOTE : I will be away for about one week in remote areas, and may not have access to Internet. Consequently, TechNet may be silent for some time. I have to use Webmail today and no function to insert links. So al...
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