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Join us on 8 December at 15h30 CET for a webinar introducing post market monitoring of cold chain equipment.  Post Market Monitoring (PMM) of immunization cold chain equipment (CCE) involves collecting and analysing performance data from health and storage facilities to support timely correcti...

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POST 01094E : YELLOW FEVER INITIATIVE 18 May 2007 ____________________________________ Global health partners mobilize to counter yellow fever US$ 58 million GAVI contribution to prevent highly contagious disease in 12 West African nations 16 May 2007, Geneva ; The effort to contain th...
POST 01093E : COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF PNEUMO CONJUGATE VACCINTION 16 May 2007 ____________________________________ The following article of interest has been added to the list of background documents on the TechNet21 site. "Cost-effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in the ...
POST 01093E : COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF PNEUMO CONJUGATE VACCINTION 16 May 2007 ____________________________________ The following article of interest has been added to the list of background documents on the TechNet21 site. "Cost-effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in the ...
POST 01092E : VIAL SIZE : A REQUEST FROM GAVI 13 May 2007 _____________________________________ NOTE: Despite innumerable tests, formatting of postings was inappropriate for top and bottom banners. My apologies! These problems have now been resolved. Thank you for your patience. -----------...
POST 01091E : VACCINE FREEZING : LITTERATURE REVIEW 11 May 2007 ____________________________________ NOTE : Until now, posting were sent only in plain text format to avoid reported decoding problems. I hope that members are now technologically up-to-date as from today, postings will be sent in...
POST 01090E : NEW REFRIGERATOR EVALUATION Follow-up on Post 01080E 9 May 2007 ____________________________________ Alejo Bejemino (mailto:[email protected]) from the Philippines, formerly with UNICEF/Pakistan, sends these comments on the new vaccine refrigerator. ________...
TECHNET21 E-FORUM Technical network for strengthening immunization services Contributions to: mailto:[email protected] or use your reply button! __________________________________________________________ POST 01089E : NEEDLE REMOVER EVALUATION 6 May 2007 ___________________________________...
POST 01087E : CHILD HEALTH DAYS 2 May 2007 ____________________________________ In an earlier Child Survival Update, Robert Davis (mailto:[email protected]) wrote : "Recent thinking on disparity reduction has centered around ways of removing systems barriers to access for high impac...
POST 01085E : MENINGOCOCCAL GROUP C VACCINE OUT-OF-THE-COLD-CHAIN 28 April 2007 ____________________________________ Carib Nelson (mailto:[email protected]) from PATH shares the following article : "Overcoming the need for a cold chain with conjugated meningococcal Group C vaccine...
POST 01083Eb : POLIO ERADICATION 24 April 2007 ____________________________________ A slight mistake again creeped in the link to the Grassly. Aylward et al. article. The correct link is : http://www.technet21.org/pdf_file/mOPV1Efficacy.pdf ______________________________________________...
POST 01083E : POLIO ERADICATION 24 April 2007 ____________________________________ Sending two articles through Child Survival Update recently, Robert Davis (mailto:[email protected]) wrote : "The costs of eradicating poliomyelitis from the remaining infected countries, while high ...
POST 01082E : REFRIGERATOR/FREEZERS PURCHASE AND OPERATING COSTS Follow-up on Posts 01063E (http://listes.ulaval.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A2=i ... .org&P=351) and 01073E (http://listes.ulaval.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A2=i ... d.org&P=63) 21 April 2007 ____________________________________ The co...
POST 01081E : BCG EFFICACY QUESTIONED Follow-up on Posts 01070E (http://listes.ulaval.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A2=i ... org&P=1144) and 01076E (http://listes.ulaval.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A2=i ... .org&P=406) 18 April 2007 ____________________________________ NOTE : The link to the PATH’s evaluation of ...
POST 01080E : NEW REFRIGERATOR EVALUATION 16 April 2007 ____________________________________ A field evaluation summary of a new vaccine refrigerator is available at the following link : http://www.technet21.org/fichiers_Word/Twinbird_REV1.doc PATH evaluated 3 units in Indonesia in 200...
POST 01078E : MEASLES MORTALITY 14 April 2007 ____________________________________ We all had cheered at the achievement of the MDG's measles mortality reduction. In a more sobering tone the two following articles remind us that the battle against measles isn't won yet and there is still m...
POST 01077E : WASTE MANAGEMENT REPORT 12 April 2007 ____________________________________ Carib Nelson (mailto:[email protected]) from PATH is sending the following report. ____________________________________ At the following link is a report on a successful non-incineration system f...
POST 01076E : BCG EFFICACY QUESTIONED Follow-up on Post 01070E (http://listes.ulaval.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A2=i ... org&P=1144) 9 April 2007 ____________________________________ Samuel Kamau (mailto:[email protected]) from Kenya sends these comments on the news about BCG effectiveness, f...
POST 01073E : REFRIGERATOR/FREEZERS PURCHASE AND OPERATING COSTS Follow-up on Post 01063E (http://listes.ulaval.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A2=i ... .org&P=351) 2 April 2007 ____________________________________ This posting contains two contributions. The first is from Carib nelson (mailto:c...
POST 01070E : BCG EFFICACY QUESTIONED 27 March 2007 ____________________________________ NOTE : Most of you will have picked up the error in the link to the article on the ethics of compulsory vaccination. It is not even the first time I make this same mistake, a "w" instead of an "e" in the...
The introduction of HPV vaccination is facing many challenges. The article published by Pollack et al. in the January issue of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, besides providing useful information about the disease and the vaccine, discusses these challenges. Possible integration int...
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