Post 01049E : MEASLES GOAL AND RELATED MATERIAL 3 February 2007 ________________________________________ As many of you probably know already, WHO has announced officially on January 19, 2007, that the goal of measles mortality reduction by 2005 has been well achieved. We should all b...

Post 01048E : HEPATITIS B VACCINATION IMPACT Follow-up on Post 01039E 2 February 2007 ____________________________________ Following the last posting on this topic, Bob Chen (mailto:[email protected]) from CDC, USA, has sent this article : "Nationwide Hepatitis B Vaccination Progra...

POST 01045E : SOLAR REFRIGERATOR Follow-up on Posts 01019E, 01027E, 01032E and 01037E 25 January 2007 ___________________________________________ This posting contains a record number of six contributions, coming from : 1. Robyn McIntyre (mailto:[email protected]) from Fiji 2. N...

POST 01044E : USE OF ETHANOL FOR VACCINE INJECTIONS Follow-up on Posts 01029E and 01036E 23 January 2007 ___________________________________________ Akhter Hamid (mailto:[email protected]) from WHO/Bangladesh is restating the question originally asked by Jedeth Mamora. David Hipgr...

POST 01042E : VVM USE Follow-up on Posts 01028E and 01035E 19 January 2007 _______________________________________ In reaction to Subhash Choudhury's anecdote on VVM use, five contributions were received, from 1. Anil Varshney (mailto:[email protected]) from India 2. Enrique...

POST 01040E : PIS/PQS 15 January 2007 _______________________________________ WHO PQS Secretariat is happy to announce the official release of the PQS E06 product specifications and verification protocols which were approved by the PQS steering group meeting held in Geneva, Switzerland a...

POST 01039E : HEPATITIS B VACCINATION IMPACT 14 January 2007 _______________________________________ As they are rather light, we attach to this posting two resumes of articles showing that HepB vaccination produces, after a period of years, sustained declines in hepatitis B incidence in ...

POST 01037E : SOLAR REFRIGERATOR Follow-up on Posts 01019E, 01027E and 01032E 10 January 2007 _______________________________________ This posting contsins two contributions. The first is from Brigitte Touré (mailto:[email protected]) from UNICEF/WCARO and the second from Terkulah...

POST 01029E : USE OF ETHANOL FOR VACCINE INJECTIONS Follow-up on Post 01029E 8 January 2007 _______________________________________ Only one contribution was received so far following Jedeth Mamora's question, from Anil Varshney (mailto:[email protected]) from India. I couldn't ...

POST 01035E : VVM USE Follow-up on Post 1028E 5 January 2007 ____________________________________ Following Ãœmit's request for narratives, Subhash Choudhury (mailto:[email protected]) from India submitted the one below and he requests your opinion. ______________________...

POST 01032E : SOLAR REFRIGERATOR Follow-up on Posts 01019E and 01027E 30 December 2006 ____________________________________ This posting contains three contributions. First an information from Terry Hart (mailto:[email protected]) from India, followed by a comment by Anil Varshney (mail...

POST 01030E : COLD CHAIN TEMPERATURE MONITORING 27 December 2006 _______________________________________ Carib Nelson (mailto:@path.org) from PATH is sharing five articles recently published or even still in press, about temperature monitoring in the cold chain and related issues. Car...

POST 01029E : USE OF ETHANOL FOR VACCINE INJECTIONS 22 December 2006 _______________________________________ Jedeth Mamora (mailto:[email protected]) from UNICEF/Indonesia has another question here below. _______________________________________ Dear team Technet, Could the use o...

POST 01027E : SOLAR REFRIGERATOR Follow-up on Post 01019E 18 December 2006 _______________________________________ Anil Varshney (mailto:[email protected]) from India, sends this short comment following the announcement that the President of India had bought two solar units. ...

POST 01026E : T SERIES VACCINE EFFICACY Follow-up on Post 01021E 16 December 2006 _______________________________________ NOTE : Secretariat reminds you to participate in the Technet survey. If you also know colleagues who are not members, please invite them to do so using the non-su...

POST 01023E : POLIOMYELITIS ERADICATION : MATERIAL OF INTEREST 9 December 2006 ____________________________________ We are sending you six documents of great interest on the polio situation in the world. We are again thanking Robert Davis and Evelyn Chege who sent them in Tech Updates. ...

POST 01021E : T SERIES VACCINE EFFICACY 6 December 2006 ____________________________________ Jedeth Mamora (mailto:[email protected]) from UNICEF in Indonesia, is asking questions on the efficacy of T series vaccine. I wonder how the search was made on the WHO site but I would suggest the...

POST 01020E : VACCINE OUT OF THE COLD CHAIN Follow-up on Posts 01007E and 01013E 4 December 2006 ____________________________________ This posting contains two contributions in response to Serge Ganivet's question. The first is from Souleymane Koné (mailto:[email protected]) from WHO ...

POST 01019E : SOLAR REFRIGERATOR 2 December 2006 ____________________________________ Last May, Carib Nelson gave an update on a new solar refrigerator (Post 00921E). Today, Rajendra Shende (mailto:[email protected]) from UNEP in France, shares a news item on the same topic. He pla...

Post 01016E : PQS 28 November 2006 ____________________________________ PQS E1 and E3 product specifications and verifications protocols are out for final round of comments Version 3 PQS specifications and verification protocols for the cold/freezer rooms (E1) and refrigerators and...