The Immunization Delivery Cost Catalogue (IDCC) (https://immunizationeconomics.org/ihea2023) is the most comprehensive, standardized global evidence on the cost of delivering vaccines, covering 317 unit costs from 68 studies published between 2005 and early 2019. The IDCC supports global a...

Dear Colleagues, National pharmaceutical services units (NPSUs) are central government divisions responsible for medicines regulation, health supply chain, and pharmaceutical services. They impact the government’s ability to serve as stewards of the health system and ensure equitable and easy acces...

Dear TechNet Community, sharing below a link to the new “The Delivery” website. https://the-delivery.org/ “Ambitious, imperfect and resilient. These are the remarkable stories and findings from the COVID-19 vaccine delivery, preserved for future generations in a digital replica of the very device ...

  These advancements in technology in vaccine and cold chain have caught the attention of various stakeholders in the private and public sector, including the Ministry of Health in different countries and both local and global partners involved in immunization. As a result, they have invested ...

Hi all,  I'm putting together a case for our organization to prioritze support for the immunisation supply chain vertical as I feel it's an area that we could make a significant contribution towards in terms of saving costs and reducing wastage.  I'm planning to break the case into 2 par...

Dear Colleagues, We wish to bring the following survey to your attention, aiming to collect insights on country preferences for improved heat stable vaccines. Anyone with experience working in vaccine cold-chains, who can speak to the challenges related to low heat-stability of vaccines and what i...

Register today for an interactive webinar, presented by the Gavi Zero-Dose Learning Hub (ZDLH), to hear real-world stories from frontline health workers working to identify and reach zero-dose children in Bangladesh, Mali, Nigeria, and Uganda. Attendees will learn how practitioners are overcoming ba...

The HISP Centre at the University of Oslo invites you to join us for the next edition of our Gavi-sponsored DHIS2 for Immunization webinar series, which will be on the topic of Data Quality principles and functionalities.   We will explore how DHIS2 can be used to analyse and streng...

Dear colleagues and friends, Happy to share the EVM Assessment Report and Comprehensive Improvement Plans (cIP) from Lao PDR. Laos conducted its 3rd National EVM assessment in October 2022 using the revised and more comprehensive EVM 2.0 tool for the first time. The questionnaires were even transla...

Dear all, The WHO Prequalified team has published the priority list for 2024-2026: https://extranet.who.int/prequal/vaccines/vaccines-eligible-who-prequalification The priority categorization of vaccines is established by the WHO in consultation with UNICEF and the Revolving Fund of the Pan Americ...

Check out this thought piece continuing the conversation started during the TechNet-21 conference in Panama at a side event: https://www.jsi.com/cold-chain-maintenance-done-differently/ How can we best translate this temperature data and insights into actions for different immunization supply chain...

Technical Series: Achieving Sustainable Health Care Waste ManagementThis three-part webinar series, hosted by UNICEF and GAVI in association with TechNet-21, will orient participants on the key actions to needed to address health care waste, including national strategies, facility-level improvements...

Abstract submission for the PtD Global Indaba closes this Friday 1 December. Don't miss the oppportunity to present the work of your organisation!   Early-bird registration also ends this Friday, after which the registration price will rise.   Submit an abstract here: https://ptde...

Dear colleagues I´d like to share the experience about to maximize the shelf life of this vaccine. Based on the manufacturer, the vaccine has a extended period of useful life if the range of temperate is between -50°C and -15°C, we have this vaccine in these range of temperature inside of a WIFR, t...

The new feature of warnings to help safeguarding vaccines is now incorporated into the latest SmartView version. How it works: While temperature alarms are standard and widely utilized, Berlinger’s SmartView introduces an additional layer of defense through automated warnings. Warnings serve as a...

In October 2023, Bangladesh launched the human papillomavirus vaccine after waiting for a long time. The country has adopted a multi-phasic campaign modality targeting the 10-14 years old school and out of school girls. The campaign will be conducted both in the ducational institutions and existing ...

Chères et chers tous, Vous pouvez accéder d'ores-et-déjà aux enregistrements et aux présentations (dipositives) de toutes les sessions plénières et des sessions en plus petits groupes qui ont eu lieu dans l'auditorium principal. Le matériel est organisé sur la page de la conférence en français : h...

WHO published, on 07 November 2023, a Request for Proposals for the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of previously developed action plans to improve the health of students in four selected cities, as part of the study “Empowering adolescents to lead change using health data”. The Request f...

On November 6, 2023, HLN released a new version (v1.41.1) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) to several vaccine groups. ICE is a state-of-the-art open source software system that provides clinical decision support for immunizations for use in Immunization Information Systems (IIS), Electro...

Hi colleagues, Wanted to know if same MR vaccine can be used both for children and adults. Thank you all in advance for your kind advice. ...