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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.
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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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Post00266 * URGENT * FAULTY VVMS * URGENT * 13 July 2000
CONTENTS
1. SOLUTION NEEDED: FAULTY VVMS
Dianne Philips, DOH/SA, kindly shares a problem with the TECHNET which
requires urgent solutions!
Some, but not all, Vaccine Vial Monitor labels on oral polio vaccine now
being suppli...
Post00264 HEALTHCARE WASTE MANAGEMENT 4 July 2000
CONTENTS
1. NEW: WORLD BANK HEALTHCARE WASTE MANAGEMENT GUIDANCE NOTE
Marcia Rock, WB/PHTG/HDN/HNP, has kindly posted the Banks' recent health
care waste management guidelines. The text of the executive summary follows
Marcia's introduction...
Post00261 MDVP 27 June 2000
CONTENTS
1. IS MDVP BEING WIDELY IMPLEMENTED? RESPONSE!
The Multi-Dose Vial Policy (previously the Open Vial Policy) recommends the
continued use of multi-dose vials of DTP/TT/DT/Hb/OPV beyond one
immunization session provided conditions of safe storage and us...
Post00261 MDVP 27 June 2000
CONTENTS
1. IS MDVP BEING WIDELY IMPLEMENTED? RESPONSE!
The Multi-Dose Vial Policy (previously the Open Vial Policy) recommends the
continued use of multi-dose vials of DTP/TT/DT/Hb/OPV beyond one
immunization session provided conditions of safe storage and us...
Post00262 VACCINES + IMMUNIZATION 27 June 2000
CONTENT
1. REPORT URGES IMPROVED VACCINATIONS
By LAURAN NEERGAARD,
AP Medical Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) 17 June 2000 via NewsEdge Corporation -
Vaccinations of America's toddlers may be at a record high, but the
immunization system is und...
Post00262 VACCINES + IMMUNIZATION 27 June 2000
CONTENT
1. REPORT URGES IMPROVED VACCINATIONS
By LAURAN NEERGAARD,
AP Medical Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) 17 June 2000 via NewsEdge Corporation -
Vaccinations of America's toddlers may be at a record high, but the
immunization system is und...
Post00268 FAULTY VVMs PROBLEM: EXTENT & SOLUTIONS 26 July 2000
CONTENTS
1. FAULTY VVMs: THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM
2. FAULTY VVMs: SUGGESTIONS AND PROPOSED SOLUTIONS
Moderators Note:
In Post00266, Dianne Phillips. DOH/SA, asked for help with solutions to the
managerial, ...
Post00259 WASTE MANAGEMENT 20 June 2000
CONTENTS
1. HEALTH CARE WASTE MANAGEMENT: WHO STRATEGY, REPORT, AIDE MEMOIRE
2. ENVIRON.COM:Free Waste Management Software
3. KIDS ILL AFTER SMALLPOX VACCINE EXPOSURE AFTER FINDING IN WASTE - RUSSIA
1. HEALTH CARE WASTE MANAGEMENT: WHO STRATEGY, REP...
Post00258 POLIO ERADICATION TARGET 19 June 2000
CONTENTS
1. CORRECTION: POLIO ERADICATION TARGET NOW 2005
2. POLIO NEWS
1. CORRECTION: POLIO ERADICATION TARGET NOW 2005
In Post00252, Polio Eradication Target Now 2005, 18 May 2000, TECHNET Forum
posted an article from the associated P...
Post00256 WASTE MANAGEMENT 6 June 2000
CONTENTS
1. MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT RESOURCES
2. UWEP E-MAIL BULLETIN 22
3. THE MEDCIN 400 - A LOW COST RURAL MED WASTE INCINERATOR NOW AVAILABLE
Greetings from Rome!
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1. ...
Post00255 MDVP 2 June 2000
CONTENTS
1. IS MDVP BEING WIDELY IMPLEMENTED?
2. INTERESTING VARIATION ON THE MULTI-DOSE VIAL POLICY
1. IS MDVP BEING WIDELY IMPLEMENTED?
The Multi-Dose Vial Policy and before it the Open Vial Policy recommends
the continued use of multi-dose vials of DTP/TT/DT...
Post00254 LOOSE ENDS : MISCELLANEOUS 30 May 2000
CONTENTS
1. CONSULTANCY OPPORTUNITY
2. ADDITIONS TO DRAFT GUIDELINES: NID QUALITY
3. RE: POLIO + NIDS TIP SHEET
4. POST00243 VACCINE FREEZING - AND CHANGING THE LOWER TEMPERATURE LIMIT
5. PROPOSED CHANGES TO PIS E3 FAMILY
6. POLIO CAMPAIGNS...
Post00253 UNIJECT UPDATE 23 May 2000
CONTENTS 1. UNIJECT UPDATE
1. UNIJECT UPDATE
Debbie Kristensen, PATH, has kindly posted an update on the UNIJECT a proprietary, auto-disable, prefilled device. It combines drug or biological, syringe, and needle packaged in a sealed foil pouch. UNIJECT tech...
Post00252 POLIO ERADICATION TARGET NOW 2005 18 May 2000
CONTENTS
1. UN POLIO CAMPAIGN SUFFERS SETBACKS
2. ON TRACK FOR A WORLD CERTIFIED POLIO-FREE IN 2005
1. UN POLIO CAMPAIGN SUFFERS SETBACKS
From the Associated Press: "The global campaign to eradicate polio has been
hindered by...
Post00250 Product Info Sheets - 2000 8May 2000
CONTENTS
1. COMMENT RE: Post00242 PIS 2000
2. PROPOSED CHANGES TO PIS E3 FAMILY
1. COMMENT RE: Post00242 PIS 20001
In TECHNET Forum Post00224, Anthony Battersby, FBA, raised a number of
issues relating to the ongoing revision of the Cold Ch...
Post00250 Product Info Sheets - 2000 8May 2000
CONTENTS
1. COMMENT RE: Post00242 PIS 2000
2. PROPOSED CHANGES TO PIS E3 FAMILY
1. COMMENT RE: Post00242 PIS 20001
In TECHNET Forum Post00224, Anthony Battersby, FBA, raised a number of
issues relating to the ongoing revision of the Cold Ch...
Post00248 DRAFT GUIDELINES: NID QUALITY 5 May 2000
CONTENTS
1. RE: DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT
2. THE USE OF "ZERO-DOSE"
1. RE: DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT
In Post00245, POLIO NID QUALITY ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES, on 28 April 2000,
Bob Davis, UNICEF//ESAR...
Post00245 POLIO NID QUALITY ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES 28 April 2000
CONTENTS
1. DRAFT POLIO NID QUALITY ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT
1. DRAFT POLIO NID QUALITY ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT
Bob Davis, UNICEF/ESARO, introduces a draft global guidelines for
evalua...
Post00244 STOCK MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE 20 April 2000 CONTENTS 1. STOCK MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE 1. STOCK MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE As product of the Technet'90 meeting in Nicosia, a stock management software program for vaccines and other PHC commodities, equipment, and supplies was developed and tested in the...
Post00243 VACCINE FREEZING 18 April 2000
CONTENTS
1. CHANGING VACCINE STORAGE LOWER TEMPERATURE LIMIT FROM 0 TO 2 DEGREES?
2. MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES & VACCINE STORAGE TEMPERATURES
3. COOL FACTS: FREEZING IN ICE LINED REFRIGERATORS
1. CHANGING VACCINE STORAGE LOWER TEMPERATURE LIMIT FR...
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