The emerging and ongoing challenges of COVID-19 require innovative and agile approaches to program delivery, particularly when addressing vaccine hesitancy across the globe. Responsive Feedback (RF) is a philosophy that operates on observation, experimentation, testing, and improvement to ide...

To improve access to quality COVID-19 vaccines, a resource outlining strategies and tools to address substandard and falsified vaccines is available from US Pharmacopeia: Confronting Substandard and Falsified Covid-19 Vaccines: Strategies and tools for use in global settings ...

Dear viewers We really do not know as to we are right or wrong in asking the following queries as we are facing this situation for the first time in the last 40 years as we never used vaccine which requires minus temperature for storing and shifting before administering at the planning unit level. ...

Upcoming Webinar: The March Towards Resilience and Readiness Our upcoming Bright Spots live engagement will take place on August 24 at 1:00 PM GMT (find local time), underscoring the importance of a strong vaccine supply chain system, which is the backbone of sustained routine immunization. Wi...

Dear Viewers From our current field experinces since May 2021, we could share Operational Researches through previous posts: 1. Reverse SOP and 2. All India Solution for an All India Problem. This we shared through mail with programme implementers in the public sector from local level to National l...

Greetings from the International Vaccine Access Center. Our center at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health aims to accelerate equitable access to vaccines through the generation, synthesis, and use of evidence to inform decision-making and action. IVAC supports numerous immunization ...

The attached document summarises progress and challenges with achieving universal immunisation coverage in 2020. Estimates are as of July 15, 2021 and includes data reported as of July 6, 2021. ...

The makers of the Varo app and the makers of the Fridge-tag include free connector cables with every Fridge-tag order. By connecting the cable between your Android phone and a Fridge-tag, the temperature data can be easily read-out with the Varo app. A standard bag with connector cables will be pr...

Dear viewers / stakeholders / programme managers We proudly wish to share the attached narrating true practical experiences in the field which helped us to develop the Standard Operating Procedure for administering newer vaccine requiring minus temperature for storing and transporting for the first...

Dear Viewers We wish to share the following for additional contributions. Proem: In public health, timely identifying the right problem is doing half the job and giving solution is finishing complete job – as stated by Chicago University who felicitated with best podium presentation award for iden...

The WHO’s Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals (IVB) and WHO Health Emergency programme (WHE) are partnering with Project ECHO of the University of New Mexico (UNM), UNICEF, and TechNet-21 to host a series of 15 sessions that align with countries’ immediate and medium-...

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 2021 Save your seat! The Boost Community and John Snow, Inc. are excited to present a 4-part training course focused on enhancing skills in immunization planning, implementation and monitoring. This course will introduce tools and processes to improv...

The World Health Organization has commissioned a scoping review in order to better understand efforts that have been undertaken for the digitalization of home-based records for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) and what lessons can be learned moving forward. A background paper will be develo...

The WHO’s Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals (IVB) and WHO Health Emergency programme (WHE) are partnering with Project ECHO of the University of New Mexico (UNM), UNICEF, TechNet-21 to host a series of 15 sessions that align with countries’ immediate and medium-term...

With the recent WHO/UNICEF Joint Statement on encouraging greater health commodity supply chain integration for temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals where appropriate, it is now more important than ever to reinforce best storage and handling practices of integrated products. Particularly in the con...

Vx Data Insights Webinar #5: Ad-hoc health facility tools & workarounds: How Kenyan healthcare workers create their own solutions to immunization data challenges August 13, 2020, 9:30 a.m. EST / 3:30 p.m. CEST (Geneva) REGISTER HERE: https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_i69k0f-tQJeiQUh...

As countries conduct mini COVID-19 vaccine Post-Introduction Evaluation (mini-cPIE), also called the COVID-19 Vaccination Intra-Action Review (IAR), to review and adjust their COVID-19 vaccine roll-out, WHO will be hosting regular clinics for countries to share learnings with peer countries. Countr...

UNDP is seeking experts and senior experts with experience is vaccine supply chains and immunization programs for their roster of procurement and supply chain (PSM) consultants. Based on country demand, the selected consultants are expected to provide consultancy services to support national stakeho...

PATH, in collaboration with Technet-21, are excited to announce our webinar: “Electronic Immunization Registry implementation in the view of its end-users”. Thursday, July 8, 2021 - 8pm ICT This is a session among our series to share experiences and lessons learned from A to Z of the EIR implem...

Dear Colleagues, Please find attached a call for experts inviting anyone interested in serving on the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunizationto consider applying for inclusion on the newly established SAGE Roster.  We’d be grateful if you would kindl...