Dear TechNet community, Poor power conditions are a major challenge to maintaining the vaccine cold chain in many LMICs, necessitating the development of specialized CCE such as ILRs and SDD refrigerators to help keep vaccines at safe temperatures in areas with limited or no mains power.  Even...

Dear Colleagues,    Digital Square is pleased to invite you to a webinar on Thursday, February 27 at 9AM Eastern U.S. time (see your timezone here: https://tinyurl.com/DSSWebinar ) to discuss the potential role of Decision Support Systems (DSS) in public health supply chains. Please regi...

Dear friends, Greetings from National Cold Chain Resource Centre,India!!!!!!! Would like to introduce NCCRC in brief. It is joint initiative of GoMH, MoHFW - GoI & UNICEF and with its technical mandate in support of immunization programme,largely instrumental in developing skills of Cold ...

National Cold Chain Resource Centre (NCCRC) India,a Joint Initiative of Goverment of India,UNICEF-India Country Office & Goverment of Maharashtra. The primary mandate for the centre is.. Capacity building activities of Cold Chain EquipmentRepair, Maintenance and Management, Formulating tech...

By: Modibo Dicko, Souleymane Koné, Ousmane Dia, Boubacar Dieng, Kuburua Iyabo Daradara, Onome Dibosa Osadolor, Ahmad Muhammad, Abdulrahman Kelani, Daniel Ali, Michelle Arnaud-Seidel From 20 – 24 January 2020, a National Training of Trainers on Vaccine Management was organized in Lagos, Nigeria...

Dear measles and rubella vaccine delivery and implementation experts, WHO is soliciting your expertise on the potential need and use for microarray patches (MAPs) (otherwise known as microneedles or microneedle patches) to deliver measles and rubella vaccines (MR), particularly in the context of ex...

On February 12, 2020, HLN released a new version (v1.22.1) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE). 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), Electronic Health Record (E...

Dear Colleagues, The bus is ready to hit the road again! I am happy to announce the fothcoming award winning renown bus course "Pharmaceutical Secure Supply Chain Management on Wheels" is now acepting applications. For full details please refer to the attached Introduction document which has...

Hi all, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliancce has updated the Cold Chain Equipment ‘Technology Guide’, to support the appropriate selection of modern, efficient and reliable technologies. We wanted to let you know the updated CCEOP Technology Guide is available here (and attached) and will permanently b...

Dear all,   Please, find attached a short report on the above-mentioned training for 250 central and state level supply chain management officers in Nigeria (20 - 24 January 2020). Best, Modibo ---------------------------- Modibo Dicko, Consultant Supply & Solar System...

As most of you know, healthcare waste (HCW) is a growing problem and will likely continue until we have developed materials that can fully breakdown into the environment without harm. Until this point, the dialogue on HCWM will remain of vital importance! This page provides a list of resources rela...

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Dear Community, The video and presentation of the great webinar on Vaccine Vial Monitor (VVM) that took place on Tuesday 21 are now available! Link to the presentation: https://www.technet-21.org/en/library/main/6160-vvm-based-vacine-management-technet-21-webinar Link to the video: https://www.yo...

The story of a time and temperature indicator (vaccine vial monitor) that has dramatically changed the course of vaccine management practices as well as shaped the future of cold chain, THE BOOK OF VVM: YESTERDAY-TODAY-and-TOMORROW is now available for free download in ePUB3 and PDF formats. http:/...

Vaccine Purchase Data Note for Countries (2019): provides an overview of 2018 vaccine purchase data (including vaccine products and vaccine prices) as reported by countries in the WHO/UNICEF Joint Reporting Form (JRF). The complete database is also available on the WHO Website. This dataset pr...

Please join us for a webinar on vaccine vial monitor (VVM)-based vaccine management, on the occasion of publishing of “The Book of VVM: Yesterday-today-and-tomorrow” by Umit Kartoglu. The webinar will take place on Tuesday, January 21st at 4pm CET. During the webinar, the presenters will discuss the...

The BID Initiative is excited to announce a new topics page that compiles the resources, tools, publications, and webinars we've developed or contributed to over the years! BID is led by PATH and grounded in the belief that better data, plus better decisions, will lead to better health outcomes...

Dear TechNet colleagues i'm looking for the updated version of the Effective Vaccine Management assessment “EVM” tools, if anyone has it; appreciate if shared it with me   Advanced Thanks ...

Empower's 22nd Batch of the Online Post Graduate Diploma Course in Global Health Procurement and Supply Chain Management, in collaboration with Kent State University, USA, is scheduled to launch in MARCH 2020 . This is an 11-month online program which includes 9 extensive modules structured to addre...

Dear all, I am a researcher at the University of Oxford working on a project to compare country vaccination policies worldwide and was wondering if you could help me with finding some information. Could you please tell me whether any of the vaccines recommended in the national immunisation schedule ...