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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.
At the end of 2024, 83 countries had eliminated measles a...
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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You can already register to the next session of the Webinar series for Health Workers on COVID-19 Vaccination
Topic: Supply and logistics
When: Tuesday 13 April (12-1PM CET)
Registration: https://echo.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_81Wgk82kRcmmMVJ43SNOuA
You can find all th...
Did you miss the 2021 GVIRF? Do you want to review the materials presented, relive the conversation, or share the information with a colleague?
Video recordings and presentations from GVIRF 2021 are now being posted to the GVIRF Topic Page.
If you do not find what you are looking for, please...
You can already register to the next session of the Webinar series for National/subnational Focal Points on COVID-19 Vaccination: Planning and Implementation
Topic: Vaccination strategies for COVID-19 vaccination
When: 6 April (12-1PM CET)
Registration: https://echo.zoom.us/we...
Dear colleagues,
WHO’s interim guidance “Evaluation of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness” is now available at https://www.who.int/tools/covid-19-vaccine-introduction-toolkit#Evaluation%20of%20COVID-19%20vaccine%20introduction. From the site you’ll find links to the COVID-19 VE guidance, a sample ...
Dear Technet community,
I wanted to provide everyone with an update regarding available information resources on the Varo Android app as well as a separate software tool called Pogo LT that works with Varo to provide aggregated performance summaries.
The Varo Android application is a free tool tha...
You can already register to the next session of the Webinar series for Health Workers on COVID-19 Vaccination
Topic: Reporting on COVID-19 vaccines (monitoring and AEFI)
When: 30 March (12-1PM CET)
Registration: https://echo.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_81Wgk82kRcmmMVJ43SNOuA
You can fi...
The Single-dose HPV Vaccine Evaluation Consortium collates and synthesizes existing evidence and evaluates new data on the potential for single-dose HPV vaccination. Their goal is to inform global policy discussions and program guidance, as well as to raise awareness and understanding of its implica...
UPDATE (5 MAY)
This working copy of the document Considerations for optimizing deployment of ChAdOx1-S [recombinant] vaccines in a time-limited constrained supply situation (AstraZeneca/AZD1222-Vaxzevria, AstraZeneca/SK Bioscience and SII/Covishield vaccines) provides an overview of the scientific ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) invites applications for the first cohort of the WHO Scholar Level 1 certification course on Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA 2030). We request your help to share the following course announcement with your trusted colleagues and partners and to recommend the best can...
Deadline extended
Do you work on health or immunization? Are you passionate about new and innovative approaches to improving vaccination coverage?
If ‘yes’, then we’d like to hear from YOU!
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has developed a set of tools to support immunization programmes ...
The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator’s Country Readiness and Delivery (CRD) workstream, Project ECHO, Boost, TechNet-21, and the COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Project invite you to join a series of video-conference-based capacity building webinars.
Topic: Generating acceptance and demand for CO...
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Dear colleagues,
As you may be aware, the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator’s Country Readiness and Delivery (CRD) workstream, Project ECHO, Boost, TechNet-21, and the COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Project have been organizing a series of video-con...
What is the best and recommended temperature range for storing Rotavac brand vaccine?...
The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator’s Country Readiness and Delivery (CRD) workstream, Project ECHO, Boost, TechNet-21, and the COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Project invite you to join a series of video-conference-based capacity building webinars.
Topic: Understanding COVID-19 vaccines - safet...
As the world starts the largest vaccine roll-out against COVID-19, WHO and partners are helping countries to develop and implement Covid-19 vaccine Simulation Exercises (SimEx) to prepare for vaccine arrival and deployment. A recent commentary published in the Lancet Global Health, urges countr...
The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator’s Country Readiness and Delivery (CRD) workstream, Project ECHO, Boost, TechNet-21, and the COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Project invite you to join a series of video-conference-based capacity building webinars.
Topic: Regulatory and Procurement Aspects for ...
Empower, in collaboration with WHO SEARO, is pleased to announce the launch of its PSM Course on Pandemic Response and Preparedness. The course is designed to capacitate PSM personnel in 11 South and Southeast Asian countries to fight the current and future pandemics by building awareness, knowledge...
Interested in knowing more on Vaccine Vial Monitors (VVM)?
TechNet just released a new dedicated page for you to find all important resources and information on VVM in one place: https://www.technet-21.org/en/topics/vvm
The page is mainly designed for vaccinators and supply chain manage...
The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator’s Country Readiness and Delivery (CRD) workstream, Project ECHO, Boost, TechNet-21, and the COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Project invite you to join a series of video-conference-based capacity building webinars.
COVID-19 Vaccination: Building Global Capacity...
How far is stacking in vaccine refrigerators recommended and are there specific SOPs to guide in the event where we have to stack vaccines, because of high volumes?
Has stacking a significant implication on the potency of the vaccine with respect to the temperature distribution in the refrigerator?...
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