WHO, UNICEF and JICA are collaborating to develop practical guidance to strengthen implementation of home-based records.  As part of this effort, we are collecting existing tools that support home-based records implementation.  We are looking for the most recent version of formal documents...

WHO, UNICEF and JICA are collaborating to develop practical guidance to strengthen implementation of home-based records.  As part of this effort, we are collecting existing tools that support home-based records implementation.  We are looking for the most recent version of formal documents...

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...

Webinar: New guidance for managing health care waste produced by your immunisation program August 20, 2020, 9:00 a.m. EST / 3:00 p.m. CEST (Geneva) REGISTER HERE:  https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_os4B34RiR0mgeELADv7yTQ  Join Gavi and UNICEF for a webinar on health care waste ma...

Greetings, everyone. I hope that you are healthy and keeping your spirits up amidst these trying times. In March this year, just before COVID-19 shutdowns, I visited health facilities in Kinshasa - where mothers were being asked to wait (one for over 2 hours) and turned away for measles vaccination...

Join us for a free, non-commercial presentation on the past, present and possible future(s) for solar vaccine refrigeration.  Led by Steve McCarney, Director of Sunny Day LLC, this interactive webinar will takplace once on August 5, 2020.  More details are found at the non profit Solar Ene...

You are invited! Online Workshop: Building Sustainable and Resilient National Immunization Supply Chains during COVID-19 and BeyondDate: August 13th, 2020 (English session) Time: 14:00 CET (13:00 GMT, 8:00 ET)Duration: 1 hr. 30 mins Register here:https://forms.gle/svLcx55DAb7tHXKv9 We will sh...

EPIEPI Atelier en ligne: Vers une chaine nationale d’approvisionnement des vaccins résiliente et pérenne durant la pandémie du COVID-19 et au-delà Date : 06 aout 2020 (version française) Heure 15:00 CET (14:00 WAT, 9:00 ET)Durée: 1 heure et 30 minutesEnregistrez-vous: https://forms.gle/svLcx55...

JSI, with Gavi support, is hosting a second webinar series to build the supply chain capacity of EPI program and supply chain managers, this time focusing on building responsive immunization supply chains. To be responsive, supply chains need to evolve and adapt to change, whether for a new vaccine ...

I wanted to share with you a new resource that VillageReach has created describing our first-hand experience with selecting a drone company to operate flights in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mozambique. In 2019, VillageReach issued two independent global requests for proposals (RFPs) to sel...

Vx Data Insights Webinar #4: How WhatsApp is transforming communications within the Kenyan healthcare system July 30, 2020, 9:30 a.m. EST / 3:30 p.m. CEST (Geneva) REGISTER HERE: https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TTWQpFXcSUeydXV87Oojog  Join JSI and Sonder Design Collective for a ...

Value-based procurement (VBP) evaluates potential new products, services and solutions based on value for money rather than the lowest purchase price. VBP evaluation criteria include benefits to patients, service providers, national health systems and health technology management teams. VBP also con...

Dear all  Greetings from KVG team and wish to share the following with the viewers for needful. Write-up As per World Health Organization (WHO) there is "no evidence" that the BCG vaccine protects against COVID-19. Initially, WHO also stated that there were no enough evidences of airborne tr...

The Sabin Vaccine Institute is proud to announce its second iteration of the Social and Behavioral Interventions for Vaccination Acceptance Small Grants Program. Under this program, grants of $25,000 each will be awarded for intervention research projects, which can be conducted over a period of 10 ...

Policy vs Practice: Two modes that reflect decision-making in the Kenyan health system July 16, 2020, 9:30 a.m. EST / 3:30 p.m. CEST (Geneva) REGISTER HERE:  https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9e9WYt-5T8Sf_mWr_eSYcg Join JSI and Sonder Design Collective for a third in a series of mini ...

Jeudi 16 juillet 2020 14h00 SAST (08h00 EDT) INSCRIVEZ-VOUS La pandémie actuelle du Covid-19 ébranle les systèmes de santé des pays à revenu faible et moyen (PRFM) et met leur personnel à risque. Le travail des personnels de santé clinique, qui traitent quotidiennement les patients dans les hôpit...

In collaboration with the WHO, Immunization Academy's IA Watch has created new training videos on how to safely deliver immunizations during the COVID-19 outbreak. The first new video in the series is "IPC Standard Precautions During the COVID-19 Outbreak." French and Spanish versions are coming soo...

Dear all, we hope you are in good health and staying safe. We have just released version 1.9 of the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) tool for cold chain equipment. Also update is the online tool www.coldchainTCO.org  Version 1.9 includes price updates from the latest UNICEF SD LTA as well as four...

A business continuity plan (BCP) outlines how a programme or project will continue operating during an unplanned disruption in service. It contains contingencies for processes, assets, human resources and partners – every aspect of the programme that might be affected. The BCP for immunization suppl...

Commentary paper authored by me, Kelly Lynn Moore and John Lloyd "Logistical challenges for potential SARS-CoV-2 vaccine and a call to research institutions, developers and manufacturers" is now available online in VACCINE journal. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/p...