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POST 01408E: NEW PACK-ANIMAL TRANSPORTABLE SOLAR-POWERED REFRIGERATOR 28 MARCH 2009 ****************************************** Many thanks to Joanie Robertson ([[email protected]][email protected][/email]) from PATH for sharing this report with us. She writes: PATH has been aw...

POST 01407E: EPI IN LEBANON 26 March 2009 ****************************************** Dear all, Greetings from Lebanon... This is to kindly share with you, as I promised, (the) EPI documentary and a TV spot that Ministry of Public Health has produced, knowing that they are both ...

POST 01406E: EVALUATION OF SYRINGE MELTER 22 MARCH 2009 ****************************************** Dear TechNet moderator, I am forwarding a report of an evaluation of a syringe melter conducted in Andhra Pradesh in 2008. The melter was developed by Mike Werner, then of New Paradigm A...

POST 01405E: OPTIMUM AGE FOR MEASLES VACCINATION FOLLOW-UP ON POST 01403E 21 MARCH 2009 ****************************************** The WHO position paper on measles vaccine says that, "The optimum age for measles vaccination depends on the local epidemiological situation and on p...

POST 01403E: MEASLES VACCINATION SCHEDULE 17 MARCH 2009 ****************************************** Riadh Karem ([[email protected]][email protected][/email]), a public health doctor from Iraq, has a question regarding the measles vaccination schedule: He says that at present there ...

POST 01401E: RESURGENCE OF MEASLES 11 MARCH 2009 ****************************************** In some countries where measles was near elimination there has been a sudden resurgence of the disease. Low vaccine coverage could have many reasons, including financial impediments, and geographica...

POST 01395E: SEARCH ENGINES FOR SURVEILLANCE/SMS FOR DOTS MONITORING 26 FEBRUARY 2009 ****************************************** USING SEARCH ENGINE DATA FOR SURVEILLANCE The two articles talk about how Google can be used to predict flu epidemics by analyzing search statistics in ...

POST 01392E: MORE ON SUPPORTIVE SUPERVISION FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01386E AND 01388E 21 FEBRUARY 2009 ****************************************** Dear Technet moderator, Your constituency may be interested in a new approach to supportive supervision we are introducing in Mali. In past ye...

POST 01391E: VACCINE-DERIVED POLIO VIRUS 18 FEBRUARY 2009 ****************************************** In the context of the discussions on polio eradication on our forum (see POSTS: 01354E), these reports hold great interest. Cross-posting yet again from CSU, with a big thank you to Bob D...

POST 01388E: SUPPORTIVE SUPERVISION IN INDIA FOLLOW-UP ON POST 01386E 11 FEBRUARY 2009 ****************************************** Though the article referred to by James Cheyne has already been posted on the forum (see POST 01252E) I am reposting it since it has relevance in the context of ...

POST 01386E: TRAINING IN SUPPORTIVE SUPERVISION 8 FEBRUARY 2009 ****************************************** Tasnim Partapuri ([email=%[email protected]%3E]%[email protected]%3E[/email]) of ImmunizationBasics shares tools for supportive supervision training with TechNet21 readers. ...

POST 01384E: EXPERIENCES OF INTRODUCING HPV 5 FEBRUARY 2009 ****************************************** Can anyone share their experience of introducing HPV in their countries? Especially those in the SEARO Region. Thanks Karma Tshering ([[email protected]][email protected][...

POST 01384E: EXPERIENCES OF INTRODUCING HPV 5 FEBRUARY 2009 ****************************************** Can anyone share their experience of introducing HPV in their countries? Especially those in the SEARO Region. Thanks Karma Tshering ([[email protected]][email protected][...

POST 01385E: EXPERIENCES OF INTRODUCING HPV VACCINE 5 FEBRUARY 2009 ****************************************** Inadvertently omitted 'vaccine' from the post title, therefore reposting the contribution. No intention of encouraging bio-terrorism. Entirely an error of omission. Many apologies. ...

POST 01385E: EXPERIENCES OF INTRODUCING HPV VACCINE 5 FEBRUARY 2009 ****************************************** Inadvertently omitted 'vaccine' from the post title, therefore reposting the contribution. No intention of encouraging bio-terrorism. Entirely an error of omission. Many apologies. ...

POST 01383E: HepB VACCINATION SCHEDULE 4 FEBRUARY 2009 ****************************************** We have a question from Dr Sajad ([[email protected]][email protected][/email]), the National EPI Training officer in the Ministry of Public Health Afghanistan. He asks: If...

POST 01379E: POLIO—THE FINAL INCH 26 JANUARY 2009 ****************************************** This posting has two interesting links to the polio eradication vs. control debate. The first one, to an article that very efficiently sums up the primary factors in the debate: Polio’s Last Stand...

POST 01376E: HEALTH METRICS NETWORK 20 JANUARY 2009 ****************************************** In the context of our earlier post on data accuracy (POST 01375E), it is also important to have efficient and reliable information systems. Health Metrics Network (HMN) is a global partnership among de...

POST 01375E: ACCURACY OF IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE DATA 18 JANUARY 2009 ****************************************** Stephen Lim et al in a study published in The Lancet (volume 372, issue 9655, pages 2031–2046, 13 December 2008) raise concerns about the tendency to over report when it comes to ...

POST 01374E: IMMUNIZATION FINANCING WEBSITE UPDATE 16 JANUARY 2009 ****************************************** Dear All, Every year, on the occasion of the Global Immunization Meeting (GIM), we take the opportunity to inform the immunization community about the latest updates and develo...