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Post 01219: School-based Tt Vaccination
POST 01219: SCHOOL-BASED TT VACCINATION
25 JANUARY 2008
Follow-up on posts: 01217E , 01214E , 01212E
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Imp: Please do not send your contributions to [[email protected]][email protected][/email], f...
POST 01218: COLD CHAIN EQUIPMENT: A BUDGET FOR SCRAPPING
POST 01218: COLD CHAIN EQUIPMENT: A BUDGET FOR SCRAPPING
FOLLOW UP ON POSTS 01216E, 01214E
22 January 2008
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Thank you to John Llyod for outlining a simple and efficient classification system of exis...
POST 01217E: SCHOOL-BASED TT VACCINATION
POST 01217E: SCHOOL-BASED TT VACCINATION
FOLLOW UP ON POSTS POST 01212E AND POST 01214E
20 JANUARY 2008
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Robert Steinglass, who has comprehensively documented Indonesia’s experience with school-based T...
POST 01216E: COLD CHAIN MAINTENANCE
POST 01216E: COLD CHAIN MAINTENANCE
Follow-up on POST 01214E
17 January 2008
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Lora Shimp adds to the cold chain maintenance discussion based on her experience in various countries. The need for access...
POST 01214E COLD CHAIN MAINTENANCE
POST 01214E COLD CHAIN MAINTENANCE 8 JANUARY 2008
My apologies for the break in communications; and thank you for putting
up with the delay. We are finally up and running! Cheers.
I have quite a few contributions queued up for this post. But first,
please note the change of address for all...
POST 01212E : TT SCHOOL VACCINATION
POST 01212E : TT SCHOOL VACCINATION
3 January 2008
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It is with some trepidation and considerable eagerness that one takes over the reins from Claude Letarte, who has brought to his moderation a great degree of balance, dynamism and domain expertise. We take the ba...
POST 01210E : ROTAVIRUS VACCINE EFFICACY
POST 01210E : ROTAVIRUS VACCINE EFFICACY 29 December 2007
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Here is an article published in the Lancet late November. It assesses the efficacy of the oral live attenuated human rotavirus vaccine Rotarix (RIX4414) for prevention of rotavirus gastroenteritis. Y...
POST 01207E : MEASLES
POST 01207E : MEASLES 23 December 2007
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As of this month, 4 of WHO's 6 regions had committed themselves to regional measles elimination. This month, the AFRO Task Force on Immunization, covering the 46 WHO member states of subsaharan Africa, passed the followi...
POST 01206E : VACCINE STOCK MANAGEMENT
POST 01206E : VACCINE STOCK MANAGEMENT
Follow-up on Posts 01114E, 01127E, 01138E, 01164E, 01178E, 01186E, 01191E, and 01195E
22 December 2007
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[log in to unmask]">Ranjit Dhiman from WHO/WPRO replies to James Cheyne on vaccine needs calculation...
POST 01204E : WHO POSITION PAPER / RABIES
POST 01204E : WHO POSITION PAPER / RABIES 19 December 2007
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Please note that a revised WHO position paper on rabies vaccines was published in the WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record of 7 December.
The paper is available in English and French. It will shortly...
POST 01203E : VACCINE FREEZING
POST 01203E : VACCINE FREEZING
Follow-up on Post 01197E
18 December 2007
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This posting contains two contributions. The first is from [log in to unmask]">Alejo Bejemino, followed by a very short comment by [log in to unmask]">Rosamund Le...
POST 01201E : ERADICATION EFFORTS
POST 01201E : ERADICATION EFFORTS
Follow-up on Posts 01174E and 01179E
14 December 2007
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POST 01198E : MNT ELIMINATION
POST 01198E : MNT ELIMINATION 9 December 2007
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The following 13-page article is an interesting and comprehensive review of the issue posted online by the Lancet in September.
"Maternal and neonatal tetanus" by Martha H Roper, Jos H Vandelaer and Franç...
POST 01197E : VACCINE FREEZING
POST 01197E : VACCINE FREEZING 7 December 2007
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If one single topic has often been discussed on the forum, it is vaccine freezing. Many people may still think that this is a problem restricted to developing countries. Not at all! Read the following article f...
POST 01195E : VACCINE STOCK MANAGEMENT
POST 01195E : VACCINE STOCK MANAGEMENT
Follow-up on Posts 01114E, 01127E, 01138E, 01164E, 01178E, 01186E and 01191E
4 December 2007
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This posting contains two contributions on two different aspects of vaccine stock management.
James Cheyne from PATH sh...
POST 01194E : NEW DOCUMENT
POST 01194E : NEW DOCUMENT
Follow-up on Post 01188E
1st December 2007
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Søren Spanner from UNICEF/India has the following remarks about the Aide-mémoire for prevention of freeze damage to vaccines.
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Thank you for the posting.
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POST 01191E : VACCINE STOCK MANAGEMENT
POST 01191E : VACCINE STOCK MANAGEMENT
Follow-up on Posts 01114E, 01127E, 01138E, 01164E, 01178E and 01186E
25 November 2007
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[log in to unmask]">Mogens Munck from Spain has some further questions on the WHO Vaccine Stock Management Package.
We...
POST 01188E : NEW DOCUMENT
POST 01188E : NEW DOCUMENT
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Aide-memoire for prevention of freeze damage to vaccines
Cold chain storage is necessary to prevent damage to vaccine due to heat exposure, but keeping vaccines too cold can be just as harmful as keeping them too warm - many vaccine...
POST 01186E : VACCINE STOCK MANAGEMENT
POST 01186E : VACCINE STOCK MANAGEMENT
Follow-up on Posts 01138E, 01164E and 01178E
13 November 2007
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This posting contains three contributions. The first is from Modibo Dicko from WHO/AFRO who cofirms that different definitions are used in the AFRO reg...
POST 01184E : IMMUNIZATION CAPACITY-BUILDING
POST 01184E : IMMUNIZATION CAPACITY-BUILDING
10 November 2007
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Readers might be interested in this, published on line as part of the series on poverty and human development this week, in Education for Health.
Strengthening Immunization in a West African...