The final report of the “Briefing on WHO Tools and Guidance on Immunization Data Quality and Vaccination Coverage Survey” that took place in Istanbul in December 2015 is now available. The Executive summary is pasted below. Please feel free to share. Executive Summary From 1 to 4 December 2015, 6...

The function and importance of home-based records (HBRs) in immunization service delivery has been described and practical guidelines for HBR design released by the WHO (http://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/routine/homebasedrecords/en/). The annotated bibliography attached here at...

In African countries during vaccination campaigns or outreach activities in distant places, traditional cold boxes used for vaccine transport may stay cold for a maximum of about four days (if not opened frequently) in ambient temperatures of around 30°C. Health workers some times need to carry froz...

This is motivated by John Lloyd's recent post about a supply chain for outreach immunization, which I found very interesting. My question is somewhat peripherally related though. As some background, I am an academic who focuses on supply chain analysis, and in particular, I have worked a fair bit on...

Reposted from JSI's The Pump Jeff Sanderson,Senior Technical Advisor African immunization supply chains need to be transformed. Between 2010 and 2020, new vaccine introductions will quadruple the volume of vaccines per immunized child. The number of vaccine doses that health workers will adminis...

Immunization outreach services depend on a protective, affordable and efficient supply chain to benefit rather than obstruct outreach operations. Four potential cold-chain solutions are on offer but each has barriers to be negotiated or removed. The options are: Frozen water packs BUT we should s...

Abstract Send to: Hum Vaccin Immunother.2015 Aug 28:0. [Epub ahead of print] Local infiltration of rabies immunoglobulins without systemic intramuscular administration: An alternative cost effective approach for passive immunization against rabies. Bharti OK1,Madhusudana SN,G...

On receiving a few photos from the Canara Bank Manger, KVG Sullia branch this afternoon, I too got motivated to write a page and shared with local PHCs / Districts / State / centre / Development partners for further enhancement of 'civic'responsibility of civilians for better community participa...

UNICEF has launched an Innovation Fund (first-ever in the UN) to channel the energies of private sector, civil society and academia in support of strategic innovations for children. The initiative will fund early-stage technical start-ups to support innovations in infrastructure (access to services...

Twenty-three speakers including 21 representatives from Member States (i.e. 15[2]), and two civil society organizations[4] and took note of the recommendations. While Member States acknowledged successes in a few areas, most notably the absence of wild polio virus cases in the African region and mo...

Sustaining interest in a programme for several years is not an easy task. India conducted 44 rounds of Pulse Polio including the current round in Jan 2016. Many got retired but still proactively involve themselves in the pulse polio programme as national festival. Little creative simplifying cha...

Abstract from an article written by our EPI Ghana team. Comments are welcome! For the full article please go to: http://www.sciforschenonline.org/journals/vaccines/article-data/IJVI-1-104/IJVI-1-104.pdf Background: WHO and UNICEF supported Ghana to conduct Effective Vaccine Management (EVM) assess...

We have shared the ‘Power of Peer Education’ to be followed by two write-ups on 1. 3 ‘D’s Affect: Duelist – the Determinant of Denominators and 2. Making of All Time Mission Mode [ATM(M)] outreach sessions. Background: Following the first round of Intensification of Routine Immunization (IRI) i...

Dear TechNet Members, First and foremost, let me wish you all a Happy New Year and extend my best wishes for a successful and productive 2016. One of the TechNet achievements of 2015 was the organization of the 14th edition of the face to face conference of TechNet members and the wider community ...

Evolution, growth and development, extension-expansion, operational research are all natural processes. Launch of a new programme with a properly fitting outfit, infuses rejuvenation, jubilance, reminds the commitment and sustains interest among the service providers in implementing the old program...

The case for a ‘Common Logistics Operating Platform’ to serve District Management of Supply systems and Service delivery support. Question: Could an ‘Integrated Public Health Supply Chain Platform’ at district level replace the current, fragmented, inefficient and costly provision of separate s...

Dear Technet Members, In February, Pamela Steele Associates (PSA) and Dr Andrew Brown will be drawing on their extensive experience in the health and humanitarian sector to deliver three popular training courses in Dubai, U.A.E: i. HEALTH SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (14th – 18th Feb 2016) ii. SUPPL...

Gundmi template started as “A breakthrough through break journey” and finally, one month data analysis of one subcentre itself can provide lot of information for appropriate action. This is shared with ANM/MO/THO/DC Udupi/State/Centre/Development partner and now with TechNet community for needful. ...

Pleased to share with you the finalized report from theOctober 2015 Meeting of the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (IPAC), held in Geneva, Switzerland on October 14-15, 2015....

Veuillez trouver ci-dessous les liens concernant trois documents, liés à la gestion efficace des vaccins, qui sont dès à présent disponibles en français: • COMMENT UTILISER LES CONTENEURS PASSIFS ET LES BRIQUETTES À EFFET ISOTHERME POUR LE TRANSPORT DES VACCINS ET LES OPÉRATIONS EN PÉRIPHÉRIE ht...