POST 01102E : EVALUATION OF SYRINGE MELTING 9 June 2007 _____________________________________ PATH conducted a field evaluation of 3 prototype syringe melters in Indonesia. These low-cost approaches to syringe melting used local fuel, such as wood, coconut husks, or stoves, as heat sources....

POST 01107E : ORAL POLIO VACCINE COLOUR Follow-up on Post 01050E, 01058E and 01100E (An archive error occurred in this last posting and only attachments were retained in the archives) 17 June 2007 _____________________________________ The first message is from Anil Varshney from India. ...

OST 00101E : VVM ANNIVERSARY 2 June 2007 __________________________________ NOTE : I will be away for about one week in remote areas, and may not have access to Internet. Consequently, TechNet may be silent for some time. I have to use Webmail today and no function to insert links. So al...

POST 01100E : ORAL POLIO VACCINE COLOUR Follow-up on Posts 01050E and 01058E 30 May 2007 ____________________________________ Discussed back in February, the question of OPV color is revisited by [log in to unmask]">Salah [log in to unmask]">Haithami from Sudan who has a ...

POST 01096E : IPV EFFICACY 23 May 2007 _______________________________________ In the perspective of polio eradication and cessation of OPV vaccination, you will be interested in the following article : "Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine in Cuba" by The Cuba I...

POST 01095E : SOLAR REFRIGERATOR Follow-up on Posts 01019E, 01027E, 01032E, 01037E and 01045E 20 May 2007 _______________________________________ NOTE : A typographic error in the previous link made it inaccessible (Ah! American English...). Here is the correct link. -----------------...

POST 01094E : YELLOW FEVER INITIATIVE 18 May 2007 ____________________________________ Global health partners mobilize to counter yellow fever US$ 58 million GAVI contribution to prevent highly contagious disease in 12 West African nations 16 May 2007, Geneva ; The effort to contain th...

POST 01093E : COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF PNEUMO CONJUGATE VACCINTION 16 May 2007 ____________________________________ The following article of interest has been added to the list of background documents on the TechNet21 site. "Cost-effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in the ...

POST 01093E : COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF PNEUMO CONJUGATE VACCINTION 16 May 2007 ____________________________________ The following article of interest has been added to the list of background documents on the TechNet21 site. "Cost-effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in the ...

POST 01092E : VIAL SIZE : A REQUEST FROM GAVI 13 May 2007 _____________________________________ NOTE: Despite innumerable tests, formatting of postings was inappropriate for top and bottom banners. My apologies! These problems have now been resolved. Thank you for your patience. -----------...

POST 01091E : VACCINE FREEZING : LITTERATURE REVIEW 11 May 2007 ____________________________________ NOTE : Until now, posting were sent only in plain text format to avoid reported decoding problems. I hope that members are now technologically up-to-date as from today, postings will be sent in...

POST 01090E : NEW REFRIGERATOR EVALUATION Follow-up on Post 01080E 9 May 2007 ____________________________________ Alejo Bejemino (mailto:[email protected]) from the Philippines, formerly with UNICEF/Pakistan, sends these comments on the new vaccine refrigerator. ________...

TECHNET21 E-FORUM Technical network for strengthening immunization services Contributions to: mailto:[email protected] or use your reply button! __________________________________________________________ POST 01089E : NEEDLE REMOVER EVALUATION 6 May 2007 ___________________________________...

POST 01087E : CHILD HEALTH DAYS 2 May 2007 ____________________________________ In an earlier Child Survival Update, Robert Davis (mailto:[email protected]) wrote : "Recent thinking on disparity reduction has centered around ways of removing systems barriers to access for high impac...

POST 01085E : MENINGOCOCCAL GROUP C VACCINE OUT-OF-THE-COLD-CHAIN 28 April 2007 ____________________________________ Carib Nelson (mailto:[email protected]) from PATH shares the following article : "Overcoming the need for a cold chain with conjugated meningococcal Group C vaccine...

POST 01083Eb : POLIO ERADICATION 24 April 2007 ____________________________________ A slight mistake again creeped in the link to the Grassly. Aylward et al. article. The correct link is : http://www.technet21.org/pdf_file/mOPV1Efficacy.pdf ______________________________________________...

POST 01083E : POLIO ERADICATION 24 April 2007 ____________________________________ Sending two articles through Child Survival Update recently, Robert Davis (mailto:[email protected]) wrote : "The costs of eradicating poliomyelitis from the remaining infected countries, while high ...

POST 01082E : REFRIGERATOR/FREEZERS PURCHASE AND OPERATING COSTS Follow-up on Posts 01063E (http://listes.ulaval.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A2=i ... .org&P=351) and 01073E (http://listes.ulaval.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A2=i ... d.org&P=63) 21 April 2007 ____________________________________ The co...

POST 01081E : BCG EFFICACY QUESTIONED Follow-up on Posts 01070E (http://listes.ulaval.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A2=i ... org&P=1144) and 01076E (http://listes.ulaval.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A2=i ... .org&P=406) 18 April 2007 ____________________________________ NOTE : The link to the PATH’s evaluation of ...

POST 01080E : NEW REFRIGERATOR EVALUATION 16 April 2007 ____________________________________ A field evaluation summary of a new vaccine refrigerator is available at the following link : http://www.technet21.org/fichiers_Word/Twinbird_REV1.doc PATH evaluated 3 units in Indonesia in 200...