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POST 00603E : DESTRUCTION OF VACCINES 12 September 2003
Florence Fermon (mailto:[log in to unmask]) and Sophie-Marie
Scouflaire (mailto:[log in to unmask]) from Médecins
Sans Frontières (MSF) are asking for expert advice on the best method for
destroying unusable vaccines.
An often-asked qu...
shaketest-20august03.pdf
SHAKE-TEST-learning-guide.doc...
POST 00597E : VACCINATION COVERAGE (PART 2) 26 August 2003
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POST 00597E : VACCINATION COVERAGE (PART 2) 26 August 2003
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POST 00596E : VACCINATION COVERAGE 26 August 2003
Robert Steinglass (mailto:[log in to unmask]) from BASICS is presenting
two interesting Powerpoint presentations showing DTP3 vaccination coverage
for the last three years in the world using two different sources of data.
Both match pretty w...
POST 00596E : VACCINATION COVERAGE 26 August 2003
Robert Steinglass (mailto:[log in to unmask]) from BASICS is presenting
two interesting Powerpoint presentations showing DTP3 vaccination coverage
for the last three years in the world using two different sources of data.
Both match pretty w...
POST 00598E : SHAKE TEST
Follow-up on POSTS 00571E, 00574E, 00575E, 00579E, 00590E and 00593E
17 August 2003
Kartoglu (mailto:[log in to unmask]) proposes some comments relative to
the shake test and shares a slideshow to help its interpretation further.
Please note that a timer is includ...
POST 00593E : SHAKE TEST
Follow-up on POSTS 00571E, 00574E, 00575E, 00579E and 00590E
17 August 2003
This posting contains 3 contributions. The first is from Dr. Sam Okinor
(mailto:[log in to unmask]) from WHO/AFRO followed by that of Samuel Kaamau
(mailto:[log in to unmask]) from EPI/Ken...
POST 00590E : SHAKE TEST
Follow-up on POSTS 00571E, 00574E, 00575E and 00579E
7 August 2003
We post here some further exchanges between members concerning the Shake
Test. Pham Ngoc Len (mailto:[log in to unmask]) had a practical question for
conducting the test and Ümit Kartoglu (mailto:[log ...
POST 00586E : NEW IMMUNIZATION ADVOCACY TOOL 24 July 2003
Scott Wittet (mailto:[log in to unmask]) is announcing that a new
immunization advocacy tool produced in collaboration with GAVI partners is
now available online
Greetings:
A new tool for immunization advocacy, “Childhood Immunizatio...
POST 00581E : SECOND DOSE OF MEASLES
Follow-up on Post 00576E
9 July 2003
Four contributions were received in response to Anil Varshney's request for
advice. The first (1-) is from Adelaide Shearley
(mailto:[log in to unmask]) from Namibia. The next contribution (2-) comes
from Dr. Osman Man...
POST 00579E : VACCINE FREEZING, FREEZEWATCH AND SHAKE TEST
Follow-up on POSTS 00571E, 00574E and 00575E
4 July 2003
This posting contains 4 contributions and exceptionally will cover more
than one specific topic as they are all related to vaccine freezing. The
first translated from French is ...
POST 00576E : SECOND DOSE OF MEASLES VACCINE 30 June 2003
Anil Varshney (mailto:[log in to unmask]) needs advice on the
introduction of a second dose of measles vaccine into national programmes.
See his message below.
I wish to seek advice from our esteemed experts in Immunization regarding
...
POST 00575E : VACCINE FREEZING
Follow-up on POSTS 00571E and 00574E
28 June 2003
This posting contains three contributions. The first is from Pham Ngoc Len
(mailto:[log in to unmask]) from UNICEF. He brings up an issue related to
vaccine freezing, the shake test.
The second contribution is f...
POST 00573E : VACCINE FREEZING IN COLD CLIMATES
21 June 2003
Follow-up on POST 00571E
In this brief posting Femi Oyewole (mailto:[log in to unmask]) from WHO
comments on Dr. Baru's contribution. And Menno Goedhart
(mailto:[log in to unmask]) from MSF provides some
information on the refriger...
POST 00571E : VACCINE FREEZING IN COLD CLIMATES 14 June 2003
First a technical note. A few members have reported that whole postings or
attachments to postings have been blocked/deleted as spams or suspicious
material. Spams have become a real pest and servers are increasingly
equipped with fi...
POST 00570E : CONTAMINATION OF OPEN VIALS 8 June 2003
Lynda Le Le Yi (mailto:[log in to unmask]) Regional Immunization Officer at
the UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA) is requesting information
of the degree of contamination of open vaccine vials.
Michel Zaffran
(mailto:[log in ...
POST 00569E : FREEZING OF SINGLE-DOSE VACCINE PRESENTATIONS
Follow-up on POST 00568E
5 June 2003
This posting contains two contributions, both questioning the comparisons
of freezing time of single-dose versus multiple-dose presentations. The
first is from Anil Varshney (mailto:[log in to unm...
POST 00568E : FREEZING OF SINGLE-DOSE VACCINE PRESENTATIONS
30 May 2003
This posting is an exchange between a few members on the above mentioned
topic. It started with a question by Girindre Beeharry
(mailto:[log in to unmask]) relayed by Robert Steinglass
(mailto:[log in to unmask]) to other...
POST 00564E : COLOR OF VVMs
Follow-up to Posts 00558E and 00562E.
8 May 2003
Previous postings may have created some confusion as shows the message
below from Anthony Battersby (mailto:[log in to unmask]). It is likely that
other members also feel the same. Thus mit Kartoglu
(mailto:[l...
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