As the world starts the largest vaccine roll-out against COVID-19, WHO and partners are helping countries to develop and implement Covid-19 vaccine Simulation Exercises (SimEx) to prepare for vaccine arrival and deployment. A recent commentary published in the Lancet Global Health, urges countr...

The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator’s Country Readiness and Delivery (CRD) workstream, Project ECHO, Boost, TechNet-21, and the COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Project invite you to join a series of video-conference-based capacity building webinars. Topic: Regulatory and Procurement Aspects for ...

Empower, in collaboration with WHO SEARO, is pleased to announce the launch of its PSM Course on Pandemic Response and Preparedness. The course is designed to capacitate PSM personnel in 11 South and Southeast Asian countries to fight the current and future pandemics by building awareness, knowledge...

Interested in knowing more on Vaccine Vial Monitors (VVM)? TechNet just released a new dedicated page for you to find all important resources and information on VVM in one place: https://www.technet-21.org/en/topics/vvm  The page is mainly designed for vaccinators and supply chain manage...

The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator’s Country Readiness and Delivery (CRD) workstream, Project ECHO, Boost, TechNet-21, and the COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Project invite you to join a series of video-conference-based capacity building webinars. COVID-19 Vaccination: Building Global Capacity...

How far is stacking in vaccine refrigerators recommended and are there specific SOPs to guide in the event where we have to stack vaccines, because of high volumes? Has stacking a significant implication on the potency of the vaccine with respect to the temperature distribution in the refrigerator?...

Given the need for an ultra-cold chain (UCC) for an initial leading COVID-19 vaccine candidate, Project Last Mile conducted an analysis on the availability of liquid CO2 (LCO2) within the Coca-Cola value chain in 47 countries in Africa to assist in meeting potential dry ice needs to support ultra-co...

Une riposte contre le CVDPV2 est organisée dans une zone de santé quelconque, lors de l inventaire des matériels de chaîne de froid l equipe de riposte se rend compte qu il n y a pas assez de boîtes isothermes (BI) pour les équipes de vaccinations, 20 BI pour 94 équipes, la sous commission logistiqu...

The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator’s Country Readiness and Delivery (CRD) workstream, Project ECHO, Boost, TechNet-21, and the COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Project invite you to join a series of video-conference-based capacity building webinars. The 23 February session (12-1 PM CET) will pro...

This week, the University of Oslo and the HISP network will host webinars on the DHIS2 COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Toolkit for our French-, Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking audiences. These events are free to attend, and registration is open via the links below:French: Tuesday, 16 Feb 14:30 UTC. ...

The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator’s Country Readiness and Delivery (CRD) workstream, Project ECHO, Boost, TechNet-21, and the COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Project invite you to join a webinar session for health workers focused on interpersonal communications for...

Dear colleagues,  TechNet-21 is pleased to invite you to two new Telegram channels supporting regions, countries, and partners in preparing for COVID-19 vaccine introduction. In these two spaces - one anglophone and one francophone - you will be able to share your experiences, discuss key ques...

Dear All, USAID is partnering with Digital Square to assess how governments and investors can harness existing digital tools and platforms to efficiently support response efforts in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including supporting vaccine planning, distribution and monitoring.  We nee...

HLN Consulting has released a hosted solution to support vaccine providers with registration capabilities to comply with the CDC’s COVID-19 vaccination provider agreement requirements HLN Consulting has just released a critical application to help complete the CDC’s COVID-19 vaccination provider ag...

Dear TechNet members, The 'COVID-19 Vaccination: Building Global Capacity' webinar series begins on Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 12- 1 PM CET. The first session is intended to provide national and sub-national focal points in countries with an overview of the National Deployment and Vacci...

Dear colleagues, passing on the announcement of this very timely webinar series... the registration link for the first session next week is at the end of this post. COVID-19 Vaccination: Building Global Capacity The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator’s Country Readiness and Delivery (CRD) ...

Please refer the Video developed by NCCRC with support of UNICEF with the objective of making the task of WIC/WIF installation much easier, though demonstration of interconnections between WICs/WIFs & associated equipment/control units. The efforts are towards briefing the purpose & illustr...

Today, DHIS2 released two new components of the DHIS2 COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Toolkit that are now available to download and install: Electronic Immunization Registry (EIR) (tracker / case-based data) Vaccination Core Analysis & Datasets (aggregate) These metadata packages are...

The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator's Country Readiness and Delivery workstream  is developing COVID-19 vaccine specific training resources.  COVID-19 vaccine explainers are designed to support countries in preparing for specific requirements presented by each vaccine product t...

Dear All, I re-edited the write up for including a few more photos and re-arranged them in sequence, this being my first experience in sharing with techNet.   I am sharing my experiences with the planning and administration of the Covishield vaccine from the Serum institute of India.&nbs...