Vx Data Insights Webinar #4: How WhatsApp is transforming communications within the Kenyan healthcare system July 30, 2020, 9:30 a.m. EST / 3:30 p.m. CEST (Geneva) REGISTER HERE: https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TTWQpFXcSUeydXV87Oojog  Join JSI and Sonder Design Collective for a ...

Value-based procurement (VBP) evaluates potential new products, services and solutions based on value for money rather than the lowest purchase price. VBP evaluation criteria include benefits to patients, service providers, national health systems and health technology management teams. VBP also con...

Dear all  Greetings from KVG team and wish to share the following with the viewers for needful. Write-up As per World Health Organization (WHO) there is "no evidence" that the BCG vaccine protects against COVID-19. Initially, WHO also stated that there were no enough evidences of airborne tr...

The Sabin Vaccine Institute is proud to announce its second iteration of the Social and Behavioral Interventions for Vaccination Acceptance Small Grants Program. Under this program, grants of $25,000 each will be awarded for intervention research projects, which can be conducted over a period of 10 ...

Policy vs Practice: Two modes that reflect decision-making in the Kenyan health system July 16, 2020, 9:30 a.m. EST / 3:30 p.m. CEST (Geneva) REGISTER HERE:  https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9e9WYt-5T8Sf_mWr_eSYcg Join JSI and Sonder Design Collective for a third in a series of mini ...

Jeudi 16 juillet 2020 14h00 SAST (08h00 EDT) INSCRIVEZ-VOUS La pandémie actuelle du Covid-19 ébranle les systèmes de santé des pays à revenu faible et moyen (PRFM) et met leur personnel à risque. Le travail des personnels de santé clinique, qui traitent quotidiennement les patients dans les hôpit...

In collaboration with the WHO, Immunization Academy's IA Watch has created new training videos on how to safely deliver immunizations during the COVID-19 outbreak. The first new video in the series is "IPC Standard Precautions During the COVID-19 Outbreak." French and Spanish versions are coming soo...

Dear all, we hope you are in good health and staying safe. We have just released version 1.9 of the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) tool for cold chain equipment. Also update is the online tool www.coldchainTCO.org  Version 1.9 includes price updates from the latest UNICEF SD LTA as well as four...

A business continuity plan (BCP) outlines how a programme or project will continue operating during an unplanned disruption in service. It contains contingencies for processes, assets, human resources and partners – every aspect of the programme that might be affected. The BCP for immunization suppl...

Commentary paper authored by me, Kelly Lynn Moore and John Lloyd "Logistical challenges for potential SARS-CoV-2 vaccine and a call to research institutions, developers and manufacturers" is now available online in VACCINE journal. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/p...

The challenge before us is an enormous one – many lives hang in the balance. But never in the history of the world have we had as many resources available to craft solutions as we do today. When a Covid-19 vaccination is developed, we have the benefit of innovative homegrown tech that already exists...

The Health System Map and Its Actors: Introducing you to the key actors who make up the Kenyan Immunization Program July 2, 2020, 9:30 a.m. EDT / 1:30 p.m. GMT REGISTER HERE: https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_o32Yz42hTfyiq-vwn-cktQ Join JSI and Sonder Design Collective for a second in ...

Hybrid Solar Power Pack for Walk In CoolerA Green Initiative........NCCRC,being largely instrumental in the area of integrating the newer technologies in the cold chain & continually putting its efforts towards making the immunization cold chain more & more reliable. As striving for excellen...

Dear colleagues, As we start the process of planning for re-start of campaigns, I wanted to highlight a new app developed by the WHO academy to providehealth workers with mobile access to a wealth of COVID-19 knowledge resources, that include up-to-the-minute guidance, tools, training, and vir...

Dear Partners and Coleagues,   As Haier Biomedical is a manufacturer of medical cold chain for more than 20 years, recently we are always asked what cold chain solution is recommended for the Covid-19, especially for the RT-PCR Kit, virus sample and vaccine transportation and storage. T...

I have been working on solar electric cooking systems which are appropriate for the developing. The system I think has the most promise is a solar direct system,no batteries. Thermal storage allows hot food to be eaten 5 hours after sunset. A  single 280 watt PV module would supply al...

You are invited to join an upcoming webinar: Re-framing how we think about decision-making: 3 lessons from healthcare workers and managers in Kenya June 18, 2020, 9:30 a.m. EST / 3:30 p.m. GMT REGISTER HERE:  https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PJf7_O9KThKeLUWWKl-kOA  Join JSI and...

Dear colleagues, We would like to share some important news with the TechNet community. Immunization Academy has launched its second online training tool created specifically for health workers and their managers. In addition to IA Watch, our video lesson platform, you may now use IA Learn to acce...

Chers collègues, Nous sommes tous préoccupés par l'impact de la Covid-19 sur la vaccination au fur et à mesure de l'évolution de la pandémie. Le besoin de données actualisées est important. Notre objectif est d'harmoniser les efforts actuels de collecte de données sur l'impact dans toutes les régio...

Dear colleagues, We are all concerned about the impact of Covid on immunization as the pandemic evolves. The need for up-to-date data is high. Going forward our goal is to harmonize the ongoing efforts of data collection on the impact from all regions, but to have a quick idea of how immunization s...