Featured Posts
Join WHO and the Measles & Rubella Partnership for a practical webinar on rubella-containing vaccine (RCV) introduction, featuring real strategies from the countries navigating this process right now.
What you'll learn- How 11 countries are accessing and optimizing Gavi 6.0 funding for RCV intr...
We're excited to announce a two-part webinar series dedicated to the Vaccine Vial Monitor (VVM), the simple yet transformative tool that has helped ensure vaccine potency worldwide for three decades.
Session 1: 30 Years of VVM: A RetrospectiveJoin us for a look back at three decades of the VVM, f...
Posts
POST 01376E: HEALTH METRICS NETWORK
20 JANUARY 2009
******************************************
In the context of our earlier post on data accuracy (POST 01375E), it is also important to have efficient and reliable information systems. Health Metrics Network (HMN) is a global partnership among dev...
POST 01375E: ACCURACY OF IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE DATA
18 JANUARY 2009
******************************************
Stephen Lim et al in a study published in The Lancet (volume 372, issue 9655, pages 2031–2046, 13 December 2008) raise concerns about the tendency to over report when it comes to target ...
POST 01374E: IMMUNIZATION FINANCING WEBSITE UPDATE
16 JANUARY 2009
******************************************
Dear All,
Every year, on the occasion of the Global Immunization Meeting (GIM), we take the opportunity to inform the immunization community about the latest updates and development do...
POST 01373E: E-LEARNING MODULES: IMMUNIZATION FINANCING
FOLLOW-UP ON POST 01372E
13 JANUARY 2009
******************************************
Thanks to Ahmadu and Patricia Taylor for pointing out that the link in the earlier posting does not work. Please use the following link to access the AIM si...
POST 01372E: E-LEARNING MODULES—IMMUNIZATION FINANCING/ INTRODUCING NEW VACCINES
11 JANUARY 2009
******************************************
Padmini,
A useful introduction to the subject is AIM e-Learning:
Immunization Financing Module at www.aim.path.org/en/finance/index.html
Tasnim Partapuri...
POST 01370E: IMMUNIZATION FINANCING
8 JANUARY 2009
******************************************
The following information appeared in the Global Immunization News dated GIN: 20/11/08 and was contributed by Patrick Lydon & Daniela Darie, WHO/HQ. The information is being sent out as a separate po...
POST 01369E: NEW VACCINE INTRODUCTION—ROTAVIRUS
5 JANUARY 2009
******************************************
Rotavirus is the leading cause of severe diarrhoea in young children worldwide and accounts for approximately 40 percent of diarrhoea-related hospitalizations. Use of rotavirus vaccines glo...
POST 01368E: TECHNICAL SHEETS FOR POLIO OUTBREAKS
2 JANUARY 2009
******************************************
Hans Everts ([email protected]) shares with TechNet21 readers the link to a number of guidelines and standard SOP on outbreak response activities following an importation of wild polio. The...
POST 01366E: PUBLIC HEALTH E-LEARNING COURSES 23 DECEMBER 2008
******************************************
The Global Health eLearning Center offers technical public health information to field staff. It provides Internet-based courses that:
Provide useful and timely continuing education for he...
POST 01364E: NEEDLESTICK PREVENTION DEVICES19 DECEMBER 2008
******************************************
According to the World Health Report 2002, ‘there are 35 million health-care workers, of which 2 million experience percutaneous exposure to infectious diseases each year.
The report also states...
POST 01363E: TECHNET21 SATELLITE SESSION PRESENTATION: PROJECT OPTIMIZE 16 DECEMBER 2008
******************************************
Prior to the main session, a satellite session titled Optimize future logistics systems: Overview of Project Optimize was held on 1 December 2008. Use the following ...
POST 01356E: VACCINE RESEARCH AND INTRODUCING NEW VACCINES
25 NOVEMBER 2008
******************************************
A Boost for Vaccine Research: (Science, Emma Hitt: 28 March 2008)
A recent estimate of the global vaccine business by Lehman Brothers predicts that the vaccine industry will...
POST 01354E: POLIO ERADICATION—LET’S FINISH THE JOB FOLLOW UP ON POSTS: 01339E, 01341E, 013342E, 01343E, 01344E, 01345E, 01346E, 01348E, 01350E & 01353E
20 NOVEMBER 2008
******************************************
NEED TO JUDICIOUSLY USE THE DIFFERENT OPVS
There is no single oral poliovirus v...
POST 01353E: STOPPING POLIO ERADICATION WILL BE A HUGE BLOW TO INTERNATIONAL HEALTH FOLLOW UP ON POSTS: 01339E, 01341E, 013342E, 01343E, 01344E, 01345E, 01346E, 01348E, 01350E
19 NOVEMBER 2008
******************************************
I apologize if I have to repeat points I thought I had made r...
POST 01351E: PRIVATE PROVISION OF IMMUNIZATION IN THE INDIAN CONTEXT
FOLLOW-UP ON POST:
01349E
15 NOVEMBER 2008
******************************************
Dear Colleagues,
Attached please find 3 articles on private provision of Immunization services in the Indian context:
Although I don’t ha...
POST 01350E: POLIO—CONTROL STRATEGY WILL ETERNALISE COSTS FOLLOW UP ON POSTS: 01339E, 01341E, 013342E, 01343E, 01344E, 01345E, 01346E & 01348E
13 NOVEMBER 2008
******************************************
Mogens,
Perhaps I misunderstand your question, but my last response started with
"As a ...
POST 01349E: THE PRIVATE SECTOR’S ROLE IN PROVIDING IMMUNIZATION SERVICES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES—INFORMATION SOUGHT FOR LITERATURE REVIEW
11 NOVEMBER 2008
******************************************
Dear Colleagues,
We are conducting a literature review on the role of the private sector in the...
POST 01348E: VACCINATION RATES AND POLIO OUTBREAK FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01339E, 01341E, 013342E, 01343E, 01344E, 01345E & 01346E
9 NOVEMBER 2008
******************************************
Dear Mogens Munck,
If you look up the geographical distribution of Wild-Polio virus type I cases on http:...
POST 01346E: WILD POLIO VIRUS 1,2 & 3 AND VAPP REQUIRE AN EFFECTIVE VACCINE FOR ERADICATION FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01339E, 01341E, 013342E, 01343E, 01344E & 01345E
5 NOVEMBER 2008
******************************************
Dear Editor,
As per your suggestion I looked up the web-page:
"Week...
POST 01345E: DURING GLOBAL RECESSION USE SCARCE RESOURCES RESPONSIBLY (POLIO ERADICATION) FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01339E, 01341E, 013342E, 01343E & 01344E
3 NOVEMBER 2008
******************************************
FOCUS NEEDS TO SHIFT TO OVERALL WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN
Before the eradication pr...
There are no discussions available here currently