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POST 01268E: WORLD HEPATITIS DAY
19 MAY 2008
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Chronic viral hepatitis can no longer be ignored. The figures are rather staggering.
Take a look at the statistics:
Ø 500 million people worldwide currently infected with hepatitis B or C
Ø This...
POST 01266E: BROADENING THE USE OF THE VVM
16 MAY 2008
FOLLOW UP ON POST 01264E:
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Hans Everts responds to Joanie Robertson’s request for out-of-cold-chain vaccine distribution experiences and asks for a proactive approach to VVM. He says the n...
POST 01265E: A SEAT AT THE TABLE: HEALTH SECTOR NEEDS AND NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY
14 MAY 2008
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Rowan Wagner brings to the table an issue that has been less frequently discussed− efficient delivery of immunization services and its reliance on...
POST 01264E: EXPERIENCES WITH OUT-OF-COLD-CHAIN VACCINE DISTRIBUTION: PROJECT OPTIMIZE
11 MAY 2008
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A request from PATH’s Joanie Robertson for experiences in using Out-of-Cold Chain Vaccine Distribution in your immunization programmes. Please do a...
POST 01261E: STRENGTHENING THE VACCINE SUPPLY CHAIN 3 MAY 2008 ******************************************* Rowan Wagner writes about managing an efficient vaccine supply chain. ----------- Recently I received a request for information about logistic training material aimed at vaccine supply ...
POST 01259E: REPAIR/NON-REPAIR OF COLD CHAIN EQUIPMENT
29 APRIL 2008
Follow up on posts: POST 01258E, 01257E, 01254E
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Nasim Ahmed spells out his observations based on a cold chain survey and inventory and states that there are several factors ...
POST 01258E: REPAIR/NON-REPAIR OF COLD CHAIN EQUIPMENT
25 APRIL 2008
Follow up on posts: 01257E, 01254E
Recent posts on cold chain equipment and maintenance: 01229E, 01227E, 01226E, 01225E, 01221E, 01218, 01216, 01214E
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The responses, as y...
POST 01257E: REPAIR/NON-REPAIR OF COLD CHAIN EQUIPMENT
23 APRIL 2008
Follow up on post: POST 01254E
Recent posts on cold chain equipment and maintenance: 01229E, 01227E, 01226E, 01225E, 01221E, 01218, 01216, 01214E
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There has been almost n...
POST 01255E: SURVEY OF IMMUNIZATION LOGISTICS TRAINING PROGRAMMES AND RESOURCES
16 APRIL 2008
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Dear All,
WHO/IVB and PATH have recently received a 5 year grant from the Bill and Melinda GATES foundation for a project entitled "Optimize: Immu...
POST 01254E: REPAIR/NON-REPAIR OF EQUIPMENT AND SIMPLIFYING THE COLD CHAIN
FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS: 01216E, 01218, 01221E, 01225E, 01227E, 01229E
15 APRIL 2008
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In POST 01214E I presented my ideas about how to improve the present state of ...
POST 01252E: Cost-effectiveness of peer training and supervision to enhance immunization services
11 APRIL 2008
This paper offers the first attempt to quantitatively evaluate the supportive supervision framework in Andhra Pradesh
In Andhra Pradesh, India, traditionally, supervisi...
POST 01250E: COLD CHAIN EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT (CCM) TOOL RELEASED 4 APRIL 2008 ******************************************* Dear Technet21 colleagues, PATH, in partnership with WHO and UNICEF, is pleased to announce the release of the Cold Chain Equipment Management (CCEM) Tool version 1.0. This ...
POST 01247E: VACCINE FREEZE-PREVENTION AIDE-MEMOIRE—CORRECTIONS
30 MARCH 2008
FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS01230E, POST 01235E, POST 01239E
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The attachments were not included in the earlier post. They are attached now. Many apologies.
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POST 01246E: VACCINE FREEZE-PREVENTION AIDE-MEMOIRE—CORRECTIONS
29 MARCH 2008
FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS01230E, POST 01235E, POST 01239E
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Dear Moderator
In the AIDE MEMOIRE it says: Do not store freeze-sensitive vaccines on or within 20 centimet...
POST 01245E: MAKING RESPONSIBLE CHOICES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
26 MARCH 2008
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The New York Times reports a “highly unusual outbreak of measles” in San Diego among 12 children, nine of whom had not been vaccinated.
If in countries in transitio...
POST 01239E: VACCINE FREEZE-PREVENTION AIDE MEMOIRE−COMMENTS
12 MARCH 2008
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Dear Moderator,
I much agree with Andrew’s and Anthony’s observations and comments.
A few comments on the text. In addition to the comments I want to draw ...
POST 01237E: Human Papillomavirus update 8 MARCH 2008
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Cervical cancer has a devastating impact on women’s health around the world. Approximately, 500.000 women develop cervical cancer every year, and half of them do not survive it. Almost 80% of thes...
POST 01236E: SCHOOL IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMME—
INDONESIA 7 MARCH 2008
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Please find attached the final report of a WHO-IMMUNIZATIONbasics mission to document the school-based immunization programme there.
Indonesia has been implementing a nationwide...
POST 01235E: VACCINE FREEZE-PREVENTION AIDE MEMOIRE—CORRECTIONS 5 MARCH 2008
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Dear Moderator,
I've just read the new aide-memoire on vaccine freezing (WHO/IVB/07.09) and have some comments on what I think is a rather flawed document.
During d...
POST 01230E: VACCINE FREEZING PREVENTION: AIDE-MEMOIRE
22 FEBRUARY 2008
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Aide-memoire for prevention of freeze damage to vaccines (WHO/IVB/07.09)
Cold chain storage is necessary to prevent damage to vaccine due to heat exposure, but keeping va...
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