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POST 00478E : VACCINE WASTAGE
Follow-up on Posts 00311, 00316, 00320, 00324, 00345, 00349, 00404E, 00462E
and 00473E.
23 July 2002
Dr. Anil Varshney (mailto:[log in to unmask]), from Health Care
Consultancy Services in New Delhi, India, contributes to the discussion on
Vaccine Wastage. His c...
POST 00475E : PROTECTION OF MORE COLD-SENSITIVE VACCINES
Follow-up on Posts 00391E, 00400E, 00412E, 00419E and 00428E
16 July 2002
It is a long time that we had a contribution on this topic of protection of
cold-sensitive vaccines. Elly Tumwine Rweizire (mailto:[log in to unmask])
country log...
POST 00473E : VACCINE WASTAGE
Follow up on Posts 00311, 00316, 00320, 00324, 00345, 00349, 00404E and 00462E
11 July 2002
Dr. Sobhan Sarkar (mailto:[log in to unmask]) from the Department of
Family Welfare of India and Mr. Elly Tumwine Rweizire
(mailto:[log in to unmask]) from EPI Uganda are ...
POST 00473E : VACCINE WASTAGE
Follow up on Posts 00311, 00316, 00320, 00324, 00345, 00349, 00404E and 00462E
11 July 2002
Dr. Sobhan Sarkar (mailto:[log in to unmask]) from the Department of
Family Welfare of India and Mr. Elly Tumwine Rweizire
(mailto:[log in to unmask]) from EPI Uganda are ...
POST 00470E : FREEZE-WATCH ACTIVATION PROBLEM
Follow-up on Posts 00430E, 00453E and 00461E
9 July 2002
In POST 00461E dated 8 June 2002, WHO had informed all TechNet21
subscribers that an investigation has been initiated to analyze reported
performance problems of Freeze Watches. It also call...
POST 00469E : ADVERSE EVENTS FOLLOWING IMMUNIZATION
8 July 2002
Many of you may already be aware of an incident involving measles
vaccination in Cuba, as reported in the media and Promed-Mail, the Program
for Monitoring Emerging Diseases. According to reports, on 22 May 2002, an
"uncommon acc...
POST 00468E : ELIMINATION OF POLIO FROM AFRICA BY 2005
2 July 2002
Many of you have followed with interest the meeting of the Heads of State
and Government of the Group of Eight (G8) recently held in Kananaskis,
Canada. The initiative taken by African States in adopting the New
Partnership fo...
POST 00465E : EUROPE POLIO-FREE 21 June 2002
Claudia Drake (mailto:[email protected]) from WHO's Global Polio Eradication
Initiative, is pleased to share with us the news that the European Region
of WHO has been certified polio-free. Attached are the press releases
issued for the occasion, bot...
POST 00462E : VACCINE WASTAGE 11 June 2002
Ümit Kartoglu ( mailto:[log in to unmask] ) from WHO wants to revive the
discussion on vaccine wastage interrupted some months ago. In this posting
he raises critical questions relevant to reducing wastage and he proposes
formulas to calculate differe...
POST 00461E : FREEZE-WATCH ACTIVATION PROBLEM
Follow-up on Posts 00430E and 00453E
8 June 2002
Following the posting POST00453E on Freeze Watch activation problems both
TechNet and WHO received some feedback from national immunization programmes
and individuals. We would like to thank to Dr. ...
POST 00460E : CHEST VS CABINET REFRIGERATORS 4 June 2002
Menno Goedhart (mailto:[log in to unmask]) of Médecins sans
Frontières Holland is seeking advice on cabinet vaccine refrigerators. His
message follows and you are requested to send your comments directly to him.
MSF (Médecins sans Fron...
POST 00460E : CHEST VS CABINET REFRIGERATORS 4 June 2002
Menno Goedhart (mailto:[log in to unmask]) of Médecins sans
Frontières Holland is seeking advice on cabinet vaccine refrigerators. His
message follows and you are requested to send your comments directly to him.
MSF (Médecins sans Fron...
POST 00453E : FREEZE WATCH ACTIVATION PROBLEM
Follow-up on Post 00430E
19 May 2002
Moderator's message
The Technet Forum is constantly growing. I am pleased to inform you all
that this week we crossed the 1000-member mark. This number compares to 505
members at the beginning of November 2001...
POST 00448E : USE OF VVMs ON ALL VACCINES
Follow-up on Post 00446E
4 May 2002
Some more comments and questions about the use of VVMs were received. First
from G R Baru, Project Officer (Cold Chain) at the UNICEF/India country
office (mailto:[log in to unmask])
My comments on Dr Jayaprakash...
POST 00446E : USE OF VVMs ON ALL VACCINES
15 April 2002
Dr. Jayaprakash of UNICEF/Micronesia
contributes the following comments on on VVMs. His questions are partly
answered and further information will be sought about study plans and if
other countries than Vietnam are to be involved.
...
POST 00445E : IMPACT OF VACCINE VIAL MONITORS (VVM) ON THE USE and DELIVERY
OF MEASLES VACCINE
Follow-up on Posts 00433E, 00441E and 00444E
12 April 2002
Dr. Nguyen Van Cuong, Vietnam National EPI Secretary General, shares with
us preliminary results of the study on the impact of VVMs on the ...
POST 00444E : IMPACT OF VACCINE VIAL MONITORS (VVM) ON THE USE and DELIVERY
OF MEASLES VACCINE
Follow-up on Posts 00433E and 00441E
3 April 2002
�mit Kartoglu further contributes on the topic of
VVM use for measles vaccine.
I am very pleased to see the interest in the use of VVMs on a...
POST 00441E : IMPACT OF VACCINE VIAL MONITORS (VVM) ON THE USE and DELIVERY OF MEASLES VACCINE
Follow-up on Post 00433E
31 March 2002
Post 00433E has generated some questions and comments. First from Femi
Oyewole of WHO/Ethiopia
"Thanks for sharing this study proposal with us.
Experience ...
POST 00439E : BIFURCATED NEEDLE NEEDLESTICK PROTECTION
24 MARCH 2002
To Senior Decision Makers
The Federal Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act is a relatively new law
requiring all healthcare providers to evaluate and implement safer medical
devices under their OSHA "Exposure Control Plans"...
POST 00438E : VACCINE WASTAGE (STUDY)
Follow-up to Post 00413E
19 March 2002
Anthony Battersby has some questions and
critical comments about the Vaccine Wastage Study that was posted earlier
(POST 00413E of 18/01/2002). It's good to see that some read the scientific
literature critically....
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