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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.
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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.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched the new Implementing integrated health campaigns: decision-making and planning guide (available in English and French), which provides a practical framework to help countries assess opportunities for campaign integration and plan integrated health cam...
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1. WHY IS THE COLD CHAIN TOO COLD?
Soren Spanner, WHO/SEARO, kindly posts the file of his recent presentation
at the Asia-Pacific Regional Working Group Briefing, March 2001.
The findings of a multi year-multi site study, including a clear description
of the failure modes leading to frequent long ...
Post00338 EPI WASTE 1 May 2001
CONTENTS
1. DISPOSAL OF UNUSED VACCINE VIALS
2. GAVI DONATIONS - INJECTION WASTE DISPOSAL Continued
3. HEALTH-CARE WASTE MANAGEMENT DRAFT RAPID ASSESSMENT TOOL
4. FROM GAVI IMMUNIZATION FOCUS: FIRST, DO NO HARM
1. DISPOSAL OF UNUSED VACCINE VIALS
T...
Post00335 IMMUNIZATION COSTING TOOL 23 April 2001
1. IMMUNIZATION COSTING TOOL DRAFT FOR COMMENT
Patrick Lydon, WHO/V&B/VAM, kindly post a spreadsheet immunization costing
tool based in part on immunization financing data collected in the
assessment and follow up phases of the GAVI Proc...
Post00334 GAVI DONATIONS - INJECTION WASTE DISPOSAL 10 April 2001
CONTENTS
1. GAVI DONATIONS - INJECTION WASTE DISPOSAL ISSUES
2. NEW CONTACT DETAILS - THE COLLABORATIVE CENTRE FOR COLD CHAIN MANAGEMENT
1. GAVI DONATIONS - INJECTION WASTE DISPOSAL ISSUES
The GAVI/CVP supported additio...
Post00333 HEALTH RADIO NET 9 April 2001
CONTENTS
1. HEALTH RADIO NET - CONTINUING DISCUSSION
2. MSF COMMUNICATION GUIDELINE AVAILABLE
3. THE USE OF VHF, HF, HAND HELD DEVICES, ETC?
1. HEALTH RADIO NET - CONTINUING DISCUSSION
In Technet Post00321, 16 February 2001, Marcia Rock, WB, p...
Post00330 GAVI - WHICH NEW TECHNOLOGIES? 26 March 2001
CONTENTS
1. GAVI - WHICH NEW TECHNOLOGIES
2. QUESTIONNAIRE
1. GAVI - WHICH NEW TECHNOLOGIES
"At the last GAVI Board Meeting it was proposed that the Task Force on R&D
should seek out and evaluate new technologies and rese...
Post00325 VACCINE VIAL MONITORS 1 March 2001
CONTENTS
1. VVM - DRY ICE TROUBLE? NO! MORE!
2. VVM ON VACCINES: CURRENT STATUS AND PLANNED ROLLOUT
1. VVM - DRY ICE TROUBLE? NO! MORE!
In Technet Forum Post00314, VVM - DRY ICE TROUBLE? NO!, 25 January 2001,
Fred Simiyu, WHO Nigeria, re...
Post00325 VACCINE VIAL MONITORS 1 March 2001
CONTENTS
1. VVM - DRY ICE TROUBLE? NO! MORE!
2. VVM ON VACCINES: CURRENT STATUS AND PLANNED ROLLOUT
1. VVM - DRY ICE TROUBLE? NO! MORE!
In Technet Forum Post00314, VVM - DRY ICE TROUBLE? NO!, 25 January 2001,
Fred Simiyu, WHO Nigeria, re...
Post00324 VACCINE VOLUME IMPACT CALCULATOR 27 February 2001 CONTENTS 1. VACCINE VOLUME CALCULATOR: REQUEST FOR TESTING 2. THE DRAFT INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CALCULATOR 1. VACCINE VOLUME CALCULATOR: REQUEST FOR TESTING Ulla Kou, WHO V&B, has kindly sent a spreadsheet based vaccine volume calculat...
Post00324 VACCINE VOLUME IMPACT CALCULATOR 27 February 2001
CONTENTS
1. VACCINE VOLUME CALCULATOR: REQUEST FOR TESTING
2. THE DRAFT INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CALCULATOR
1. VACCINE VOLUME CALCULATOR: REQUEST FOR TESTING
Ulla Kou, WHO V&B, has kindly sent a spreadsheet based vaccine volu...
Post00323 RE: HEALTH RADIO NETS 26 February 2001
CONTENTS
1. RE: HEALTH RADIO NETS
In Technet Post00321, 16 February 2001, Marcia Rock, WB, posted her
colleagues request for help on the technical and user issues related to the
need for the MOH in East Timor to make the technical decisio...
Post00321 HEALTH RADIO NETS + JOB 16 February 2001
CONTENTS
1. HEALTH RADIO: CALL FOR HELP!
2. JOB: PREPARE AND IMPLEMENT THE AFRO REGIONAL HIS PROGRAMME,
1. HEALTH RADIO: CALL FOR HELP!
From time to time Technet has been concerned with radio communications -
particularly for the manage...
Post00320 WASTAGE FACTORS Continued 13 February 2001
CONTENTS
1. ESTIMATING VACCINE WASTAGE FACTORS Continued
2. ESTIMATING VACCINE WASTAGE FACTORS REQUIRES STOCK RECORDS + SOFTWARE
1. ESTIMATING VACCINE WASTAGE FACTORS Continued
In Technet Forum Post00316, ESTIMATING VACCINE WASTAGE...
Post00319 TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT PROJECT 6 February 2001
CONTENTS
1. GAVI TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT PROJECT
2. TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT FOR SERVICE DELIVERY STATUS SUMMARY AND PLANS
3. CONDUCTING A TRANSPORT SITUATION ANALYSIS
4. POWERPOINT PRESENTATION: TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT FOR SERVICE DELIVERY
1....
Post00316 ESTIMATING WASTAGE FACTORS 29 January 2001
CONTENTS
ESTIMATING VACCINE WASTAGE FACTORS Continued
In Technet Post00311, ESTIMATING VACCINE WASTAGE FACTORS, 15 January 2001, a
discussion on estimating vaccine wastage and vaccine wastage factors was
posted. The context of the discu...
Post00314 VVM - DRY ICE TROUBLE? NO! 25 January 2001
CONTENTS
VVM on OPV: DRY ICE TROUBLE? NO!
This discussion revolves around misinformation concerning VVMs.
Fred Simiyu, WHO Nigeria, reported "Last week I heard it mentioned by a
UNICEF colleague that a recent study indicates dry ice...
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00413E : VACCINE WASTAGE (STUDY) 18 January 2002
The journal "Vaccine", in its issue no.20 (2002) published an article :"Frequency and Causes of Vaccine Wastage", a study of vaccine wastage in the United States. It was brought to our attention by one of the authors, Bruce Weniger [[log i...
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00413E : VACCINE WASTAGE (STUDY) 18 January 2002
The journal "Vaccine", in its issue no.20 (2002) published an article :"Frequency and Causes of Vaccine Wastage", a study of vaccine wastage in the United States. It was brought to our attention by one of the authors, Bruce Weniger [[log i...
Post00311 Estimating Vaccine Wastage Factors 15 January 2001
CONTENTS
DISCUSSION ON ESTIMATING VACCINE WASTAGE FACTORS
It is important to monitor vaccine wastage in national immunization programs
and to use wastage data as a routine program planning and management tool.
Vaccine wastage has...
Post00310 A-D RECONSTITUTION SYRINGES 9 January 2001
CONTENTS
PROVISION OF A-D RECONSTITUTION SYRINGES:
DESIGN & AVAILABILITY
In Technet Post00302, 30 November 2000, John Lloyd, PATH/CVP, wrote "One
technical issue which emerged from the last Fund review is that the Fund
should, in a...
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