Ebola
Vaccine management processes are designed to ensure product quality and comprises an integrated system of equipment, procedures, records, and activities. Effective vaccine management requires that personnel who handle and distribute vaccines have...
- Category: Supply chain & logistics
Vaccine management processes are designed to ensure product quality and comprises an integrated system of equipment, procedures, records, and activities. Effective vaccine management requires that personnel who handle and distribute vaccines have...
- Category: Supply chain & logistics
0:00 - Summary of the latest evidence and open research questions, Julie Leask. 16:10 - Evidence and lessons learned on social sciences analytics around vaccination in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Simone Carter. 30:19 - Case Study: the...
- Category: Global initiatives
Results from vaccination surveys during Ebola outbreaks in the DRC and guidance for better use of social sciences analytics and vaccination in humanitarian settings
- Category: Global initiatives
- Country: Democratic Republic Of The Congo
- Organisation: UNICEF
The aim of this study is to estimate the immediate and lasting effects of the 2014–2015 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak on public-sector primary healthcare delivery in Liberia using 7 years of comprehensive routine health information system...
- Category: Service delivery
- Country: Liberia
This report is a step towards developing a shared framework and monitoring mechanism. It reflects the outcome of discussions involving over 50 international experts in veterinary and human public health, public policy, finance, and economic...
- Category: Global initiatives
- Country: Not Specified
In March, 2016, a flare-up of Ebola virus disease was reported in Guinea, and in response ring vaccination with the unlicensed rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine was introduced under expanded access, the first time that an Ebola vaccine has been used in an outbreak...
- Category: Vaccines & delivery devices
- Country: Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea
To better understand the association between Ebola-related attitudes and interest in receiving an Ebola virus vaccine, a survey was administered to a U.S. national sample using GfK’s KnowledgePanel®. Among participants (N = 1417), 34.1% expressed...
- Category: Service delivery
- Country: Not Specified
Following the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern regarding the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in July 2014, UNICEF was asked to co-lead, in coordination with WHO and the ministries of...
- Category: Service delivery
- Country: Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea
- Organisation: UNICEF, WHO
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Newsletter announcement
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Logistians cannot plan the introduction of Covid-19 vaccines
I wish to add to the very practical and sensible Robin and Rafael discussions on Covid-19. There should be more specific stability data provided for the candidate vaccines. ULT is really a non-real
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Webinar: New guidance for managing health care waste produced by your immunisation program
Webinar: New guidance for managing health care waste produced by your immunisation program August 20, 2020, 9:00 a.m. EST / 3:00 p.m. CEST (Geneva)
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Cold Chain Response to Covid-19
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 reco
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Stemming the Tide of Counterfeit Proof of Vaccination
Recent reports [1] of counterfeit yellow fever vaccination certificates in Zambia follow reports of falsified proof of vaccination documents being used in other countries, including Ethiopia [2], I
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World Immunization Week 2016 - Close the immunization gap
The theme “Close the immunization gap” continues in this year’s World Immunization Week campaign with the slogan "Immunization for all throughout life". The campaign – takes place
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Ebola vaccine trial in Sierra Leone battles against fear and logistics
From today's Guardian Health workers face suspicion and a lack of cold storage as they test the Ebola vaccine
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WHO recommendations regarding vaccine hesitancy
People who delay or refuse vaccines for themselves or their children are presenting a growing challenge for countries seeking to close the immunization gap. Globally, 1 in 5 children still do not rece
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FIELD REPORT: Advocacy for Immunization Financing Resuming in Liberia
Dear colleagues, As the Ebola outbreak recedes in Liberia, advocacy champions from the Ministry of Health, parliament, and international agencies are keen to reinitiate momentum to
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Medical waste disposal for public health (1)
I hope that you will disagree with me and tell me that medical waste disposal systems in low-to-middle income countries have advanced dramatically in the last ten years. But I have the impression is t