POST 00481E : IMMUNIZATION TRAINING WEBSITE

POST 00481E : IMMUNIZATION TRAINING WEBSITE 30 July 2002 _______________________________________________________ Julie Jensen of the Expanded Programme on Immunization of the World Health Organization (mailto:[log in to unmask]) is pleased to announce on behalf of Jhilmil Bahl, the launching of a new website on Immunization Training. They hope to receive your comments and suggestions. _______________________________________________________ Exciting news!! The Immunization Training website is now available. It can be located at www.who.int/vaccines/training.htm A training partnership meeting was organized on 25 April which brought together 43 participants from both public and private sector. A website was proposed to share training related information amongst partners. WHO has developed this website, which is still in its initial stages. Although WHO will continue to develop and maintain this site, we would appreciate it if all parties involved in immunization training could contribute by sending updated information on events, resources and documents for review. Please check section entitled OUR PARTNERS for accurate representation of your organization's current and future training initiatives. In order to make this website a dynamic training resource, we will be sending follow-up emails on a regular basis to gather new training information from partners. Could each partner organization please identify a FOCAL POINT who would keep us updated on training activities in your organization. Please send this information to Please visit the website and send us your suggestions for making this a useful resource for training. The links on the site appear as follows: — About the partnership - gives a brief explanation how the partnership functions. — Our partners - provides details on current partner agencies and status of their training initiatives. In the future, we would like to expand our partnership base. — Upcoming Training events calendar - provides a reference for current and future training events, along with background materials, agendas, etc. — Immunization training resources - supplies training materials, websites, CD-ROMs and other resources that could be used for immunization training activities. — Training documents available for review - provides the opportunity for training documents to be reviewed and commented on. — Submit documents for review - partners can post training documents for review and feedback from others in the field. — News and views - allows you to share information and documents and provides a forum for discussion through a WebBoard. — Contact us - with e-mail address included ***Important note- To access the news and views section, enter the name as visitor and password as epitraining We appreciate the information, support and commitment that has gone into the creation of the Immunization Training website. Please send comments and suggestions to mailto:[log in to unmask] (Julie Jensen) or mailto:[log in to unmask] (Jhilmil Bahl). __________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- CONTRIBUTIONS: Contributions to: or use your reply button! The TechNet21 e-Forum welcomes new subscribers who are involved in immunization services. SUBCRIBE: To subscribe, send an e-mail to: Leave the SUBJECT area BLANK, do not type anything. In the body text, just write: Subscribe TECHNET21E Surname Name Do not use any accents in your name and surname. UNSUBSCRIBE: To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to: Leave the SUBJECT area BLANK, do not type anything. In the body text, just write: Unsubscribe TECHNET21E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ARCHIVES Archives of posted messages classified by month starting with 1 January 2000 are accessible to all TechNet21 subscribers at the following site : http://listes.ulaval.ca/listserv/archives/technet21e.html Archives for postings prior to January 2000 can be found at the following site : http://www.who.int/vaccines-access/Vaccines/Vaccine_Cold_Chain/Technet Or by request to the Moderator at mailto:[log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archives for files (documents) are under revision to clean old documents and drafts that are already replaced with new ones, and will be made available soon at a specific site. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The World Health Organization and UNICEF support TechNet21. The TechNet21 e-Forum is a communication/information tool for generation of ideas on how to improve immunization services. It is moderated by Claude Letarte and is hosted in cooperation with the Centre de coopération internationale en santé et développement, Québec, Canada (http://www.ccisd.org) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------