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Immunization Supply Chain Sizing Tool

Hi Team, this is Johnson Kisanga from CHAI-Tanzania. 

I was going through the Supply chain sizing tool with aim of understanding key parameters that are required to establish requiments for a standart Dry Storage for storing duluents, syringes and safey boxes. So, I'm kind like trying to make an assessment tool that can be used to assess stores around and see how many have qualified and sufficient dry storage. So, I need someone to help me understand how do I physically establish the current existing dry storage so that I know it's insufficient/sufficient if i compare with the output from Supply chain sizing tool.

Learning Collective Initiative in COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership webinar session - 20 September 2022

Dear colleagues, You are invited to the next session of the ‘Learning Collective Initiative’ in Covid-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership (CoVDP) Webinar Series.  Session 4 – Learnings from One Plan / One Budget DevelopmentSeptember 20, 2022 - 11.30am UTC  A ‘Learning Collective Initiative’ has been established under the CoVDP to provide targeted support to 34 concerted support countries. This workstream will collect, consolidate, and share lessons learned, best practices, and challenges in planning and operationalizing COVID-19 vaccination uptake. This series is primarily directed at national authorities who are responsible for managing or making key decisions on the deployment, implementation and monitoring of COVID-19 vaccines. The secondary target audience includes partners in the one country team who can provide desired technical support. French interpretation will be provided.  Register here: https://echo.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqc-uopjoiHdOUcl4uNzIP...

TechNet webinar series: EIR or IIS - How to select the Best Digital Immunization System for your Country Context ?

Dear colleagues,    You are invited to a new TechNet webinar series on EIR or IIS - How to select the Best Digital Immunization System for your Country Context ?   This webinar series presents the leading Electronic Immunization Registries (EIR) and Immunization Information Systems (IIS) software and service options that are currently deployed in the field. It also explores how to select, procure, and implement a robust EIR/IIS. This includes examining the different functionalities in order to aid the selection of the right system to support both COVID-19 vaccination and Routine Immunization (RI).   Interpretation in French and Spanish will be available for all the sessions of this series.   Session 1: IIS and EIR - An Introduction to Immunization Systems & Mapping Functionalities for System Selection27 Sep 2022 - 3pm CESTSession 2: Overview of SanteIMZ as an EIR/IIS and country use case04 Oct 2022 - 3pm CESTSession 3: Overview of CommCare...

Webinar on "Designing and Implementing Gridded Population Surveys"

You are invited to the launching of the manual Designing and Implementing Gridded Population Surveys, a manual with step-by-step tutorials for survey practitioners - See flyer to register or go here https://teams.microsoft.com/registration/2zWeD09UYE-9zF6kFubccA,Br5CidzRyEyk5fawxT_jcw,gtfS8ogAJkiW33HrpW5tLg,S996bwQlqEui3_IC03159w,Gdv_GJhmAUqhpNvVKCvTsg,rxtSWx5rl0WdkOHbu29xRg?mode=read&tenantId=0f9e35db-544f-4f60-bdcc-5ea416e6dc70&skipauthstrap=1 The session will provide guidance about the datasets and tools used in gridded population surveys, and reviews three real-world comparisons between traditional census surveys and gridded population surveys in Uruguay, Nigeria, and Nepal. Survey statisticians in government, the private sector, academia, and the non-profit sector should find this session informative whether or not they plan to use gridded population sampling. Speakers   Dana R ThomsonThe emphasis of Dr. Thomson research is identification of popu...

Real-time remote temperature monitoring system

Hi, My name is Tewedaj, Ethiopia, I am a Certified Public Health Professional with over 10 years of progressive experience in the District health system; I coordinated and led the public health emergency response teams at Jimma University as a surveillance division leader during the Pandemic. Currently, I am working as a child health coordinator, and technically support child health more importantly immunization programs, monitoring and evaluation, gap assessments, capacity building, and evidence-based performance improvement. I am thrilled to be a part of TechNet-21. I am attracted to the goal of the network, which is to strengthen immunization services through sharing experiences, coordinating activities, and helping to formulate optimal policies. Topic-Real-time remote temperature monitoring system The big issue I am going to discuss, put some issues about real-time RTMS, as we all know keeping the vaccine potency is a global concern due to cold chain-related technical problems...

Newsletter announcement

Dear Colleagues,   The Africa Infodemic Response Alliance (AIRA) is Africa’s network to share safe, proven facts on health and to counter dangerous health misinformation.  An infodemic is too much information during a public health crisis - including false or misleading information - in both the digital and physical environments. With COVID-19, Ebola or any other outbreak, a glut of information can confuse people and fuel behaviours that drive the spread of disease. It can undermine trust in health authorities which hampers public health responses and ultimately prolongs outbreaks. AIRA is a first of its kind regional network that brings together fact-checking and media organisations, big data, AI and innovation bodies and leading inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations working in public health to respond to infodemics.   You can now find the AIRA Infodemic Trends Report Newsletter (weekly publication) in our blog...

Éléments à prendre en considération pour intégrer la vaccination contre la COVID-19 dans les programmes de vaccination et les soins de santé primaires pour 2022 et au-delà

Version 1 (OMS et UNICEF) en date du 27 juillet 2022 Ce document présente les principales considérations programmatiques essentielles pour passer des campagnes de masse pour la vaccination contre la COVID-19 à l'intégration de la vaccination contre la COVID-19 dans les programmes de vaccination, les soins de santé primaires et d'autres services de santé pertinents pour 2022 et au-delà.  Compte tenu de l'évolution de la nature épidémiologique de la pandémie de COVID-19, il s'agit d'un document évolutif qui sera mis à jour pour refléter l'évolution du contexte, y compris à mesure que les politiques de vaccination contre la COVID-19 à long terme sont formulées. Enfin, le document ne vise pas à définir une approche prescriptive, mais plutôt à présenter des éléments à prendre en considération et des options que les pays peuvent examiner et appliquer en fonction de leurs besoins et du contexte national.  Public cible: - Public principal&nb...

HLN updates support for Monkeypox vaccine in its Award Winning ICE Open Source Immunization Forecaster

On August 31, 2022, HLN released a new version (v1.36.1) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) in support of updates to the COVID-19 vaccine. ICE is a state-of-the-art open source software system that provides clinical decision support for immunizations for use in Immunization Information Systems (IIS), Electronic Health Record (EHR), and Personal Health Record (PHR) Systems. Version 1.36.1 includes the following additions and updates, as noted in the Release Notes and ICE News Page. New vaccine group: Orthopoxvirus for May 2022 Emergency Use Authorization (Monkeypox) New vaccines: CVX codes 75, 105, 206 The vaccine group can optionally be enabled or disabled. In the zip file distribution, the Orthopoxvirus vaccine group is disabled by default. It can be enabled by removing the property value VACCINE_GROUP_CONCEPT.860 from the vaccine_group_exclusions property in the ice.properties file. The vaccine_group_exclusions ...

DHIS2 for Immunization Webinar on Data Use, Denominators and Immunization

The HISP Centre at the University of Oslo invites you to join us for the next webinar in our Gavi-supported DHIS2 for Immunization webinar series: DHIS2 Webinar on Data Use, Denominators and Immunization In this webinar, we will highlight how the HISP groups are addressing some of the less used approaches to obtaining population denominator data for use in immunization programs. Presentations will include: -- HISP researchers will share findings from a systematic review of how denominator data is used in practice, with a focus on less frequently used approaches that are the most likely to identify the excluded/zero dose populations -- HISP Rwanda will present an update on their work linking CVRS and DHIS2 for vaccination in Rwanda -- HISP Vietnam will share how the household community survey is used in DHIS2 in Laos to identify the excluded This webinar will be hosted separately in English and French. English: Wednesday, 28 September, from 14:00-15:00 CET (GMT+2) - Register here:...