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Sabin Now Accepting Applications for its Social and Behavioral Interventions for Vaccination Acceptance Small Grants Program

The Sabin Vaccine Institute is proud to announce its second iteration of the Social and Behavioral Interventions for Vaccination Acceptance Small Grants Program. Under this program, grants of $25,000 each will be awarded for intervention research projects, which can be conducted over a period of 10 months beginning in September 2020. The primary goal of the program is to identify promising social and behavioral interventions for increasing vaccination confidence in LMICs by designing and piloting interventions that will contribute to generating knowledge about vaccine acceptance and proposing viable solutions across social contexts. The secondary goal of this program is to strengthen collaborative relationships for social and behavioral research between academic researchers and immunization program managers at the in-country and local levels. Our application is now open! You can find the link to the RFP here: https://www.sabin.org/programs/vaccine-acceptance#smallgrantsprogram To app...

Vx Data Insights Webinar #3: Policy vs Practice: Two modes that reflect decision-making in the Kenyan health system

Policy vs Practice: Two modes that reflect decision-making in the Kenyan health system July 16, 2020, 9:30 a.m. EST / 3:30 p.m. CEST (Geneva) REGISTER HERE:  https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9e9WYt-5T8Sf_mWr_eSYcg Join JSI and Sonder Design Collective for a third in a series of mini 30-minute webinars sharing their initial findings from the Vx Data Insights research in Kenya. This Human-Centered Design study is a joint effort between the two organizations and the Ministry of Health in Kenya, aimed at understanding the challenges around collecting and using data for decision-making in delivering immunization services.  In this webinar, the team will take you through their learnings about the two modes of decision-making in the Kenyan health system. Through key insights and illustrative examples, they will describe the 2 decision-making modes used for decision making: extensive planning and budgeting activities that closely follow policy versus the reactive, rapid a...

Webinaire : Le rôle essentiel du personnel de la chaîne d'approvisionnement en santé dans le contexte du COVID-19

Jeudi 16 juillet 2020 14h00 SAST (08h00 EDT) INSCRIVEZ-VOUS La pandémie actuelle du Covid-19 ébranle les systèmes de santé des pays à revenu faible et moyen (PRFM) et met leur personnel à risque. Le travail des personnels de santé clinique, qui traitent quotidiennement les patients dans les hôpitaux et les cliniques du monde entier, dépend des produits que le personnel de la chaîne d'approvisionnement en santé peut lui fournir. Sous-estimé à tort, ce dernier est fondamental pour assurer la disponibilité des produits et garantir la continuité des services de soins. De nombreux webinaires focalisés sur la chaîne d'approvisionnement, y compris dans le domaine de la santé, ont été organisés par des organisations et institutions publiques et privées depuis l'épidémie. Cependant, la plupart de ces événements en ligne sont dispensés en anglais, ce qui limite l'accès à de précieuses ressources et informations pour la communauté francophone. Rejoignez-nous pou...

Immunizations During COVID-19: New Video Training

In collaboration with the WHO, Immunization Academy's IA Watch has created new training videos on how to safely deliver immunizations during the COVID-19 outbreak. The first new video in the series is "IPC Standard Precautions During the COVID-19 Outbreak." French and Spanish versions are coming soon: https://watch.immunizationacademy.com/en/videos/527

We invite you to watch and share this important video lesson with your networks.

Vaccine Data Discovery Webinar #2: The Health System Map and Its Actors: Introducing you to the key actors who make up the Kenyan Immunization Program

The Health System Map and Its Actors: Introducing you to the key actors who make up the Kenyan Immunization Program July 2, 2020, 9:30 a.m. EDT / 1:30 p.m. GMT REGISTER HERE: https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_o32Yz42hTfyiq-vwn-cktQ Join JSI and Sonder Design Collective for a second in a series of mini 30-minute webinars sharing their initial findings from The Vaccine Data Discovery Research in Kenya. This Human-Centered Design study is a joint effort between the two organizations and the Ministry of Health in Kenya, aimed at understanding the challenges around collecting and using data for decision-making in delivering immunization services.  In this webinar, the team will take you through their learnings about immunization actors in the Kenyan health system. Through their system map and focusing on key actors, they will cover what decisions are made, what information they use to make these decisions and the key challenges they face along the way. For more informati...

Re-framing how we think about decision-making: 3 lessons from healthcare workers and managers in Kenya

You are invited to join an upcoming webinar: Re-framing how we think about decision-making: 3 lessons from healthcare workers and managers in Kenya June 18, 2020, 9:30 a.m. EST / 3:30 p.m. GMT REGISTER HERE:  https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PJf7_O9KThKeLUWWKl-kOA  Join JSI and Sonder Design Collective for a first in a series of mini 30-minute webinars sharing their initial findings from The Vaccine Data Discovery Research in Kenya. This Human-Centered Design study is a joint effort between the two organizations and the Ministry of Health in Kenya, aimed at understanding the challenges around collecting and using data for decision-making in delivering immunization services.  In this webinar, the team will deep dive into 3 insights around decision-making in the Kenya health system, covering perceptions around who is and is not a decision-maker, the context in which decisions are made, and how relevant information is accessed to inform these decisions.  ...

Solar Cooking, Equipment Sterilization and Syringe Waste Processing

I have been working on solar electric cooking systems which are appropriate for the developing. The system I think has the most promise is a solar direct system,no batteries. Thermal storage allows hot food to be eaten 5 hours after sunset. A  single 280 watt PV module would supply all the energy needed to cook a days worth of food for a family of 5.                                                   STERILIZER A spin off  from this project are two potential products for the cold chain, A pressure cooker (sterilizer}. With a 280 watt module the pressure cookers contents could be sterilized in about one hour.                                                    SYRINGE WASTE A second app...

Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) tool for cold chain equipment version 1.9 now available

Dear all, we hope you are in good health and staying safe. We have just released version 1.9 of the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) tool for cold chain equipment. Also update is the online tool http://www.coldchainTCO.org 

Version 1.9 includes price updates from the latest UNICEF SD LTA as well as four new CCE products.  

Please  bookmark or regularly reference the website for the latest versions of the excel tool. https://www.path.org/resources/total-cost-of-ownership-tool-for-cold-chain-equipment/ 

Matt 

Contingency Planning for Immunization Supply Chain

A business continuity plan (BCP) outlines how a programme or project will continue operating during an unplanned disruption in service. It contains contingencies for processes, assets, human resources and partners – every aspect of the programme that might be affected. The BCP for immunization supply chain operation is one of the risk-based planning approaches to ensure adequate vaccines and immunization supplies for routine immunization and vaccination campaigns once the COVID-19 pandemic is under control where they have been put on hold. It also applies to emergencies beyond COVID-19. In line with country need, we have developed a guidance on Maintaining Immunization Supply Chain Operations in the context of COVID-19: Considerations for the National Logistics Working Groups (NLWGs). This guidance explains why a continuity plan is required, basic principles and key considerations with links to existing resources.  See available here in English and French:  https://www.te...

Logistical challenges for potential SARS-CoV-2 vaccine and a call to research institutions, developers and manufacturers

Commentary paper authored by me, Kelly Lynn Moore and John Lloyd "Logistical challenges for potential SARS-CoV-2 vaccine and a call to research institutions, developers and manufacturers" is now available online in VACCINE journal. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X20308422?fbclid=IwAR0OMAK6FoPIHmWkVsXEgb85hV0VpxT1dEe6EaodtlJJKllQqpNbz7P48q8     In the absence of specific treatment or an effective vaccine, the SARS-CoV epidemic was brought to an end through public health tools like isolation, quarantine, physical distancing, and containment measures within eight months in 2003. Despite similarities between SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 (and with recognition of differences such as trajectories, infectious period, transmissibility, clinical spectrum, and community spread) similar public health measures were only able to slow the spread of COVID-19, suppressing the peak and providing health systems much needed time to scale up for eff...