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- 2022
Dear colleagues,
The conclusions of the Global Measles and Rubella Strategic Plan 2012–2020 implementation midterm review highlighted the need to update protocols for guiding surveillance...
- 2022
Dear TechNet-21 Members,
The annual WHO and UNICEF national estimates of immunization coverage (WUENIC) 2022 here were officially released on15th July.
You can access all data...
- 2022
Would you like to know more about using DHIS2 for disease surveillance, early warning and outbreak detection? We invite you to join us for a high-level introduction to Disease Surveillance organized...
- 2022
When: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 3:30PM - 4:30PM (CET)
Location: https://gavi-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Wx9c2pSFS7yXCBMKN98cjg
Registration Link:...
- 2021
Dear Colleagues,
I would like to bring to your attention that the Summary Tables of WHO Routine Immunization Recommendations have been updated. The latest versions (November 2021) of...
- 2021
Third edition, June 2018
Introduction
The primary objective of this manual is to provide a resource for the global network of laboratories that supports the surveillance for cases of measles,...
- 2020
New vaccine compositions, formulations and combinations have greatly advanced in recent decades. Presently, vaccines are available against 25 diseases, and 12 vaccines are now included in the...
- 2020
Many thanks for attending the session on measles and rubella microarray patches. Follow the URL below to see the session in case you have missed...
- 2020
Since 1998, WHO and UNICEF annually collect data on national immunization systems through the WHO/UNICEF Joint Reporting Form on Immunization (JRF). The JRF collects national level data on reported...
- 2020
Greetings, everyone. I hope that you are healthy and keeping your spirits up amidst these trying times.
In March this year, just before COVID-19 shutdowns, I visited health facilities in Kinshasa -...
- 2020
The challenge before us is an enormous one – many lives hang in the balance. But never in the history of the world have we had as many resources available to craft solutions as we do today. When a...
- 2020
An Immunization Pulse Poll in the context of COVID-19 conducted between 14 and 24 April, with 801 responses from 107 countries, showed that disruption to the routine immunization program are...
- 2020
PROMOTING EQUITY THROUGH SUPPLY CHAIN DESIGN
June 3, 2020, 4:00-5:00pm CEST
REGISTER HERE: https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EoDaBqqkRaSFRLgKo9Fk6Q
Join VillageReach and JSI for a...
- 2020
We have MR Vaccine for a campaign that had to be suspended due to current COVID-19 circumstances. These vaccines had been stored between minus 15 and minus 25 deg C at the Primary Store. Later,...
- 2020
The WHO European Region celebrates European Immunization Week (EIW) on 20-26 April to raise awareness of the importance of immunization in preventing diseases and protecting life. This message is...
- 2020
Dear TechNet members, please find below a link to a new WHO-UNICEF publication related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that you may find useful.
Immunization in the context of the COVID-19...
- 2020
NEW! WHO Guide for clinical case management and infection prevention and control during a measles outbreak
This newly published WHO guidance document outlines practical clinical care...
- 2020
Dear measles and rubella vaccine delivery and implementation experts,
WHO is soliciting your expertise on the potential need and use for microarray patches (MAPs) (otherwise known as microneedles or...
- 2019
A recent article in Science authored by Michael Mina and colleagues concludes that measles infection reduces antibodies that provide protection against infections thereby reducing the benefits of...
- 2019
Dear viewrs of techNet community
We wish to share the attached wherein a planning unit lead by AYUSH Lady Medical Officer has attained and sustained >95% FIC below one year and DPT 1st booster...
- 2019
L’événement: Enquêtes de couverture vaccinale post-campagne (après une ASV)
Lundi 15 juillet 2019 à 16 heures de Genève (vérifier l'heure) Lien...
- 2019
Does anyone know or use a simplified susceptibility analysis tool that can be used at sub-national level? Is there a model of a simple susceptibility analysis tool likely to be used by people who are...
- 2019
Dear Forum,
We have continued having measles cases around the world despite the child’s immunization status. I have come across cases were a child was immunized but still gets the disease. I know...
- 2019
Article above by Minal K Patel and Walter A Oreinstein - available here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(18)30492-3/fulltext
Summary
Background Despite improvements...
- 2019
Dear Technet 21 Community,
We are glad to share the Measles and Measles-Rubella (MR) Vaccine Five-dose vial presentations Facts sheet.
This Facts Sheet informs of the availability of Measles...
- 2019
Innovations in Measles and Rubella Elimination in the African Region
Guest Editors:
Robert Davis: Measles Delegate, American Red Cross, Nairobi, Kenya
James L. Goodson: Senior Measles...
- 2018
Hi TechNeters!
It was brought to my attention by one of you that USC researchers have developed a new polio vaccine that doesn't require refrigeration. Check out...
- 2018
A new article is available on converage and timeliness of vaccination and the validity of routine estimates: Insights from a vaccine registry in Kenya
BACKGROUND:
The benefits of childhood...
- 2018
Dear all
India is politically committed to advancing the target of achieving >90% full Immunization coverage before 1 year from 2020 to 2018 through Intensified Mission Indhradhanush (IMI) launched...
- 2018
Working together to unlock the lifesaving power of data
2018 marks the 20th anniversary of WHO and UNICEF’s Joint Reporting Form (JRF) on Immunization – a single form used by all countries to...
- 2018
The Summary Tables of WHO Routine Immunization Recommendations have been updated. The latest versions (April 2018) of the Summary Tables (available in both FRENCH and ENGLISH) can be downloaded from...
- 2018
Dear viewers
World TB day theme 2018- Wanted: Leaders for a TB free world and the corollary: Quickly and adequately involve the active leaders.
In view of the above we wish to share the attached...
- 2018
Hello everyone,
Mozambique, at present, uses only a simple measles vaccine in the Measles Routine for measles prevention.However, with support from GAVI, Mozambique is preparing a campaign against...
- 2018
Dear Friends,
I share the following story recently published in the New York Times on the leveraging of policy to bring about quick change in measles coverage in California, USA following the...
- 2018
Dear viewers.
We the KVG team wish a happy new year and wish to share the post on BCG vaccination.
As a question of justice, world wants to end TB by 2030 – the major killer among infectious...
- 2017
Dear viewers
For some long standing problems, solution can be very siimple - we have to just do it.
For saving the children from the lethal Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPDs), they are to be...
- 2017
As part of the WHO African region efforts to improve immunization and surveillance performances in terms of quality, effectiveness, efficiency, coverage and equity and in order to strengthen the...
- 2017
A Supplement on EPI in Ethiopia recently published in the Pan African Medical Journal.
http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/series/27/2/
- 2017
Dear viewers - Please find the following and the attached illustration for a critical review and needful.
Background:
CCH Mrs Anitha Beth and Asst CCH Mr Mukesh could not believe when the author...
- 2017
The upcoming supplement "The Future of Immunization in Africa Supplement", guest-editored by Bob Davis (Am Red Cross) , Helen Rees (Wits U) and Steve Cochi (GID, CDC), is still open for submission....
- 2016
Dear viewers Manoor is a SC of Community Health Centre (CHC) Kota of Udupi Taluk and district of Karnataka state. What the country wants to achieve by 2020 is already achieved and sustained. Udupi...
- 2016
The SAGE October 2016 meeting report has been published in the WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record. SAGE reviewed relevant data and evidence, advised and made recommendations on various complex and...
- 2016
Recentry published in MMWR: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6545a5.htm and WER:http://www.who.int/wer/2016/wer9146/en/
Global routine vaccination coverage, 2015
Abstract
In 1974, the World...
- 2016
Planning and Implementing High-Quality Supplementary Immunization Activities for Injectable Vaccines Using an Example of Measles and Rubella Vaccines- Field Guide:
This is a field guide that is...
- 2016
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- 2016
Dear all
We are presenting this post for inputs from the viewers which will help us in critically reviewing the programme as an exercise for the post graduates. This may indierectly help in reaching...
- 2016
UNICEF is pleased to announce the availability on-line of the “Measles Control in Emergency Settings - (MCES)” course module under the Immunization e-Learning Initiative. This module is an ideal...
- 2016
Washington, D.C., 27 September 2016 (PAHO/WHO) – The Region of the Americas is the first in the world to have eliminated measles, a viral disease that can cause severe health problems, including...