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- 2021
The Boost Community, in partnership with John Snow, Inc. (JSI), is pleased to announce a three-part discussion series beginning Wednesday, May 12 on the lessons learned from ten years of...
Requesting survey feedback about digital platforms for mitigating COVID-19 and vaccination campaigns
- 2021
Dear All,
USAID is partnering with Digital Square to assess how governments and investors can harness existing digital tools and platforms to efficiently support response efforts in the ongoing...
- 2020
Dear Colleagues,
Please circulate the following opportunity within your networks.IntraHealth is looking for a 'Senior Advisor for health workforce strengthening' to support the conceptualization and...
- 2020
Assessment of a novel scanner-supported system for processing of child health and immunization data in Uganda
Äijö, A., Schäffner, I., Waiswa, P. et al. Assessment of a novel...
- 2019
In January 2019, PATH and the Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) partnered with the government of Senegal to evaluate a smart energy management device attached to certain solar vaccine refrigerators...
- 2019
Building Bridges to Stronger Leadership and Governance for Health
Strengthening Primary Health Care and Immunization in the post 2020 era in Africa
Thursday, April 25, 2019
9:00 -10:30...
- 2019
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],...
- 2018
You will find in the TechNet-21 Resource Library the recently released WHO report "Explorations of Inequality: Childhood Immunization" and its accompanying interactive data...
- 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
Dear TechNet community,
The 15th TechNet Conference will take place next week in Cascais, Portugal. All plenary sessions will be streamed on the TechNet-21 channel on YouTube, so if you are not...
- 2017
Greetings, colleagues.
With increasing importance on user-focused improvements in routine, administrative immunization data quality and use, it is useful to have some experience-sharing from country...
- 2017
by Dr Blanche ANYA and Dr David BROWN
During 21-24 February 2017, representatives from Cameroon, Ethiopia, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda and Uganda gathered in Kampala, Uganda to rethink and improve...
- 2017
Happy New Year to all TechNet members! I trust that the holiday season was relaxing and peaceful for all. I want to take this opportunity to thank you all for your continued participation in the...
- 2016
A well-functioning supply chain often goes unnoticed. People rarely talk about fully stocked shelves at the store or on-time delivery of a package. It’s the interruptions to the supply chain that...
- 2016
In cooperation with the Uganda Ministry of Health, PATH recently conducted a pilot study to document equipment failures in the Uganda National Expanded Programme on Immunization cold chain.
Due to...
- 2015
How best can a less developed country like Uganda conduct a cost effective POD in real time after trucks have delivered?
- 2015
Please find below links to recordings of plenary presentations that took place on Tuesday, May 12 2015 at theTechNet Conference in Bangkok, Thailand. These are available for viewing on the USTREAM...
- 2014
[b]The budget impact of controlling wastage with smaller vials: A data driven model of session sizes in Bangladesh, India (Uttar Pradesh), Mozambique, and Uganda.[/b][i]
W Yang, M Parisi, B Lahue, J...
- 2014
Dear Colleagues,
Paper immunization registers and register books are critical components of health information systems (HIS) for immunization programs across the globe. Even as many HIS for...
- 2013
by Sean Blaschke and Lilian Nabunnya, UNICEF
On April 26, 2013, health workers at 3,240 health facilities in Uganda were sent the following short-message service (SMS) text message:
Does your...
- 2013
[i]Many thanks to Robert Davis for this lead![/i]
[b]Recent Technical Updates[/b]
[url=http://www.measlesupdates.org/?content=com_articles&artid=1608]POSSIBLE INTERRUPTION OF MEASLES VIRUS...
- 2012
[i]Countries raise more local funds in 2012[/i]
A total of 13 countries in the WHO’s African Region (AFRO) immunized more than 38 million children against measles in supplementary campaigns in...
- 2012
On the occasion of the first Global Summit on Child Survival held in Washington DC on 14th and 15th June 2012 and hosted by governments of USA, Ethiopia and India – with the collaboration of UNICEF...
- 2012
Cross-posted from the January 2012 issue of GIN with thanks. 31/01/2012 from Madhav Balakrishnan, WHO HQ The Global Network for Post-marketing Surveillance (PMS) of Vaccines was established by WHO...
- 2012
Dear polio eradication supporter,
While we wait for the final case count for 2011, we can look back over the year as one of mixed success and setbacks. One success will go into the history books:...
- 2011
Dear polio eradication supporter,
Last month, we flagged that there would be critical changes ahead at the Global Polio Eradication Initiative to increase the speed with which we identify and...
- 2011
This has been cross-posted from the [url=http://sabin.org/blog/progress-sustainable-immunization-financing-program]SABIN website[/url] with thanks.
Since late 2008, the...
- 2011
Dear colleagues,?
Please find attached the Monthly Situation Report as usual and visit [url=http://www.polioeradication.org/]www.polioeradication.org[/url] for regular updates on the Global Polio...
- 2011
Dear Colleagues,
Please find attached the Monthly Situation Report as usual and visit [url=http://www.polioeradication.org/]www.polioeradication.org[/url] for regular updates on the Global Polio...
- 2011
Dear Colleagues,
Please visit for regular updates on the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Note that all data in this report refer to 28 June 2011.
The French version will be available on 08...
- 2011
Dear Colleagues,
Please visit www.polioeradication.org for regular updates on the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Note that all data in this report refers to 04 May 2011. The French version...
- 2011
[i]Many thanks![/i]
A dozen updates this week as the new vaccine pledging meeting approaches. Will the funds pledged next month cover the needs for introduction of rotavirus, pneumococcal and HPV...
- 2011
Dear colleagues,
Please visit www.polioeradication.org for regular updates on the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Note that all data in this report refers to 30 March 2011. The French version...
- 2011
Dear Colleagues,
Please visit www.polioeradication.org for regular updates on the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Note that all data in this report refers to 01 March 2011.
The French...
- 2011
Dear colleagues,
Please visit www.polioeradication.org for regular updates on the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Note that all data in this report refers to 01 February 2011. The French...
- 2011
Dear colleagues,?
Please visit www.polioeradication.org for regular updates on the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Note that all data in this report refers to 14 December 2010. The French...
- 2010
[i]Written by: S Kibet, WHO Kenya; P Zaninka & T Rweizire, Uganda EPI; R Anderson, UW; and S Newland, PATH[/i]
Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of vaccine supply chains is no easy task,...
- 2010
Dear colleagues,
Please visit [url=http://www.polioeradication.org/]www.polioeradication.org[/url] for regular updates on the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Note that all data in this report...
- 2010
[b]UPDATE ON MATERNAL NEONATAL TETANUS ELIMINATION AS OF OCTOBER 2010[/b]
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[b] [/b]WHO/CHERG estimates for causes of child mortality show that Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus (MNT) was...
- 2010
Dear Editor,
UNICEF, in collaboration with WHO and PATH, took a country-wide extensive evaluation of Cold Chain and Vaccine Management in Uganda in 2007. I happened to be the Team Leader for the...
- 2009
Since 1994, with USAID funding, JSI has conducted international courses on supply chain management of health commodities. These training activities have been a pivotal part of the supply chain...
- 2009
Optimizing presentation and packaging for HPV vaccines[i]by Debbie Kristensen and D. Scott LaMontagne, PATH[/i]
Working in collaboration with the [url=http://sites.google.com/site/vppagp/Home]Vaccine...
- 2009
[b]Temperature Monitoring Study To Commence in Vietnam and Uganda[/b]
[i]by Joanie Robertson, Huong Vu and James Cheyne, PATH
[/i]While some vaccines will lose their potency if they are stored at...
- 2009
Launched in 1999 by UNICEF, WHO, UNFPA and partners the MNT Elimination initiative has led to protection of more than 90 million women against tetanus in more than 45 countries through Supplemental...
- 2009
POST 01396E: GLOBAL IMMUNIZATION MEETING 2009— PRESENTATIONS
28 FEBRUARY 2009
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The fourth Annual Global Immunization Meeting was held in New...
- 2008
POST 01259E: REPAIR/NON-REPAIR OF COLD CHAIN EQUIPMENT
29 APRIL 2008
Follow up on posts: [url=http://listserv.technet21.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=TECHNET21E&T=0&O=D&F=&S=&P=9396]POST...
- 2008
POST 01227E: COLD CHAIN MANAGEMENT : SUB-NATIONAL CAPACITY
16 FEBRUARY 2008
Follow-up on posts: 01226E, 01225E , 01221E, 01218, 01216, 01214E...
- 2008
POST 01227E: COLD CHAIN MANAGEMENT : SUB-NATIONAL CAPACITY
16 FEBRUARY 2008
Follow-up on posts: 01226E, 01225E , 01221E, 01218, 01216, 01214E...
- 2008
POST 01217E: SCHOOL-BASED TT VACCINATION
FOLLOW UP ON POSTS POST 01212E AND POST 01214E
20 JANUARY...
- 2007
POST 01137E : CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION 9 August 2007
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The following new materials especially on cervical cancer prevention and HPV vaccine are sent to you...
- 2007
POST 01087E : CHILD HEALTH DAYS 2 May 2007
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In an earlier Child Survival Update, Robert Davis
(mailto:[email protected]) wrote : "Recent thinking on...
- 2007
The introduction of HPV vaccination is facing many challenges. The article published by Pollack et al. in the January issue of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, besides providing...
- 2006
POST 00965E : COLD CHAIN CAPACITY ASSESSMENT/REQUEST FOR INFO
23 August 2006
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NOTE : I have inadvertently deleted a message from...
- 2006
POST 00937E : THINKING THE UNTHINKABLE
Follow-up on Posts 00917E, 00923E and 00931E
8 June 2006
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This posting contains five...
- 2006
POST 907E : COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING
Follow-up on Posts 00888E and 00893E
4 April 2006
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Robert Steinglass...
- 2006
POST 00897E : NEEDLE REMOVERS REVIEW
Follow-up on Post 00891E
12 March 2006
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NOTE : There has been problems with transferring files of the two...
- 2006
POST 00893E : COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING
Follow-up on Post 00888E
2 March 2006
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This posting contains two contributions. The first is from Robert...
- 2005
POST 00779E : QUESTION ON SYRINGE PURCHASE
20 April 2005
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A very short message from Mary Catlin (mailto:[email protected]) from
the USA. Please...
- 2005
POST 00778E : MEASLES CAMPAIGN AND ITN DISTRIBUTION
Follow-up on Posts 00763E, 00765E, 00767E, 00768E, 00771E and 00774E
18 April 2005
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Mike Favin...
- 2005
POST 00751E : CHILD HEALTH DAYS
Follow-up on Posts 00740E and 00747E
5 February 2005
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NOTE : The homepage of the TechNet21 website has been...
- 2005
POST 00747E : CHILD HEALTH DAYS
Follow-up on Post 00740E
27 January 2005
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This posting contains three contributions. Robert...
- 2005
POST 00740E : UGANDA CHILD HEALTH DAYS
10 January 2005
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Robert Davis (mailto:[email protected]) from UNICEF/ESARO in Nairobi, has
started a weekly...
- 2004
POST 00671E : VACCINE FORECAST
Follow-up on Posts 00649E and 00662E
8 May 2004
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This posting contains two contributions. The first comes from Julie
Milstien...
- 2004
POST 00660E : IMPROVING COVERAGE
Follow-up on Posts 00642E and 00646E
8 April 2004
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The first contribution is from Khadija Msambichaka ...
- 2003
POST 00619E : COMBATING RUMOURS 13 December 2003
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UNICEF Regional Office for East and Southern Africa (ESARO) has produced a
report two years ago with the...
- 2003
POST 00602E : SUGGESTIONS FOR THE MEETING AGENDA
Follow-up on Posts 00574E, 00584E, 00587E, 00591E, 00595E and 00600E
9 September...
- 2002
POST 00487E : CFC DISPOSAL 13 August 2002
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Elly Tumwine Rweizire (mailto:[log in to unmask]) country logistician at
UNEPI (EPI Uganda)...
- 2002
POST 00480E : PROTECTION OF MORE COLD-SENSITIVE VACCINES
Follow-up on posts 00391E, 00400E, 00412E, 00419E, 00428E and 00475E
29 July...
- 2002
POST 00475E : PROTECTION OF MORE COLD-SENSITIVE VACCINES
Follow-up on Posts 00391E, 00400E, 00412E, 00419E and 00428E
16 July...
- 2002
POST 00473E : VACCINE WASTAGE
Follow up on Posts 00311, 00316, 00320, 00324, 00345, 00349, 00404E and 00462E
11 July...
- 2002
POST 00473E : VACCINE WASTAGE
Follow up on Posts 00311, 00316, 00320, 00324, 00345, 00349, 00404E and 00462E
11 July...
- 2002
POST 00435E :GAVI Update (resend) 14 March 2002
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The last GAVI Update Posting (POST00434E) was truncated for obscure reasons.
So here it is...
- 2002
POST 00435E :GAVI Update (resend) 14 March 2002
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The last GAVI Update Posting (POST00434E) was truncated for obscure reasons.
So here it is...
- 2001
POST00395E
GAVI UPDATE 27 November 2001
Hemanthi Dassanayake from WHO kindly shared with us
the following GAVI update of 20 November 2001.
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ADVOCACY TASK...
- 2001
POST00395E
GAVI UPDATE 27 November 2001
Hemanthi Dassanayake from WHO kindly shared with us
the following GAVI update of 20 November 2001.
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ADVOCACY TASK...
- 2001
POST00395E
GAVI UPDATE 27 November 2001
Hemanthi Dassanayake from WHO kindly shared with us
the following GAVI update of 20 November 2001.
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ADVOCACY TASK...
- 2001
POST00395E
GAVI UPDATE 27 November 2001
Hemanthi Dassanayake from WHO kindly shared with us
the following GAVI update of 20 November 2001.
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ADVOCACY TASK...
- 2001
POST00395E
GAVI UPDATE 27 November 2001
Hemanthi Dassanayake from WHO kindly shared with us
the following GAVI update of 20 November 2001.
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ADVOCACY TASK...
- 2001
Post00379 FELLOWSHIP + PRINCESS + RFA + HepB RESOURCES 2 October 2001
CONTENTS
1. PUBLIC HEALTH FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
2. SCF/UK PRINCESS ANNE BERATES DRUG FIRMS OVER PRICES
3....
- 2001
Post00376 GAVI & VACCINE FUND INFO UPDATE 21 September 2001
CONTENTS
1. INFORMATION UPDATE ON GAVI AND VACCINE FUND RELATED COUNTRY ACTIVITIES
Visit the TechNet 21 Delhi...
- 2001
Post00370 GAVI UPDATE 23 August2001
CONTENTS
1. GAVI INFORMATION UPDATE
From: [[email protected]][email protected][/email]
To:...