Dear Colleagues, From Nov 30 to Dec 2, 2022, the USAID MTaPS Program will join the Global Health Supply Chain Summit (GHSCS) in Dakar, Senegal ( https://lnkd.in/guepphAJ ), first...
Dear colleagues,
You are invited to a TechNet webinar: The Impact of Smart Sensing Devices and Cloud Based Technology in Advancing Senegal's Vaccine Supply Chain
Learn from Dr. Amy...
Join the Boost Community and the Exemplars in Global Health (EGH) program for a live engagement on Tuesday, May 17 at 10:00 AM EDT/ 2:00 PM GMT / 3:00 PM WAT / 7:30 PM IST (check your local...
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...
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La pandémie actuelle du Covid-19 ébranle les systèmes de santé des pays à revenu faible et moyen (PRFM) et met leur personnel à...
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...
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...
Supply Chain Strategic Focus Area
Advance the Market Availability of Solar Energy Harvest Control-Equipped Cold Chain Equipment
Date of notice: April 1, 2019
Summary: Manufacturers of...
National vaccine logistics systems, originally designed in the 1980s, are today confronted to a real revolution in the following aspects:
Broader range of vaccines and greater diversity of service...
Les systèmes nationaux de logistique vaccinale, conçus au départ dans les années 80, sont aujourd’hui confrontés à une véritable révolution qui se décline sous les aspects...
Dear Colleagues,
PSA is pleased to share the new issue of “Health & Humanitarian – the supply chain review” magazine.
In this issue, read about:
Vaccine Distribution in DRC by...
The IPM Project (funded by the Gates Foundation and "MSD for Mothers" - Merck - and implemented by the Senegalese Ministry of Health with technical support from Intrahealth International) managed to...
Dear TechNet Colleagues,
I am pleased to share a workshop report on the Francophone OpenLMIS User-Centered Design Workshop facilitated by VillageReach and hosted at the PATH Senegal Headquarters in...
The Global Immunization Newsletter posted this article in February 2017. I share it with you in its entirety.
Participants:
Persons from Immunization Programmes, National Sta-tistics Offices or...
Hi All,
PATH Senegal Office had proceeded last year a field evaluation of Sure Chill’s long-term passive device for the use of cold storage of vaccines in Senegal and provides important feedback...
Immunization programs in low-income countries are facing the most ambitious targets of the last four decades: reach every child with existing and many new vaccines. The original immunization supply...
Dear colleagues,
The Interagency Supply Chain Group (ISG) comprising 15 global agencies, are actively involved in supporting supply chain efforts across all disease areas.The purpose of this group...
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...
Dear TechNet members, I'm putting together a document on the performance of solar direct-drive (SDD) vaccine refrigerators and would like to request your assistance. If you have experience of SDD...
Earlier this month, the Dose Per Container Partnership (DPCP) project was launched. This Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation project is implemented by JSI and partners (PATH, Agence de Médecine...
Dear Supply Chain Managers and Friends,
A few days ago, I conducted a supervisory visit to a health post in Senegal to check the implementation of the "Informed Push Model" project (IPM), which I...
Please find below links to recordings of plenary presentations that took place on Wednesday, May 13 2015 at theTechNet Conference in Bangkok, Thailand. These are available for viewing on the USTREAM...
[i]by Dan Brigden, WHO[/i]
Over the last five years, project Optimize has worked closely with national immunization programs to explore innovative solutions to supply chain challenges. Each...
The 14th TechNet Conference will take place in Bangkok, Thailand from 11-15 May, 2015. The theme will be: “Immunization Supply Chain and Logistics: Current Challenges, Innovations and Future...
This post follows another on in-country Vaccine Transport a week ago, inviting discussion of the post and suggesting we discuss a revision of vaccine transport temperatures around a single...
The 'Moving Warehouse' (MW) system of vaccine distribution issues vaccine as needed from a mobile stock to a series of stores situated on a pre-planned delivery circuit. MW has proved to be the best...
The next Global TechNet Consultation is planned for May 2015. The specific dates and location of the Consultation will be confirmed soon, but but the Consultation will be held in South-East Asia. We...
The TechNet-21.org website is being updated to make it more effective and easier to use. The TechNet Redesign Project, initiated in July 2013 under new management, will release monthly updates to...
[i]by Patrick Lydon, WHO, and Prashant Yadav, University of Michigan[/i]
Project Optimize has recently published a document that examines the benefits, challenges, and rationale for integrating...
by Jan Grevendonk, WHO Project Optimize has worked closely with national immunization programs throughout the world to demonstrate innovative solutions to supply chain challenges. Many of these...
[i]by Michel Zaffran, WHO[/i]
In December 2007, a team of talented individuals from PATH and the World Health Organization (WHO) came together to form project Optimize, a five-year collaboration...
Click here to download: [url=http://technet-21.org/index.php/resources/documents/doc_details/1689-technet21-dakar-meeting-2013-final-report]TechNet21 Dakar Report[/url]
The TechNet21 Consultation...
by Beth Balderston, PATH and Heidi Lasher, consultant
To accompany the article “Traveling exhibit highlights supply system innovations” in the May 2013
[i]Op.ti.mize[/i] newsletter, project...
by Bjorn Melgaard, Judy Roberts, Prashant Yadav, Anup Akkihal, Robert Steinglass, and Gisele Corrêa Miranda, Optimize Project Advisory Group members
Following the...
by Heidi Lasher, consultant, and Kathleen Tiffay, PATH
Much of the knowledge generated by project Optimize and its partners is being shared in reports and presentations published on the...
The TechNet21 consultation was held in Dakar, Senegal from 5-7 February 2013. Around 200 delegates attended the conference, where presentations were made on a wide range of subjects. We bring you the...
The final agenda for the TechNet21 consultation at Dakar can now be accessed. The meeting will be held over 3 days from 5 to 7 February 2013. A wide range of topics covering cold chain, information...
All those who plan to attend the the TechNet21 meeting and are being sponsored by their company/organization or WHO or is self-sponsored need to REGISTER on the online registration system by [b]15th...
[i]Note from the Editors[/i]
Welcome to this Special Partners’ Forum Edition of The Dose! In keeping with the theme of the Partners’ Forum-- results, innovation, sustainability and equity...
The Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals (IVB) is organizing the 2013 TechNet21 Consultation, which will be held in Dakar, Senegal from 5-7 February 2013.
TechNet21 is a unique...
Depuis fin 2009, le projet Optimize et le Ministère de la Santé du Sénégal travaillent en étroite collaboration afin d’identifier et de tester des innovations qui permettront d’apporter à...
by Kamel Senouci and Lara Gautier, AMP
Many national immunization programs rely on the professional advice of national immunization technical advisory groups (NITAGs) to help them make critical...
by Dr. Thierno Seydou Nourou Guèye, Pharmacie Régionale d’Approvisionnement de Saint-Louis; Madjiguène Ndiaye Coulibaly, SNEIPS*; Ibrahima Leye, consultant
A project in Senegal that uses a...
Hi All, After several years of working in Immunization related activities to help others, I find myself on the other side of the fence, with a 2 month old baby, in Senegal, trying to get her shots....
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...
Here is a summary of interventions made by country delegations during the GVAP discussion at the WHO Executive Board on 21 January.
- A number of delegations mentioned the importance of...
[i]by Ruth Simmons, ExpandNet Secretariat; Peter Fajans, RHR/WHO and ExpandNet Secretariat; and Suzanne Reier RHR/WHO and ExpandNet [/i]
Over the next 12 months, project...
A few weeks ago, I posted a blog about the US Embassy Humanitarian assistance programs in West-Africa, and specifically in Mali, Nigeria, Chad, Senegal and...
There is a fee to register for the live seminar but in agreement with Optimize the webinar will be recorded and [b]can be heard free of charge on TechNet21.org[/b] at the beginning of June.
This...
by Steve McCarney, John Lloyd, and Joanie Robertson, PATH A group of public- and private-sector partners are collaborating with project Optimize to evaluate a range of innovative transportation and...
[i]by Steve McCarney and Joanie Robertson, PATH[/i]
Many health facilities in remote areas operate without grid electricity, have unreliable electricity, or find that using electricity is too...
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...
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...
[i]Written by: Philippe Jaillard and Aristide Aplogan, AMP[/i]
Over the past eight years, almost 400 district medical officers in 11 African countries[sup][1][/sup] have earned professional...
Written by: Madjiguène Ndiaye, SNEIPS; Ibrahima Leye, Consultant; and Mariama Gueye, PATH On October 27, 2010, the Government of Senegal officially launched a new project to demonstrate the impact...
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...
[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...
The first global training on effective vaccine management by Hailu Makonnen Kenea, Souleymane Kone, and Modibo Dicko from WHO; and Andrew Garnett, consultant.
On July 29, 2010, after ten days of...
Toward a global framework for e-health information systems by David Lubinski and Jan Grevendonk, PATH Improving health outcomes through strengthened platforms and systems has emerged as a guiding...
[i]Many thanks to Ashley Iwanaga for sending in the latest UNDP GEF Healthcare Waste Management Project report.
Dear Colleagues,
The UNDP GEF Project on Healthcare Waste Management is excited...
UNICEF has a vacancy for a Communication Specialist for Immunization, (Meningitis/New Vaccines)), L-4, at its Dakar Regional Office, Senegal.
The incumbent will report to the Regional Adviser,...
Senegal To Explore Integrated Supply Chains and New Delivery Models
[i]by Modibo Dicko, WHO; Dr. Aboubakry Fall, Ministry of Public Health Senegal; and Dr. Ndiouga Diallo, PATH[/i]
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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...
Are Vertical Supply Chains Still Necessary?[i]by Modibo Dicko, Coordinator, Project Optimize, WHO [/i] For the past 30 years, immunization—like many other health programs—has been managed...
POST 01405E: OPTIMUM AGE FOR MEASLES VACCINATION
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On 19 July 2008, a special session was held on bridging the digital divide at...
POST 01045E : SOLAR REFRIGERATOR
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This posting contains a record number of...
POST 00989E : VVM USE AND FREEZE INDICATORS
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This...
POST 00921E : UPDATE ON SOLAR REFRIGERATOR 5 May 2006
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The following update on SolarChill battery-free solar regrigerators...
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The article below was originally published in the "Monde diplomatique" of
June...
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This posting contains two contributions. The first is from Mary Catlin...
POST 00818E : NEEDLE-REMOVER STUDY
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Carib Nelson (mailto:[email protected]) from PATH informs us of the
following needle-remover study that...
POST 00780E : INFORMATION ON SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS? Follow-up on Posts 00762E and 00769E 21 April 2005 _____________________________________ Below are comments by Abdoulaye Oumar Djigo...
POST 00698E : OPINIONS ON THERMOMETERS 19 July 2004
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Hello,
For sharp waste management we have installed 51 incinerators De Monfort in
Senegal. Keeping in line...
POST 00694E : PIS EQUIPMENT PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK
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5 July 2004
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Abdoulaye Djigo (mailto:[email protected]) from...
POST 00690E : WASTE MANAGEMENT EVALUATION
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It is true that Health Care Waste should be treated in a global...
POST 00663E : FROM HFC/CFC TO HC-BASED REFRIGERATION
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For those of you who do not receive it directly from GAVI, Technet21
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POST 00541E : FIRST EVER DEBATE BETWEEN WHO DIRECTOR GENERAL CANDIDATES 19 January 2003
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POST 00531E : GAVI FINANCING TASK FORCE FLYER #2 8 December 2002
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POST 00512E : CONTAMINATION STUDY OF NEEDLE REMOVERS
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Anthony Battersby...
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Hemanthi Dassanayake is sharing with us the latest Information Update on
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Hemanthi Dassanayake is sharing with us GAVI Update of 23 May 2002. If you
have any information or modifications...
Post00379 FELLOWSHIP + PRINCESS + RFA + HepB RESOURCES 2 October 2001
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Post00376 GAVI & VACCINE FUND INFO UPDATE 21 September 2001
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Post00360 GAVI INFORMATION UPDATE 24 July 2001
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Post00353 GAVI UPDATE 22 June 2001
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*Technet Forum thanks to Gill Mayers, WHO/V&B/EPI, who has prepared and
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