Dear Moderator, Four more infants died due to measles vaccination in Kutch on March 16 and two more died on March 18. There are deaths being reported consistantly all over the country within few minutes of vaccination but none has been attributed to vacination by the investigating...

Epidemiologists and public health researchers from multiple institutions are collaborating to gather and analyze the best available data on deaths and sick days caused by over 100 diseases and injuries around the world. The culmination of their work is the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study. RT...

Have put together some slides on the issues involved. This is an educational power point- long, but of use to prepare classes for health workers or doctors- http://www.slideshare.net/prabirkc/toxic-shock-syndrome...

Background: In 2010 the 63rd World Health Assembly called for a comprehensive response to viral hepatitis. As mandated by the WHA, from 2011 onwards, World Hepatitis Day is promoted on 28 July in order to provide an opportunity for awareness raising and greater understanding of viral hepatitis as...

Financing is a critical component of a sustainable immunization programme. The Immunization Financing Toolkit is a series of short briefs on different options for financing national immunization programs and vaccines. It is intended to serve as a resource for program managers and decision-makers in ...

I recently was looking at specifications for solar powered vaccine refrigerators in the PIS and PQS specifications. I was trying to do a comparison of the various models and found it difficult. For each model the data given is for different test conditions. For example, energy use data for True E...

A news brief about the ongoing Measles SIA in Cambodia follows. Also attached with this post are a presentation on the SIA and the Implementation Guidelines. For further information, please contact Aun Chum, Health Officer, UNICEF Cambodia ([email protected]). Cambodia's Ministry of Health launche...

This message has been cross-posted from HPV Vaccine Global Community of Practice. With many thanks to Robert Steinglass. Dear Lisa, I agree with Sarah Mullins that there is a great opportunity to find links with a larger package of interventions, including tetanus vaccination. The following four r...

Vaccines are temperature sensitive; They must be kept cold, but should not freeze. When vaccines are transported in the field they are placed in insulated carriers along with frozen ice packs. If these ice packs are below freezing and come in close contact to the vaccines they could freeze the vacci...

In this podcast, Steve McCarney, cold chain technologies specialist with Project Optimize, PATH, shares his insights with Pharma IQ, on how advances in vaccines and emerging markets have impacted the cool chain and will continue to do so. He also assesses the impact of technology innovations on the ...

Webinar now available on Cervical Cancer Action website; Please visit the Cervical Cancer Action Multimedia web page to watch and listen. For more information, please contact [email protected] [size=14]HPV vaccination in developing countries: Recent lessons from six pilot programs[/si...

In solar powered vaccine storage systems high quality wet cell batteries have the potential of lasting longer than sealed batteries. However, they periodically need the addition of distilled water. Distilled water can be hard to obtain in remote areas. Sun Frost has developed a method using waste h...

Many thanks to Diana Chang Blanc for sharing this information with us. Introducing a vaccine: Policy and Programme Considerations Dear Colleagues, You may recall a brochure from the June 2010 NUVI Meeting "market place" describing an updated Vaccine Product Menu which would be av...

The video of the WHO-PDA Parmaceutical cold chain management on wheels course conducted during 2-7 June 2008 in Istanbul, Ankara, Konya, Eskiehir and Bursa (a 1,400 km route), Turkey. [vimeo]8785477[/vimeo]...

Written by: Benoît Silve, Bioforce Institute Over the last several years, as investments in vaccines and essential drugs have grown, there has been increased interest in helping supply chains deliver health commodities and equipment more effectively to the people who need them. To improve supply ...

Written by: Kevin Pilz, USAID contractor and Bonnie Keith, RHSC Public-health systems everywhere depend upon reliable and efficient supply of medicines and health commodities to ensure positive health outcomes. Despite this, supply chains in low- and middle-income countries are rarely recognized ...

Written by: Philippe Jaillard and Aristide Aplogan, AMP Over the past eight years, almost 400 district medical officers in 11 African countries[sup][1][/sup] have earned professional (masters level) diplomas through a unique practical inter-university program called EPIVAC. The program’s name is ...

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 of various changes and upgrades to the vaccine supply chain including the use of mobile warehouses to...

Written by: S Kibet, WHO Kenya; P Zaninka & T Rweizire, Uganda EPI; R Anderson, UW; and S Newland, PATH Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of vaccine supply chains is no easy task, especially when data is difficult to gather, financing is tight, and there is pressure to improve and ex...

User manuals always disappear. I would suggest that manufactures are requested to stick the manuals on the lid/door. Naturally the stickers must be of good quality, like the do's & don'ts on the VESTFROST ILRs merry christmas soren spanner...