Modeling tools under developmentby Tessa Tan-Torres, WHO; Linda Allain, USAID | DELIVER PROJECT; Bruce Lee, University of Pittsburgh; and Carol Levin, PATH If developing countries are to meet their populations’ health needs, they must ensure that their supply chains are able to cope with the increas...

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 principle of donors and multilateral agencies. A key building block for this effort will be the develop...

WHO develops a process to determine programmatic suitability of vaccines for prequalificationby Rudi Eggers, WHO/EPI, and Nora Dellepiane, WHO/QSS The World Health Organization (WHO) recently convened a working group to propose a new process for assessing the programmatic suitability of vaccines for...

by Janos Maté, SolarChill Project, and Steve McCarney, PATH On March 18, 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) prequalified its first solar direct-drive vaccine refrigerator (Vestfrost model MKSO44). Ten years in the making, the SolarChillvaccine cooler operates with a compressor powered direct...

The World Health Organization (WHO) today released its final draft of Model requirements for the storage and transport of time and temperature sensitive pharmaceutical products for general public review. Review and comment period is open until July 31st, 2010. This long-awaited guideline, prepa...

Thanks Julian. It really helped. I stress so much on anti freezing the H1N1 vaccine during my country wide lectures that I needed to be sure of my claims. Frankly it would have been better for a H1N1 vccine without VVM to be freeze resistant, as opertaionally it is much easier for vaccinators in ...

Dear All, WHO SEARO is conducting a study entitled "VACCINE PRICE TRENDS IN THE PAST DECADE AND FUTURE PROJECTIONS" for vaccines purchased/sold in developing countries with special reference to the SEARO countries. The list of vaccines includes: Rubella, Measles, MMR, MR, Hep B monovalen...

Smallpox vaccination-induced immune responses may help combat HIV?BMC IMMUNOLOGY 11:23,doi 10.86/1471-2172-11-23 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2172/11/23/abstract http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7734527/Withdrawal-of-smallpox-vaccine-contributed-to-spread-of-HIV.html Ending smallp...

Robert Steinglass forwards this request. Greetings, Are you familiar with efforts to integrate child immunization and family planning services? If so, we need your help. Family Health International (FHI) through its PROGRESS project and the Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP), led...

A recently published paper (JB Milstien and M Kaddar. 'The role of emerging manufacturers in access to innovative vaccines of public health importance', Vaccine 28: 2115-2121, 2010) analyzes the potential for emerging suppliers, those vaccine manufacturers located in developing countries, to supply ...

Dear Colleagues, PATH is pleased to share with you key findings on the technical and commercial feasibility of stabilizing vaccines. These findings are outlined in a recent guest editorial published in the journal Human Vaccines. In the editorial, PATH's Debra Kristensen, group leader of Vaccin...

Dear Colleagues, Please find attached the self-explanatory call for nominations for members for the newly established Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (IPAC), as well as the more detailed Terms of Reference. We welcome nominations by third parties as well as self-nominations. The procedure...

A few more research papers on immunization coverage and related topics from Tasnim Partapuri. For those who want to download it directly, they can do so using the following link: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-698X/9?issue=S1. ##text## ##text## ##text## ##text## ##text##...

Tasnim Partapuri shares a series of research papers on immunization coverage and related topics that she came across on the BioMed Central website while researching on her project. She has very kindly sent PDF files of the articles, which will be posted on the forum over the next week. For those who...

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 to share its first Project Update report (in English, French, and Spanish). The goal of the project is ...

Utilizing new vaccine momentum and community engagement to strengthen pneumonia and diarrhoea control Today, pneumonia and diarrhoea remain the leading child-killers, especially in disadvantaged communities with limited access to sanitation, clean water, good nutrition and health services, and where...

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AVI initiative confronts supply chain shortcomingsby Stefano Malvolti, PATH, and Souleymane Kone, WHO The Accelerated Vaccine Introduction (AVI) initiative will see the first wave of pneumococcal vaccines entering up to 15 GAVI Alliance-approved countries in 2010. Another 11 countries are expected ...

New bivalent polio vaccine simplifies logistics in hard-to-reach areasby Ian Lewis, UNICEF Supply Division Since 2005, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has increasingly used monovalent oral polio vaccines (OPVs) in the fight against the two wild poliovirus strains still in circulation ...

by Terry Hart and Julian Bilous, consultants, and Osman David Mansoor, UNICEF In 2006, the Government of Japan offered funding to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to help countries prevent and prepare for future influenza pandemics. Recognizing that support from cold chain and logistics ...