Across Tanzania, health providers often face the same problem: a lack of access to the data they need to make informed decisions and deliver high-quality care. Since the 2013 launch of the country’s National eHealth Strategy, the national government has made an earnest commitment to reverse this tre...

There are different types of cold chain monitoring devices such as freeze alert, Log tag, 30 DTR, and liquid thermometers. Among these devices, which device are more appropriate and convenient to use for monitoring temperature in refrigerators?...

WORLD IMMUNIZATION WEEK VACCINES WORK VVM is one of the greatest inventions in public health. It is the only tool among all time-temperature indicators that is available at any time in the process of distribution and at the time a vaccine is administered. VVM indicates whether the vaccine has been...

Dear Sir/Madam Wish to share that under the aegis of  IIHMR University, Jaipur, 05 days International training program on “Procurement and Supply Chain Management of Essential Medicines & In Vitro Diagnostics”  is scheduled from 26-30 August, 2019 at the IIHMR University Jaipur, Indi...

Hi everyone, if you have ever used a vaccine cooler or similar device, I would greatly appreciate your input in this survey. It should take about 3 minutes to complete.Thanks in advance https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KKNHHLG...

Dear all Context: A visiting officer was discussing about as to how to practically keep vaccines in the cold-chain equipment at service points / planning units. Visiting officer was also discussing as to why the domestic refrigerator is not recommended by the CDC even for keeping vaccines as alter...

Hi everyone, I'm a product design engineering student, and my final year project is geared towards a cold chain product for transportation in rural areas. If possible, I'd like to talk to any of you with experience using similar products (i.e. vaccine carriers/coolers) so that I can gear my design t...

 Dear colleagues, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, is currently reviewing its programmatic policies, including those that focus on reducing barriers to increasing immunisation coverage. The review process will draw on lessons learned from the successes and challenges in implementing Gavi’s current ...

WHO recently published a new guidance document: “A practical handbook for planning, implementing and strengthening vaccination in the second year of life” (2YL Handbook). The 2YL Handbook provides detail on the practical steps for planning, managing, implementing, and monitoring vaccinati...

Bula from the Fiji IslandsIm situated in an island here in Fiji and have a problem with my GVR 50 DC solar direct drive refrigerator The refrigerator is working, compressor light is on but the problem is the generator is powerless maintaining the cold in the refrigerator. Hope you would help me ide...

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 World Health Organization (WHO) Performance, Quality and Safety (PQS) prequalified solar direct drive (SD...

WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA JOINT STATEMENT   Appropriate Storage and Management of Oxytocin – a Key Commodity for Maternal Health WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA have issued a joint statement regarding the management of oxytocin, a medicine essential to the prevention and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage as wel...

In Bhutan, opened vaccine in Out Reach Clinic (ORC) and leftover vaccines are discarded at the end of the session as we do not have the open vial policy. Only unopened vaccines are brought back and are used in the subsequent immunization session that are also maintained in proper cold chain. But wha...

Dear TechNet members, I'm trying to work out the best place to go on the Internet to find immunization supply chain-related resources such as guidance documents, eLearning videos, etc. This is the list I could come up with. Please can you share others if you know of any. Many thanks.    ...

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 most people will zero down to poor vaccine management practices, wrong immunization technique / practic...

Hi All, If anyone has conducted a comprehensive vaccine wastage assessment, or knows anyone that has done so please send me a message on [email protected]. We are scouting for such expert for a 3 month assignment. Thanks....

Dear all Context: IAPSMCON – 2019: Symposium on Routine Immunization (RI) In this month, symposium was held at the national level on RI, chaired by National Consultants and senior designated persons from Immunization Technical Support Unit [ITSU] for Government of India implementing the programme ...

Dear all Can i get the simple distribution plan format of vaccine and others logistics commodities?  I am thinking of changing the plan of my own country for district level for immunization program strenghtening.  Thank you Anish Shah...

We are pleased to announce the launch of our Cold Chain Equipment (CCE) area. Are you: A current or future WHO PQS-prequalified product user who needs information to use or maintain a specific PQS device? A trainer in need of specific documents for training purpose? Looking for specific inform...

On March 7, 2019, HLN released a new version (v1.16.1) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE). ICE is a state-of-the-art open-source software system that provides clinical decision support for immunizations for use in Immunization Information Systems (IIS), Electronic Health Record (EHR) and P...