Dear colleagues, We are all concerned about the impact of Covid on immunization as the pandemic evolves. The need for up-to-date data is high. Going forward our goal is to harmonize the ongoing efforts of data collection on the impact from all regions, but to have a quick idea of how immunization s...

An Immunization Pulse Poll in the context of COVID-19 conducted between 14 and 24 April, with 801 responses from 107 countries, showed that disruption to the routine immunization program are widespread and affect all WHO regions. 64% of countries represented in the poll indicated that routine immuni...

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 implementation of IntraHealth’s technical approach to improving the performance, productivity and su...

PROMOTING EQUITY THROUGH SUPPLY CHAIN DESIGN June 3, 2020, 4:00-5:00pm CEST REGISTER HERE: https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EoDaBqqkRaSFRLgKo9Fk6Q  Join VillageReach and JSI for a discussion on how supply chains can be adapted to be more responsive to the needs of under-served populat...

The International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) hosted a series of webinars to celebrate World Immunization Week 2020. This webinar series featured IVAC experts speaking on the current and future state of vaccines around the world, and included:  Measuring the economic impact of vaccines VoI...

PATH's Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded Introducing Digital Immunization information systems: Exchange and Learning from Vietnam (IDEAL-Vietnam) project is very excited to announce the release of their second case study:  The Design, Development, and Deployme...

TechNet has recently released a page that gathers major technical guidance documents from WHO on maintaining immunization services during the Covid-19 pandemic: https://www.technet-21.org/en/topics/covid-19  Currently, you'll find global guidance as well as guidance from WHO regions. In a...

Dear Technet community, Hope you’re well. I’d like to share a short article I wrote (published on May 15) making the case to immediately start planning for COVID-19 immunization delivery and suggesting activities to focus on now. The article focuses on India, but the core points and suggestions fo...

We are so glad to announce that after 2 years hard working, after making the freeze free vaccine carrier realized,we overcome the difficulties to get freeze free vaccine cold box WHO/PQS qualified! It is hard to believe that happen to a new supplier unless you see our investment and persistence. We...

Protecting Health Workers: Supply Chain Adaptation in the Time of COVID-19 Thu, May 21, 2020 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM CEST https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1043574380419287052 Join VisionSpring and VillageReach to explore how social enterprises are pivoting their organizational capacity and util...

Dear Colleagues, The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Boost Community, in partnership with TechNet-21 and The Geneva Learning Foundation, are happy to offer an interactive webinar: How Immunization Professionals Can Address Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) During COVID-19. This webinar...

Dear Colleagues, Please share the following opportunity within your networks. IntraHealth International seeks a full-time Technical Specialist for USAID’s Global Health Supply Chain – Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project, Namibia, led by Chemonics.The purpose of the GHSC-PSM projec...

Dear TechNet-21 Community,   Presenting you with the WHO and UNICEF joint statement encouraging greater health commodity supply chain integration for temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals updated to provide interim guidance for COVID-19 response.   Happy reading! Michelle Seidel UNIC...

Dear Technet Members, Sharing this request for input on behalf of colleagues at Pamela Steele and Associates (PSA) Health Supply Chains are the backbone of a country’s health system and play a significant role in improving health outcomes. The Human Resources (HR) in the health supply chain are cr...

Dear All, I was recently asked to write an article about "getting ahead of the curve" in terms of capacitating the cold chain in anticipation of the Covid-19 vaccine and of course as the world starts to lift the lockdown, the imminent catch-up programs for routine vaccination programs . I would wel...

A novel way of visualizing daily updated COVID-19 country statistics. Click on the link and your country will be added. https://corona-stats.mobi/  ...

Are you interested in helping the world and creating social impact? Are you looking for an international career in global health and supply chain ? Would you like to work for the United Nations and International non profit organizations? (WHO, UNDP, Global Fund, USAID, Gavi, Chemonics, MSH, Oxfam, C...

Objective Provide guidance regarding the operation of immunization programs in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Context Sharing herewith PAHO’s recommendations which provides guidance regarding the operation of immunization programs in the Region of the Americas in the context of the COVID-1...

Dear all,  With the support of Gavi, PATH and Village Reach have recently published a new resource for cold chain equipment inventory (CCEI) management. "Cold chain equipment inventory guidelines: Improving the quality and accuracy of national cold chain equipment inventory data"  - is a...

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 scanner-supported system for processing of child health and immunization data in Uganda. BMC Health Serv Res2...