Post 00741e : Second Evsm Certification

POST 00741E : SECOND EVSM CERTIFICATION 12 January 2005 _____________________________________ WHO IVB/ATT is pleased to make the following announcement for the Republic of Moldova being awarded the second EVSM certification. This event is also published on the TechNet General News page : http://www.technet21.org/gennews.html Besides it has generated a "Best Practice" story accompanied with pictures now on the edited site. A new "Travel Quiz" has also been posted. Maybe a difficult one again!!! _____________________________________ Moldova primary vaccine store meets WHO-UNICEF global criteria for effective vaccine store management. The Republic of Moldova's primary vaccine store in Chisinau has received recognition for meeting the WHO-UNICEF global criteria for effective vaccine store management. An external evaluation team announced, after completion of the assessment (6-10 December 2004), that the Chisinau primary vaccine store has achieved a score of over 80% in all the required areas: pre-shipment and arrival procedures, temperature control, sufficient storage capacity, standards of buildings, equipment and transport, effective maintenance, stock management, and vaccine distribution. The Republic of Moldova is the second country after the Sultanate of Oman to achieve such standards. Moldova's winning EVSM score may be viewed from the attached file. Moldova has conducted an assisted self-assessment in July 2003 and scored between 27-100%. Over the past months, management performance was brought to a desired level by the dedicated work of the General Epidemiology Department personnel, also responsible for running the national immunization programme. We would like to congratulate all the staff involved in bringing and sustaining the quality performance of the primary vaccine store during the assessment period. We appreciate the dedication of the General Epidemiology Department staff, especially Dr. Oleg Benes (Epidemiologist, General Epidemiology Department), Dr. Anatolie Melnic (Head, General Epidemiology Department), Dr. Vasile Sohotchi (Deputy Director, General Epidemiology Department) and Mr. Chenadi Otel (Store keeper, Primary vaccine store). During the past months they brought the performance up to the required levels. We ought to mention also the continued support of WHO and UNICEF. Thanks to Dr. Pavel Ursu (Liaison Officer, WHO Liaison Office), Dr. Viorica Berdaga (Assistant Project Officer, UNICEF). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit the TECHNET21 Website at http://www.technet21.org You will find instructions to subscribe, a direct access to archives, links to reference documents and other features. ______________________________________________________________________________ To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message to : mailto:[email protected] Leave the subject area BLANK In the message body, write unsubscribe TECHNET21E ______________________________________________________________________________ The World Health Organization and UNICEF support TechNet21. The TechNet21 e-Forum is a communication/information tool for generation of ideas on how to improve immunization services. It is moderated by Claude Letarte and is hosted in cooperation with the Centre de internationale en san, Canada (http://www.ccisd.org) ______________________________________________________________________________ ##text##