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Background Identification of mechanisms that limit poliovirus replication is crucial for informing decisions aimed at global polio eradication. Studies of mucosal immunity induced by oral poliovirus (OPV) or inactivated poliovirus (IPV) vaccines...
- Catégorie: Service delivery
- Pays: Guatemala, Dominican Republic
BACKGROUND: Recent outbreaks of measles in the Americas have received news and popular attention, noting the importance of vaccination to population health. To estimate the potential increase in immunization coverage and reduction in days at risk...
- Catégorie: Service delivery
- Pays: Panama, Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador
BACKGROUND: Patient reminder systems are an evidence-based way to improve childhood vaccination rates but are difficult to implement in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Short Message Service (SMS) texts may offer a potential low-cost...
- Catégorie: Service delivery
- Pays: Guatemala
With the recent postlicensure identification of an increased risk of intussusception with rotavirus vaccine, the 14 Latin American countries currently using rotavirus vaccine must now weigh the health benefits versus risks to assess whether to...
- Catégorie: Service delivery
- Pays: Venezuela Bolivarian Republic Of, Peru, Panama, Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, Guinea, Guatemala, El Salvador, Ecuador, Brazil, Bolivia Plurinational State Of, Not Specified
This report presents the results and lessons learned in a collaborative effort between the Guatemala Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance (MSPAS), the Pan American Health Organization, and project Optimize. The primary MSPAS departments...
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Integrating health brigades for hard-to-reach communities in Alta Verapaz
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Telemedicine and Teleeducation Strategies from the community base: The experience of TulaSalud in Guatemala.
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CURSO DE OPS/OMS EN SCHOLAR SOBRE PLANEACIÓN E IMPLEMENTACIÓN DEL REGISTRO NOMINAL DE VACUNACIÓN ELECTRÓNICO
La Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) le invita a postular al primer grupo del Curso de Certificación Nivel 1 sobre Planeación, Implementación y Evaluación del Registro de Vacunación
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How can information systems help to improve the performance of immunization programs?
by Jan Grevendonk, WHO Project Optimize has worked closely with national immunization programs throughout the world to demonstrate innovative solutions to supply chain challen
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Optimize wraps up collaborations in six countries
[i]by Dan Brigden, WHO[/i] Over the last five years, project Optimize has worked closely with national immunization programs to explore innovative solutions to supply chain challenges. Each project
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Closing the book on project Optimize
[i]by Michel Zaffran, WHO[/i] In December 2007, a team of talented individuals from PATH and the World Health Organization (WHO) came together to form project Optimize, a five-year collaboration to
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Gates Foundation awards 1.7 million to inspire supply chain innovation
by Raja Rao, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Earlier this year, 17 different proposals on how to optimize immunization systems were each awarded $100,000 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation thro
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Powering the Cool Chain: Addressing the Challenges of Vaccine Delivery
There is a fee to register for the live seminar but in agreement with Optimize the webinar will be recorded and [b]can be heard free of charge on TechNet21.org[/b] at the beginning of June. This i
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POST 00987E : MATERIAL OF INTEREST 9 October 2006 ___________________________________________ This posting is sending you various material of interest reproduced from Tech Updates. Thanks to
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