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A new publication in BMC Health Services Research by ThinkWell shows the cost of delivering COVID-19 vaccines in Mozambique during the first year it was introduced. The study covers two time periods: the initial supply constrained period of the rollout in March-April 2021 and a later, higher-volume ...

Dear Colleagues WHO and UNICEF African Regional offices are organizing a supplement publication commemorating 50 years of the EPI program, trying to document the lessons and experiences from the African Region. The supplement, to appear in the Pan African Medical Journal, will feature a range of co...

📌A new blog by ThinkWell examines the significant blow dealt to human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and broader cervical cancer financing in Kenya following United States (US) foreign assistance cuts. US government funding has directly supported cervical cancer prevention in the country...

Dear TechNet community, The World Bank is hosting a webinar on April 8, 2025 on looking at how to engage religious and community leaders to advance HPV vaccination. In case this is of interest, I thought I’d share the invitation link if you’d like to pass it along to your networks! Simultaneou...

Access to primary health care remains a challenge for many under-reached communities in Africa. About 615 million people are outside the reach of essential health services, including health products such as medicines, vaccines, medical devices, diagnostics, protective equipment and assistive devices...

The DHIS2 team at HISP University of Oslo invites you to our upcoming webinar!   Webinar: Big Catch-up Module LaunchWednesday, 12 February, 15-16:00 CETRegistration: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/VPCCBJOHTKed0YNMOhxrZQLe webinaire disposera d’une interprétation simultanée en fran...

Dear Colleagues, we are pleased to invite you to an engaging webinar focusing on:Adult Immunization, Featuring best practices from Argentina and Ghana and learnings from COVID-19 vaccination interventions to increase demand and uptake for other vaccines. Webinar Details: Date: 11 December ...

As the mpox outbreak in the DRC and other African countries continues, it is critical to understand what it may cost to get mpox vaccines to those who are most at risk. In this blog post, Laura Boonstoppel and Flavia Moi at ThinkWell, explain why they think mpox vaccines will be much more expensive ...

Dear TechNet Community,   We are excited to share with you the Mpox vaccination toolkit. This toolkit offers a set of practical guidance, training, and information resources to support relevant stakeholders to conduct mpox vaccination in African countries.  You can access it via this li...

We are happy to share that the technical resources toolbox for HPV vaccination programs on TechNet-21 have undergone updates! Over 35 new resources such as tools, journal articles, presentations, infographics, guidance documents (and more!) have been uploaded to the toolbox. New additions include ke...

Findings from bottom-up costing studies of integrated vaccination campaigns in Nigeria and Sierra Leone have been published in BMC Health Services Research. The research, conducted by ThinkWell and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, estimated the costs of a campaign held in 2019 in Sierra Leone with...

Dear TechNet community, The World Bank and the East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community (ECSA-HC) will co-host a webinar discussion on November 14, 2024 on looking at strategies to improve HPV vaccination uptake among adolescent girls. In case this is of interest, I thought I’d share...

Dear colleagues,  Africa CDC & WHO (AFRO & EMRO) are pleased to announce the official launch of the Joint Emergency Preparedness & Response Action Plan (JEAP) website. JEAP, officially launched in 2023 on the sidelines of the World Health Assembly in Geneva, is a strategic col...

VillageReach is excited to share a new research report looking at gender equity in the public health supply chain (PHSC) workforce. We know that women are under-represented within the health supply chain workforce, making up 41% of the overall supply chain workforce and only 26% of supply chain mana...

Malawi’s Ministry of Health used DHIS2 Tracker to register and manage its vaccine cold chain equipment, cataloging more than 300 pieces of equipment across 20 districts in only four weeks, and reducing inventory reporting time from years to minutes. Cold chain equipment and vaccine stock data—two...

Dear Colleagues, We are thrilled to invite you to an engaging webinar focused on the Big Catch-Up activities in Madagascar. Webinar Details: Date: 9 August 2024 Time: 13:00 hrs East African Time Duration: 90 Minutes Platform: Zoom Link with French-English interpretation   PLEAS...

Developed at the request of the WHO, AFRiSC offers over 72 micro-learning capsules, each approximately 10 minutes long, designed to provide you with practical and accessible training wherever you may be. Download AFRiSC today and join the community of vaccination professionals committed to improving...

Parsyl and Berlinger partner to strenghten cold chain monitoring in LMIC. This is done by ensuring validated compatibility between the data generated by Berlinger's Fridge-tags and Q-tags on one hand, and the supply chain insurance solutions of Parsyl on the other hand. Your temperature data can ...

INFUSE 2024 call for innovations Gavi is proud to announce that INFUSE 2024 is actively seeking innovative solutions uniquely positioned to enhance health systems, enabling them to effectively manage resilient and climate-adaptive responses to climate threats.  *** Gavi, the Vaccine Alli...

On behalf of Gavi and BMGF, I am excited to share that the Request for Proposals for Strengthening Measurement of HPV Coverage in Gavi Priority Countries has been released and is available on Gavi’s website.  This RFP is co-funded by Gavi and BMGF together.  We are seeking a qualifie...