USAID’s flagship Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP) is pleased to introduce our latest publication, Community Monitoring of Individual Children’s Vaccinations: Six Country Experiences. This brief details MCHIP/MCSP experiences with community monitoring of vaccinations in Timor-Leste, India,...

Recent reports [1] of counterfeit yellow fever vaccination certificates in Zambia follow reports of falsified proof of vaccination documents being used in other countries, including Ethiopia [2], India [3], Nigeria [4], Pakistan [5], Sudan [6], Uganda [7], Tanzania [8] and Zimbabwe [9]. While the Wo...

The second edition of the user manual for the revised WHO classification for the causality assessment of an adverse event following immunization (AEFI) was developed by the WHO with support from the Global Advisory Committee for Vaccine Safety (GACVS). This was based on the findings of a scientific ...

As part of the WHO African region efforts to improve immunization and surveillance performances in terms of quality, effectiveness, efficiency, coverage and equity and in order to strengthen the capacity of policy makers and health providers in countries, there is a need for accurate data in order t...

Greetings, colleagues. With increasing importance on user-focused improvements in routine, administrative immunization data quality and use, it is useful to have some experience-sharing from country learning and implementation. Linked below are a few recent blog posts and an article on in-country r...

In case this new article published in Applied Energy is of interest http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261916302793 AbstractAn intermittent solar adsorption refrigerator can supply cold needed in third world countries, especially for vaccine and medicine preservation. This paper...

Thank you to all the countries who have responded so far to the supply chain manager survey (Benin, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Guinea, Tanzania, Tonga, Zimbabwe and Afghanistan). We would like to hear from all the other Gavi countries: your input will be extremely valuable...

The IVAC VIMS Report on Global Vaccine Introduction - September 2014 is out! Recent updates (since March 2014) include: -South Sudan's introduction of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine in July 2014 marks a significant milestone in global health, as Hib-containing pentavalent vaccine is n...

by Beth Balderston, PATH and Heidi Lasher, consultant To accompany the article “Traveling exhibit highlights supply system innovations” in the May 2013 Op.ti.mize newsletter, project Optimize has published a photo set on Flickr of its traveling exhibit at the TechNet Consultation in Dakar, Sene...

by Heidi Lasher, consultant, and Kathleen Tiffay, PATH Much of the knowledge generated by project Optimize and its partners is being shared in reports and presentations published on the PATH and Word Health Organization (WHO) websites. However, it is not always easy to reach national-level audien...

by Kristina Lorenson, PATH Regional distribution centers (RDCs) may be a realistic option for countries that distribute large quantities of vaccines and need to invest in cold chain infrastructure, according to a report by project Optimize. The report, completed this month, assesses the cost of ...

Since 1994, with USAID funding, JSI has conducted international courses on supply chain management of health commodities. These training activities have been a pivotal part of the supply chain support USAID has funded through the USAID/DELIVER PROJECT and the DELIVER and FPLM projects before that. A...

POST 01063E : REFRIGERATOR/FREEZERS PURCHASE AND OPERATING COSTS 9 March 2007 ____________________________________ The first two contributions were circulated among UNICEF staff by Bob Davis (mailto:[email protected]) from UNICEF/ESARO who has sent to TechNet21 for further circulation...

POST 01051E : USE OF ALCOHOL FOR VACCINE INJECTIONS Follow-up on Posts 01029E, 01036E and 01044E 8 February 2007 ________________________________________ This posting contains three contributions. I believe that this will likely settle the issue. The first is from Serge Ganivet (mail...

Post 01013E : VACCINES OUT OF THE COLD CHAIN Follow-up on Post 01007E 20 November 2006 ____________________________________ The following contribution is from Serge Ganivet (mailto:[email protected]) from Zimbabwe, asking a very relevant question. ___________________________________...

POST 00992E : COLD CHAIN CAPACITY ASSESSMENT Follow-up on Posts 00965E, 00971E, 00974E and 00980E 15 October 2006 ___________________________________________ NOTE : As posted on our website, we wish to inform you that registration for the upcoming TechNet21 meeting is now closed. Respo...

POST 00986E : QUALITY VS IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE Follow-up on Posts 00972E and 00976E 8 October 2006 ___________________________________________ This posting contains three contributions, but two from Giridhar Babu (mailto:[email protected]) who initiated this discussion. Though the firs...

POST 00908E : GLOBAL INITIATIVES FUNDING Follow-up on Posts 00898E and 00903E 6 April 2006 ______________________________ NOTE : I had not realized until having sent the previous posting, how heavy the file (DropOutSlip) was, for such a small thing. If you have had downloading problems...

POST 00860E : COMBINATION VACCINES, LYOPHILIZED VACCINES, DILUENTS AND VVMS Follow-up on Posts 00847E, 00852E, 00855E and 00858E 25 November 2005 _____________________________________ This posting contains four contributions to the discussion. The first is from Bruce Weniger (mailto:bg...

POST 00845E : ERRATA POST 00831E 19 October 2005 _____________________________________ It seems that the original text of Bob Chen's contribution (Post 00831E of September 4) may have created some confusion. Indeed, cost figures were to be read in cents, not fraction of cents. Costs in Ukrai...