GiveWell is looking to identify programs that increase the uptake of routine childhood immunizations by bringing vaccination services closer to communities through targeted outreach sessions or mobile vaccination. We think these programs have the potential to be highly cost-effective and scalable an...

Globally, COVID-19 vaccination has played a critical role in reducing deaths and hospitalizations from SARS-COV-2 infections.  As of December 2021, Somalia had only fully vaccinated 5.9% of its population against COVID-19, due to the country’s weak and fragile health system combined with unpre...

Currently, 55% of the total population (744m, UNPD 2022 2021) received at least one dose of the COVID-19 jab. The fully vaccinated population is at 47% while the partially vaccinated at 8%. To continue boosting the population especially those at most risk, 16% are boosted in the region. In this is...

WHO and UNICEF have just published a new evidence brief on solar direct-drive (SDD) vaccine refrigerators and freezers. It includes case studies from Tanzania, Colombia and Kenya, as well as an overview of SDD technology and how to make sure that SDD technology is the right choice. Here's the link: ...

Please find below links to recordings of plenary presentations that took place on Tuesday, May 12 2015 at theTechNet Conference in Bangkok, Thailand. These are available for viewing on the USTREAM website. Many thanks and I hope that you find these presentations interesting and useful. Please accept...

by Dmitri Davydov, UNICEF Supply Division and John Lloyd, PATH In partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Danish Technical University has begun a pro bono study on vaccine export packaging designs that would extend the safe, useful life of export packaging to allow for d...

Many thanks to Mojtaba Haghgou for sharing this with our readers. The TechNet21 website will soon have a software depot from which you will be able to download VSSM and other latest software. Vaccination Supply Stock Management (VSSM) version 4.7, is a computer application, now used in the centra...

UPDATE ON MATERNAL NEONATAL TETANUS ELIMINATION AS OF OCTOBER 2010 WHO/CHERG estimates for causes of child mortality show that Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus (MNT) was responsible for 59,000 neonatal deaths in 2008.Though the figure shows a 92% reduction in mortality from the 800,000 deaths estima...

POST 01354E: POLIO ERADICATION—LET’S FINISH THE JOB FOLLOW UP ON POSTS: 01339E, 01341E, 013342E, 01343E, 01344E, 01345E, 01346E, 01348E, 01350E & 01353E 20 NOVEMBER 2008 ****************************************** NEED TO JUDICIOUSLY USE THE DIFFERENT OPVS There is no single oral poli...

POST 01345E: DURING GLOBAL RECESSION USE SCARCE RESOURCES RESPONSIBLY (POLIO ERADICATION) FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01339E, 01341E, 013342E, 01343E & 01344E 3 NOVEMBER 2008 ****************************************** FOCUS NEEDS TO SHIFT TO OVERALL WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN Before the eradicat...

POST 01045E : SOLAR REFRIGERATOR Follow-up on Posts 01019E, 01027E, 01032E and 01037E 25 January 2007 ___________________________________________ This posting contains a record number of six contributions, coming from : 1. Robyn McIntyre (mailto:[email protected]) from Fiji 2. N...

POST 00937E : THINKING THE UNTHINKABLE Follow-up on Posts 00917E, 00923E and 00931E 8 June 2006 __________________________________________________________ This posting contains five contributions to the discussion. The first comes from Patrick Isingoma (mailto:[email protected]...

POST 00604E : SUGGESTIONS FOR THE MEETING AGENDA Follow-up on Posts 00584E, 00587E, 00591E, 00595E, 00600E and 00602E 18 September 2003 _______________________________________________ Two contributions were received, both commenting and reinforcing Anthony Battersby's comments in Post 006...

Post00278 GAVI GUIDELINES FORMS + VAX INTRO + UPDATES 20 September 2000 CONTENTS 1. REVISED GAVI APPLICATION FILES AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD 2. WHO & ACCELERATED VACCINE INTRODUCTION 3. DOWNLOAD GUIDELINES AND FORMS: ASSESSMENT OF IMMUNIZATION SERVICES 4. GAVI & GFCV INFORMATION UPDATE 8 SEPT...

Post00248 DRAFT GUIDELINES: NID QUALITY 5 May 2000 CONTENTS 1. RE: DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT 2. THE USE OF "ZERO-DOSE" 1. RE: DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT In Post00245, POLIO NID QUALITY ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES, on 28 April 2000, Bob Davis, UNICEF//ESAR...

Post00245 POLIO NID QUALITY ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES 28 April 2000 CONTENTS 1. DRAFT POLIO NID QUALITY ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT 1. DRAFT POLIO NID QUALITY ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT Bob Davis, UNICEF/ESARO, introduces a draft global guidelines for evalua...

Post00241 Polio + NIDS 11 April 2000 CONTENTS 1. SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE DURING NIDS + TIP SHEET 2. MASSIVE EFFORT TO DELIVER ONE BILLION DOSES OF POLIO VACCINE IN INDIA 3. FINAL PUSH IN CAMPAIGN TO ERADICATE POLIO 4. WHEN AND HOW TO STOP POLIO VACCINATION AFTER THE DISEASE IS E...

Post0225 OPINION III 3 February 2000 CONTENTS 1. NIDS AND ROUTINE EPI: RESPONSE TO COMMENTS IN POST0220 OPINION PART II 2. PROGRAM INTEGRATION: A RESPONSE TO COMMENTS IN POST0220 OPINION PART II 1. NIDS AND ROUTINE EPI: RESPONSE TO COMMENTS IN POST0220 OPINION PART II In TECHNET Post019...

Post0225 OPINION III 3 February 2000 CONTENTS 1. NIDS AND ROUTINE EPI: RESPONSE TO COMMENTS IN POST0220 OPINION PART II 2. PROGRAM INTEGRATION: A RESPONSE TO COMMENTS IN POST0220 OPINION PART II 1. NIDS AND ROUTINE EPI: RESPONSE TO COMMENTS IN POST0220 OPINION PART II In TECHNET Post019...