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This blog by Judith Kaufmann has been cross-posted from the Health Affairs blog. Many thanks. The week of December 17 was a grim one for the polio eradication effort in Pakistan. Seven Pakistani women health workers and two Pakistani men, all working to ensure the success of the polio campaign, ...

Many thanks to Robert Davis for this lead! Recent Technical Updates POSSIBLE INTERRUPTION OF MEASLES VIRUS TRANSMISSION, UGANDA 2006-2009 Full text, with tables and figures, is at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3204633/pdf/10-0753_finalD.pdf SINGLE ENDEMIC GENOTYPE OF MEAS...

India, with 61% fully immunized...

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 through its Grand Challenges Explorations initiative. Raja Rao gives an overview of each proposa...

The Indian government suspended research in April 2010 on the feasibility and safety of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in two Indian states (Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat) amid public concerns about its safety. This paper describes cervical cancer and cancer surveillance in India and reviews the ep...

Hi All, After several years of working in Immunization related activities to help others, I find myself on the other side of the fence, with a 2 month old baby, in Senegal, trying to get her shots. She was born in the US, and we opted not do the HEP B at birth and figured to start at 2 months. We w...

Appeal from another e-group: The National Vaccine Policy that had been drafted by one person and presented to the media as a final document in April 2011, without any consultation is on the MOHFW website. I understand from Dr. Jacob Puliyel that the ministry is agreeable to reviewing it if it ge...

Excerpts from a discussion on another forum about adverse events following immunization (AEFI) data collection. Dhruv wrote: A wise option. Why don't we develop a cellphone-based VAERS? Prabir wrote: See http://www.slideshare.net/prabirkc/sms-based-death-reporting which has to do with a simi...

India has been taken off the polio endemic list. This short film, uploaded by the Gates Foundation, acknowledges the people in the field who made it possible. [youtube]FeuApCaX-o8&feature=plcp&context=C3d05e73UDOEgsToPDskKx3MV45kovP1M0bAtb6Hbj[/youtube] In a related article, T Jacob ...

I agree with Mansoor, on many occasions vaccination alone cannot protect children well. Using India's experiences, improving water sanitation and its key messages in polio eradication, we all should use the opportunity of new vaccine introduction to communicate with the community about all preventiv...

Cross-posted from the January 2012 issue of GIN with thanks. 31/01/2012 from Madhav Balakrishnan, WHO HQ The Global Network for Post-marketing Surveillance (PMS) of Vaccines was established by WHO in early 2008 with a primary objective to monitor the safety of WHO prequalified vaccines supplied thr...

Here is a summary of interventions made by country delegations during the GVAP discussion at the WHO Executive Board on 21 January. - A number of delegations mentioned the importance of including measles elimination as part of the GVAP (there was some discussion as to whether it should be eradi...

MCHIP is USAID funded project working on immunization, Family planning and new born care in India. One of the activities of MCHIP is to work with the district authorities to improve immunization program management. In this context, MCHIP has developed a demo site in health facilities in Districts of...

The topic relates to Advance Market Commitments for whose benefit, the Pharma or the beneficiaries? The issue of Advance Market Commitments need urgent attention as this hs aquired a dangerous trend in industry. Advance Market Commitments is only benefitting pharma companies as there is only all ben...

Questionnaire Regarding Measles Vaccine Vial Presentation Would a 5-dose vial of measles vaccine for routine immunization programs improve programme performance? We have received some reports that not all vaccination sessions include measles vaccination. Because the health workers are reluctan...

by Darin Zehrung, Jean-Marie Préaud, and Emily Griswold, PATH In an effort to advance the development of promising new rotavirus vaccine candidates, PATH is assisting manufacturers in Brazil, China, and India in the formulation, manufacturing, and clinical development of the vaccine candidates. T...

Rationale for introducing 5-dose vials of measles vaccine for routine immunization programs. Robert Steinglass of JSI/MCHIP challenges each of us to give our opinion on our preferences for measles vaccine vial size. At the just-completed Measles Partnership Annual Meeting at the American Red C...

At request of Government of India, MCHIP immunization team has prepared a ready reckoner for health workers, which captures key aspects of immunization that a peripheral health worker (ANM, LHV others) should know. Comments welcome from Technet colleagues Immunization-ready-reckoner-for-health-...

Dear All, I am attaching a document titled Improving UIP Coverage in India, a concept note. The note looks at the current UIP situation, constraints and suggests few solutions to improve UIP coverage and quality in India over medium to long term. I hope the forum members would like it and add resp...

It all started with this letter to an e-group: Dear Friends, The need for screening before vaccination and the presence of a doctor during the procedure, as stated by Dr T Jacob John, cannot be overemphasized. I am happy that this much sense is now seeping back into mainstream thinking. Now what...