Bienvenue sur le forum TechNet

POST 01237E: Human Papillomavirus update 8 MARCH 2008 ******************************************* Cervical cancer has a devastating impact on women’s health around the world. Approximately, 500.000 women develop cervical cancer every year, and half of them do not survive it. Almost 80% of these ...

POST 01230E: VACCINE FREEZING PREVENTION: AIDE-MEMOIRE 22 FEBRUARY 2008 ********************************************* Aide-memoire for prevention of freeze damage to vaccines (WHO/IVB/07.09) Cold chain storage is necessary to prevent damage to vaccine due to heat exposure, but keeping vaccines t...

POST 01229E: COLD CHAIN REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE 20 FEBRUARY 2008 Follow-up on posts: 01227E, 01226E, 01225E, 01221E, 01218, 01216, 01214E ************************************************************************************* Hello all, Here are my inputs for cold chain: The inventory for each...

POST 01226E: COLD CHAIN EQUIPMENT: COMPETITIVE PRICING 14 FEBRUARY 2008 Follow-up on posts: 01225E 01221E, 01218, 01216, 01214E ******************************************* I would like to submit the following in response to Vikram Singh. *********************************************************...

POST 01226E: COLD CHAIN EQUIPMENT: COMPETITIVE PRICING 14 FEBRUARY 2008 Follow-up on posts: 01225E 01221E, 01218, 01216, 01214E ******************************************* I would like to submit the following in response to Vikram Singh. *********************************************************...

POST 01227E: COLD CHAIN MANAGEMENT : SUB-NATIONAL CAPACITY 16 FEBRUARY 2008 Follow-up on posts: 01226E, 01225E , 01221E, 01218, 01216, 01214E *************************************************************** BUILDING AND MAINTAINING SUB-NATIONAL CAPACITY As a part of the Reaching Every District ...

POST 01227E: COLD CHAIN MANAGEMENT : SUB-NATIONAL CAPACITY 16 FEBRUARY 2008 Follow-up on posts: 01226E, 01225E , 01221E, 01218, 01216, 01214E *************************************************************** BUILDING AND MAINTAINING SUB-NATIONAL CAPACITY As a part of the Reaching Every District ...

POST 01225E: COLD CHAIN MAINTENANCE 11 FEBRUARY 2008 Follow-up on posts: 01221E, 01218, 01216, 01214E **************************************************************** Reference Mr. Mogens Munck’s initiation on the issue of repairs of refrigeration equipment and importance of inventories under E...

POST 01223E: PQS DRAFT DOCUMENTS—COMMENTS INVITED 7 FEBRUARY 2008 ********************************************************************* Dear TechNet21 readers, WHO is happy to announce the final draft of PQS performance specifications and verification protocols for E04 vaccine cold boxes and vac...

POST 01222E: SMALL-SCALE INCINERATORS FOR SAFETY BOXES 5FEBRUARY 2008 Follow-up on post: POST 01220E ************************************************************ In response to the question you raised about a small-scale incinerator that can burn safety boxes, I wish to direct you to contact D...

POST 01221E: COLD CHAIN EQUIPMENT 3 FEBRUARY 2008 Follow-up on posts: 01218, 01216E, 01214E This posting has two contributions on the cold chain. In the first, Vikram Singh suggests how equipment prices can be made competitive. Then Soren Spanner responds to John Llyod, Lora Shimp and Mogens M...

POST 01220E: WANTED-SMALL-SCALE INCINERATORS FOR SAFETY BOXES 31 JANUARY 2008 Toryalai Hart writes in with a query for SSIs that can handle healthcare waste which comprises large quantities of plastic. **************************************************************** Hello Techneters - I'm i...

POST 01219: SCHOOL-BASED TT VACCINATION 25 JANUARY 2008 Follow-up on posts: 01217E , 01214E , 01212E Imp: Please do not send your contributions to [email protected], for your emails will not reach the TechNet moderator. Please make a note of the new id: [email protected]. ************...

POST 01218: COLD CHAIN EQUIPMENT: A BUDGET FOR SCRAPPING FOLLOW UP ON POSTS 01216E, 01214E 22 January 2008 Thank you to John Llyod for outlining a simple and efficient classification system of existing cold chain equipment to plan for repair or replacement. The CCEM tool mentioned in the contri...

POST 01217E: SCHOOL-BASED TT VACCINATION FOLLOW UP ON POSTS POST 01212E AND POST 01214E 20 JANUARY 2008 Robert Steinglass, who has comprehensively documented Indonesia’s experience with school-based TT immunization, spells out the programmatic and scientific rationale behind adopting this strat...

POST 01216E: COLD CHAIN MAINTENANCE Follow-up on POST 01214E 17 January 2008 Lora Shimp adds to the cold chain maintenance discussion based on her experience in various countries. The need for accessible, well-trained technicians cannot be stressed enough. She also voices concern about the poor...

POST 01214E COLD CHAIN MAINTENANCE 8 JANUARY 2008 My apologies for the break in communications; and thank you for putting up with the delay. We are finally up and running! Cheers. I have quite a few contributions queued up for this post. But first, please note the change of address for all fut...

POST 01201E : ERADICATION EFFORTS Follow-up on Posts 01174E and 01179E 14 December 2007 TIP : If you consult TechNet archives on Listserv, most of you will not see the active links in the body of the text, depending on configuration. Please go to the very bottom below posting banners and you w...

POST 01194E : NEW DOCUMENT Follow-up on Post 01188E 1st December 2007 Søren Spanner from UNICEF/India has the following remarks about the Aide-mémoire for prevention of freeze damage to vaccines. Thank you for the posting. A few comments Placing vaccines 5cm away from the evaporator does n...

POST 01183E : BCG AND LEPROSY 8 November 2007 This posting contains two contributions. Devesh Singh from India asks a question about the protective effect of BCG. Thanks to Uli Fruth from WHO/HQ for providing an answer. The Lancet article to which he refers is surprisingly still available on a p...