Dear all   The report “Investigating the use of digital solutions in the COVID-19 pandemic: an exploratory analysis of eIR and eLMIS in Guinea, Honduras, India, Rwanda and Tanzania” – commissioned by the Gates Foundation and done by Bocconi University and MMGH – is now available in French and...

We have recently used the WHO Immunization Session Checklist (Figure 5.11 in the 2015 edition of Immunization in Practice) as part of a set of observational research tools looking at routine immunization practices in Papua New Guinea. We are looking for benchmarks on compliance with the checklist a...

Posting by: David W Brown, Brown Consulting Group International, LLC, North Carolina, USA Marta Gacic-Dobo, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland The WHO and UNICEF recommend that immunization programmes order and supply vaccines bundled with safe-injection equipment (e.g., diluents, aut...

From today's Guardian Health workers face suspicion and a lack of cold storage as they test the Ebola vaccine http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/mar/10/ebola-vaccine-trial-sierra-leone-fear-logistics-immunisations Dr Tamba Manye, who works for the World Health Organisation (WHO) i...

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...

Written by: Philippe Jaillard and Aristide Aplogan, AMP Over the past eight years, almost 400 district medical officers in 11 African countries[sup][1][/sup] have earned professional (masters level) diplomas through a unique practical inter-university program called EPIVAC. The program’s name is ...

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 01405E: OPTIMUM AGE FOR MEASLES VACCINATION FOLLOW-UP ON POST 01403E 21 MARCH 2009 ****************************************** The WHO position paper on measles vaccine says that, "The optimum age for measles vaccination depends on the local epidemiological situation and on p...

POST 01266E: BROADENING THE USE OF THE VVM 16 MAY 2008 FOLLOW UP ON POST 01264E: ******************************************* Hans Everts responds to Joanie Robertson’s request for out-of-cold-chain vaccine distribution experiences and asks for a proactive approach to VVM. He says the n...

POST 00976E : QUALITY VS IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE Follow-up on Post 00972E 19 September 2006 _____________________________________ This posting contains four contributions : 1- Naresh Goel (mailto:[email protected]) from India 2- Steven Toikilik (mailto:[email protected]) from Papua...

POST 00945E : MATERIAL OF INTEREST 24 June 2006 _______________________________________________________________ You will find below, first a slightly modified message from Robert Davis (mailto:[email protected]) from UNICEF/ESARO drawing our attention to the revised WHO guidelines on vacc...

POST 00910E : VACCINE WASTAGE Follow-up on Posts 00889E, 00894E, 00899E and 00906E 11 April 2006 __________________________________ This posting contains a contribution from Sridharan Rangachari (mailto:[email protected]) from India. __________________________________ I fully a...

POST 00906E : WASTAGE RATES Follow-up on Posts 00889E, 00894E and 00899E 2 April 2006 _________________________________ This posting is a continuation of the discussion started by questions on a new WHO site by Femi Odegbami. In this posting Anthony Battersby (mailto:[email protected]...

POST 00733E : MULTI-YEAR PLAN Follow-up on Posts 00729E and 0731E 26 December 2004 _____________________________________ Steven Toikilik (mailto:[email protected]) from Papua New Guinea, has a word of appreciation, below. Another Multi-year plan has been posted on the website, that...

POST 00729E : MULTI-YEAR PLAN : A REQUEST 13 December 2004 _____________________________________ Steven Toikilik (mailto:[email protected]) from Papua New Guinea has a request. See his short message below. Please those who will reply also copy TechNet. The documents can thus be posted on o...

POST 00724E : COOL TECHNOLOGY : THE END OF THE COLD-CHAIN? 8 November 2004 _____________________________________ Below is an article published in "The Economist". The delay in posting it was due to the translating into French. Do not dwell on the few simplifications or generalizat...

Post00334 GAVI DONATIONS - INJECTION WASTE DISPOSAL 10 April 2001 CONTENTS 1. GAVI DONATIONS - INJECTION WASTE DISPOSAL ISSUES 2. NEW CONTACT DETAILS - THE COLLABORATIVE CENTRE FOR COLD CHAIN MANAGEMENT 1. GAVI DONATIONS - INJECTION WASTE DISPOSAL ISSUES The GAVI/CVP supported additio...

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...

Post00254 LOOSE ENDS : MISCELLANEOUS 30 May 2000 CONTENTS 1. CONSULTANCY OPPORTUNITY 2. ADDITIONS TO DRAFT GUIDELINES: NID QUALITY 3. RE: POLIO + NIDS TIP SHEET 4. POST00243 VACCINE FREEZING - AND CHANGING THE LOWER TEMPERATURE LIMIT 5. PROPOSED CHANGES TO PIS E3 FAMILY 6. POLIO CAMPAIGNS...