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POST 01042E : VVM USE Follow-up on Posts 01028E and 01035E 19 January 2007 In reaction to Subhash Choudhury's anecdote on VVM use, five contributions were received, from Anil Varshney (mailto:[email protected]) from India Enrique Cuevas (mailto:[email protected]) Hans Everts (ma...

POST 01040E : PIS/PQS 15 January 2007 WHO PQS Secretariat is happy to announce the official release of the PQS E06 product specifications and verification protocols which were approved by the PQS steering group meeting held in Geneva, Switzerland at WHO HQ on 9 January 2007. The new produc...

POST 01039E : HEPATITIS B VACCINATION IMPACT 14 January 2007 As they are rather light, we attach to this posting two resumes of articles showing that HepB vaccination produces, after a period of years, sustained declines in hepatitis B incidence in vaccinated birth cohorts. The first "...

POST 01037E : SOLAR REFRIGERATOR Follow-up on Posts 01019E, 01027E and 01032E 10 January 2007 This posting contsins two contributions. The first is from Brigitte Touré (mailto:[email protected]) from UNICEF/WCARO and the second from Terkulah Ben Alagh (mailto:[email protected]) also fro...

POST 01029E : USE OF ETHANOL FOR VACCINE INJECTIONS Follow-up on Post 01029E 8 January 2007 Only one contribution was received so far following Jedeth Mamora's question, from Anil Varshney (mailto:[email protected]) from India. I couldn't find much information on the topic but I though...

POST 01032E : SOLAR REFRIGERATOR Follow-up on Posts 01019E and 01027E 30 December 2006 This posting contains three contributions. First an information from Terry Hart (mailto:[email protected]) from India, followed by a comment by Anil Varshney (mailto:[email protected]) also from India....

POST 01030E : COLD CHAIN TEMPERATURE MONITORING 27 December 2006 Carib Nelson (mailto:@path.org) from PATH is sharing five articles recently published or even still in press, about temperature monitoring in the cold chain and related issues. Carib is co-author of the first one and it was...

POST 01029E : USE OF ETHANOL FOR VACCINE INJECTIONS 22 December 2006 Jedeth Mamora (mailto:[email protected]) from UNICEF/Indonesia has another question here below. Dear team Technet, Could the use of ethanol or alcohol swab before and after vaccine injection possibly hamper or destruct...

POST 01027E : SOLAR REFRIGERATOR Follow-up on Post 01019E 18 December 2006 Anil Varshney (mailto:[email protected]) from India, sends this short comment following the announcement that the President of India had bought two solar units. Its a wonderful begining and since costs have c...

POST 01026E : T SERIES VACCINE EFFICACY Follow-up on Post 01021E 16 December 2006 NOTE : Secretariat reminds you to participate in the Technet survey. If you also know colleagues who are not members, please invite them to do so using the non-subscriber's form. Please visit : http://www...

POST 01023E : POLIOMYELITIS ERADICATION : MATERIAL OF INTEREST 9 December 2006 We are sending you six documents of great interest on the polio situation in the world. We are again thanking Robert Davis and Evelyn Chege who sent them in Tech Updates. To evaluate potential consequences of a...

POST 01021E : T SERIES VACCINE EFFICACY 6 December 2006 Jedeth Mamora (mailto:[email protected]) from UNICEF in Indonesia, is asking questions on the efficacy of T series vaccine. I wonder how the search was made on the WHO site but I would suggest the WHO modules "Immunological Basis for ...

POST 01019E : SOLAR REFRIGERATOR 2 December 2006 Last May, Carib Nelson gave an update on a new solar refrigerator (Post 00921E). Today, Rajendra Shende (mailto:[email protected]) from UNEP in France, shares a news item on the same topic. He played a major role in this initiative. ...

Post 01016E : PQS 28 November 2006 PQS E1 and E3 product specifications and verifications protocols are out for final round of comments Version 3 PQS specifications and verification protocols for the cold/freezer rooms (E1) and refrigerators and freezers (E3) are published by WHO for a ...

Post 01015E : TEMPERATURE MONITORS Follow-up on Post 01009E 26 November 2006 The message below is from Atnafu Getachew (mailto:[email protected]). Information on products is essential for decision-making. May I encourage members who have experiences to share to do so to help other mana...

Post 01015E : TEMPERATURE MONITORS Follow-up on Post 01009E 26 November 2006 The message below is from Atnafu Getachew (mailto:[email protected]). Information on products is essential for decision-making. May I encourage members who have experiences to share to do so to help other mana...

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. The Vietnam experience of administering the birth dose of HepB out of the c...

Post 01012E : HIB AND ROTAVIRUS VACCINATION 17 November 2006 In Post 00987E the resume of an article discussed the effectiveness of Hib vaccine introduction into routine EPI in Kenya. The following link will lead you to a full article on the same topic, but in Malawi this time, to be publis...

POST 1010E : REFRIGERANT GASES Follow-up on Posts 00993E and 00999E 12 November 2006 This posting contains three contributions. from Soren Spanner (mailto:[email protected]) from UNICEF/India. from Michel Zaffran (mailto:[email protected]) from GAVI in Switzerland, and from Terry...

POST 01009E : TEMPERATURE MONITORS 10 November 2006 This posting contains two contributions. The first, from Andrew Garnett (mailto:[email protected]) from the United Kingdom, is a short piece of information. Please note the now functional link to the PQS website at : http://www...