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POST 00646E : IMPROVING COVERAGE Follow-up on Post 00642E 5 March 2004 This posting contains two contributions. The first is from Gasse (mailto:[log in to unmask]) from UNICEF Headquarters. It is likely to generate much discussion. The PowerPoint presentation to which GASSE refers is i...

POST 00649E : VACCINE FORECAST 12 March 2004 Alasdair Wylie (mailto:[log in to unmask]) comments on new policies regarding the vaccine forecast formula as indicated in the last GAVI Update (Feb. 2004). The following extract from the new GAVI Update caught my attention: "From Dr Olivier Ronv...

POST 00648E : FROM HFC/CFC TO HC-BASED REFRIGERATION Follow-up on Posts 00487E, 00493E, 00500E, 00513E, 00634E, 00638E and 00644E 11 March 2004 Terry Hart (mailto:[log in to unmask]) make some comments on Alejo's contribution in the previous Posting on this topic (Post 00644E). As I mention...

POST 00647E : COMBATING RUMOURS Follow-up on Post 00619E and 00643E 8 March 2004 Note : Following the posting of the TechNet21 Annual Report, some members asked the meaning of the various terms in the statistics tables about use of our site. True that I should have put these in the repor...

POST 00644E : FROM HFC/CFC TO HC-BASED REFRIGERATION Follow-up on Posts 00487E, 00493E, 00500E, 00513E, 00634E and 00638E 29 February 2004 Alejo Bejemino (mailto:[log in to unmask]) from UNICEF/Afghanistan discusses advantages and disadvantages of HC refrigerant. I have read articles on HC-...

POST 00643E : COMBATING RUMOURS Follow-up on Post 00619E 27 February 2004 A massive polio immunization effort has just been completed where 63 million children were vaccinated in a synchronized manner across 10 West African countries. This was highly critical for reaching the goal of eradica...

POST 00642E : IMPROVING COVERAGE 25 February 2004 Posting by the moderator : Those of you who have looked at the TechNet meeting agenda in details will have noticed a session on "Improving Coverage" Tuesday, 23 March. This is quite important as the final goal of EPI is indeed to protect as man...

POST 00641E : KEROSENE AND BOTTLED GAS FOR PERIPHERAL HEALTH FACILITIES 22 February 2004 Bob Davis, from UNICEF/Nairobi, is looking for information on relative costs of kerosene versus bottled gas for peripheral health facilities, and any reports on county experience with conversion from kero...

POST 00638E : FROM HFC/CFC TO HC-BASED REFRIGERATION 18 February 2004 It appears that two of previous postings were not received. The first of these was a survey reminder that it is too late now to repost. The other is the following. My apologies for this mishap ! POST 00636E : FROM HFC/CF...

POST 00638E : FROM HFC/CFC TO HC-BASED REFRIGERATION 18 February 2004 It appears that two of previous postings were not received. The first of these was a survey reminder that it is too late now to repost. The other is the following. My apologies for this mishap ! POST 00636E : FROM HFC/CF...

POST 00634E : FROM HFC/CFC TO HC-BASED REFRIGERATION Follow-up on Posts 00487E, 00493E, 00500E and 00513E 26 January 2004 Terry Hart (mailto:[log in to unmask]) from IT Power India is advocating for the shift from HFC to HC-based refrigeration. TechNet had posted some contributions on the top...

POST 00633E : POLIO ERADICATION 14 January 2004 Tomorrow (already today for many of you) at 13:50pm in WHO, Ministers of Health from Afghanistan, Egypt, India, Niger, Nigeria and Pakistan will sign the historical Geneva Declaration for the Eradication of Poliomyelitis. The declaration has...

POST 00633E : POLIO ERADICATION 14 January 2004 Tomorrow (already today for many of you) at 13:50pm in WHO, Ministers of Health from Afghanistan, Egypt, India, Niger, Nigeria and Pakistan will sign the historical Geneva Declaration for the Eradication of Poliomyelitis. The declaration has...

POST 00630E : END OF POLIO 11 January 2004 Already a few months ago, UNICEF Press Center had announced that the famous Brazilian journalist and Special Representative Sebastião Salgado was publishing his latest book "The End of Polio: A Global Effort to End a Disease". Many of you may already...

POST 00629E : DESTRUCTION OF VACCINES Follow-up on Posts 00603E, 00606E, 00609E, 00611E, 00614E and 00617E 7 January 2004 NOTE : You are reminded that there is just one week left for participating in the TechNet annual survey. It is very easy and will take just a few minutes of your time. ...

POST 00620E : VACCINE WASTAGE 17 December 2003 It is a pleasure to inform you that the document "Monitoring Vaccine Wastage at Country Level", written by our colleague Ümit Kartoglu (mailto:[log in to unmask]) from WHO, has now been officially published on the WHO website. It can be downloaded...

POST 00619E : COMBATING RUMOURS 13 December 2003 UNICEF Regional Office for East and Southern Africa (ESARO) has produced a report two years ago with the help of Joyce Kramer, on antivaccination rumours and how to combat them. The topics has lost no relevance and this popular document is regul...

POST 00617E : DESTRUCTION OF VACCINES Follow-up on Posts 00603E, 00606E, 00609E, 00611E and 00614E 25 November 2003 Henrik Oja (mailto:[log in to unmask]) shares his experience on incineration following questions raised in the previous posting on the subject (Post 00614E). This interesting co...

POST 00616E : POSITION PAPER ON VVM 21 November 2003 Christopher G. Caulfield (mailto:[log in to unmask]) from LifeLines Technology is informing us that a Policy Paper on VVM has been published. This document contains important information for all those interested in VVMs. That's why we cir...

POST 00615E : SINGLE-DOSE VERSUS MULTI-DOSE Follow-up on Post 00613E 17 November 2003 Following the posting of the article "Single-dose versus multi-dose vaccine vials....." in Post 00613E, Femi Oyewole (mailto:[log in to unmask]) from WHO in Ethiopia and Alozie Ananaba (mailto:[log in to unm...