What does it take to reach zero-dose children? The Zero-Dose Learning Hub (ZDLH), led by JSI and funded by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, convened vaccination experts from Country Learning Hubs, the Gates Foundation, and Clinton Health Access Initiative to share recommendations in an interactive webina...

Join Gavi’s Zero-Dose Learning Hub and the Gates Foundation’s Zero-Dose Learning Agenda on Wednesday, May 28, for a webinar that explores the spectrum of factors influencing the ability to identify, monitor, and measure zero-dose children and missed communities. This 90-minute webinar will feature i...

Between 21 and 24 February 2017, the “Training for the comprehensive analysis of vaccination coverage surveys” was held in Kathmandu, Nepal. This training brought together 25 participants from Ministries of Health, National Statistics Offices (NSOs) and research institutes from Cambodia, China, Indo...

A news brief about the ongoing Measles SIA in Cambodia follows. Also attached with this post are a presentation on the SIA and the Implementation Guidelines. For further information, please contact Aun Chum, Health Officer, UNICEF Cambodia ([email protected]). Cambodia's Ministry of Health launche...

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 01391E: VACCINE-DERIVED POLIO VIRUS 18 FEBRUARY 2009 ****************************************** In the context of the discussions on polio eradication on our forum (see POSTS: 01354E), these reports hold great interest. Cross-posting yet again from CSU, with a big thank you to Bob D...

POST 01342E: POLIO ERADICATION VS CONTROL—THE DEBATE CONTINUES FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01339E & 01341E 27 OCTOBER 2008 ****************************************** The topic continues to be hotly debated and perspectives seem to differ widely. For those of you who would like a statistical u...

POST 00858E : COMBINATION VACCINES, LYOPHILIZED VACCINES, DILUENTS AND VVMS Follow-up on Posts 00847E, 00852E and 00855E 18 November 2005 _____________________________________ This posting contains three further contributions to this debate. The first is from Rebecca Fields (mailto:rfi...

POST 00836E : PHARMACEUTICAL COLONIALISM IN AFRICA 28 September 2005 _____________________________________ The article below was originally published in the "Monde diplomatique" of June 2005, and August for the English edition. It was sent by Anthony Battersby (mailto:FBA@compus...

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 00731E : MULTI-YEAR PLAN Follow-up on Post 00729E 19 December 2004 _____________________________________ Two Multi-Year Plans have been sent by Manju Rani (mailto:[email protected]) from the Expanded Program on Immunization, Western Pacific Regional Office of WHO in Manila. The Cam...

POST 00714E : COVERAGE IMPROVEMENT PLANNING IN CAMBODIA 7 September 2004 _____________________________________ Beverley-Ann Biggs (mailto:[email protected]) from Australia has sent a joint contribution for posting on the TechNet21 website from the Cambodian National Immunization Progra...

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 pre...

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 pre...

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 pre...

POST 00509E : CONTAMINATION STUDY OF NEEDLE REMOVERS 10 October 2002 _____________________________________________________ Janet Vail (mailto:[log in to unmask]) informs us of a splatter contamination study of needle removers conducted by PATH. The report is not yet available but more infor...

POST 00504E : VACCINE WASTAGE Follow-up on Posts 00311, 00316, 00320, 00324, 00345, 00349, 00404E, 00462E, 00473E and 00478E. 26 September 2002 _________________________________________________________ Andy Tucker (mailto:[log in to unmask]) from PATH/Cambodia has some comments and quest...

POST 00499E : PROTECTION OF MORE COLD-SENSITIVE VACCINES Follow-up on Posts 00412E, 00419E, 00428E, 00475E, 00480E, 00482E, 00484E, 00490E, 00491E AND 00494E 8 September 2002 ________________________________________________________ Carla Lee (mailto:[log in to unmask]) from CDC makes a st...

POST 00446E : USE OF VVMs ON ALL VACCINES 15 April 2002 ______________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Jayaprakash of UNICEF/Micronesia contributes the following comments on on VVMs. His questions are partly answered and further information will be sough...

Post00343 VACCINE FREEZING: WHY IS THE COLD CHAIN TOO COLD? 20 May 2001 CONTENTS 1. WHY IS THE COLD CHAIN TOO COLD? MORE..... 2. HEP-B OUT OF THE COLD CHAIN? 3. VVMs ON VACCINES 1. WHY IS THE COLD CHAIN TOO COLD? MORE..... The freezing point of Hepatitis B vaccine is -0.5'C The f...