Dear All, So pleased to share the great news that yesterday, the World Health Assembly adopted a resolution on improving the transparency of markets for medicines, vaccines and other health products in an effort to expand access. The draft resolution is on the WHA website: http://apps.who.int/gb/e/...

As part of the WHO African region efforts to improve immunization and surveillance performances in terms of quality, effectiveness, efficiency, coverage and equity and in order to strengthen the capacity of policy makers and health providers in countries, there is a need for accurate data in order t...

by Kristina Lorenson, PATH Regional distribution centers (RDCs) may be a realistic option for countries that distribute large quantities of vaccines and need to invest in cold chain infrastructure, according to a report by project Optimize. The report, completed this month, assesses the cost of ...

POST 01307E: HEALTHCARE WASTE MANAGEMENT: NEED FOR TRAINING/SUPERVISION FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01295E, 01296E & 01305E 19 AUGUST 2008 ******************************************* Dear Friends, In Developing country settings (like India) Biomedical Waste Management is given low priority...

POST 01305E: HEALTHCARE WASTE MANAGEMENT: WEIGHTED DECISION-MAKING APPROACH FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01295E & 01296E 15 AUGUST 2008 ******************************************* Dear Moderator, I would like to respond to the important issues raised by Vijay on July 29, 2008. Safe, affor...

POST 00923E : THINKING THE UNTHINKABLE Follow-up on Post 00917E 11 May 2006 ________________________________________________________________ This posting contains two contributions in response to that of Anthony Battersby. The first is from Mogens Munck (mailto:[email protected]) f...

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 00493E : CFC DISPOSAL Follow-up on Post 00487E 28 August 2002 ______________________________________________________ G R Baru (mailto:[log in to unmask]) from India provides an answer to the question of CFC disposal. And Opanyang.S. Mosweu (mailto:[log in to unmask]) from Botswana c...

Post00333 HEALTH RADIO NET 9 April 2001 CONTENTS 1. HEALTH RADIO NET - CONTINUING DISCUSSION 2. MSF COMMUNICATION GUIDELINE AVAILABLE 3. THE USE OF VHF, HF, HAND HELD DEVICES, ETC? 1. HEALTH RADIO NET - CONTINUING DISCUSSION In Technet Post00321, 16 February 2001, Marcia Rock, WB, p...

Post00268 FAULTY VVMs PROBLEM: EXTENT & SOLUTIONS 26 July 2000 CONTENTS 1. FAULTY VVMs: THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM 2. FAULTY VVMs: SUGGESTIONS AND PROPOSED SOLUTIONS Moderators Note: In Post00266, Dianne Phillips. DOH/SA, asked for help with solutions to the managerial, ...

Post00258 POLIO ERADICATION TARGET 19 June 2000 CONTENTS 1. CORRECTION: POLIO ERADICATION TARGET NOW 2005 2. POLIO NEWS 1. CORRECTION: POLIO ERADICATION TARGET NOW 2005 In Post00252, Polio Eradication Target Now 2005, 18 May 2000, TECHNET Forum posted an article from the associated P...