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The updated Updated Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to request M&RI funding to respond to measles outbreaks in Gavi eligible countries are available at: http://www.measlesrubellainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/SOP_MRI_Outbreak_Response_Fund_June2014_Final.pdf or at http:/...

World Health Organization provides technical support in the form of "Position paper" on all vaccines for guiding the member countries to formulate their own country specific "National Immunization schedule (NIS)" by the central level technical committee on the basis of epidemiolo...

The Measles & Rubella Initiative is a global partnership committed to ensuring no child dies from measles or is born with congenital rubella syndrome. This updated fact sheet provides at a glance information about the importance of eliminating measles and rubella globally. The illustrations by artis...

Today we would like to share with you the Measles & Rubella Initiative Annual Report for 2013. The whole EPI team directly or indirectly has contributed to the progress reflected in this report. Specifically we would like to acknowledge Marta & the SIG team for all the data inputs and Robe...

by Daniel Thornton, GAVI; Henry Mwanyika, PATH; Drew Meek, WHO; Ulrike Kreysa, GS1 A project in Tanzania is exploring how best to implement barcodes on vaccine packaging. By adding barcodes to the shipping containers and secondary packaging used to transport vaccines, project organizers hope to lea...

by Kamel Senouci and Lara Gautier, AMP Many national immunization programs rely on the professional advice of national immunization technical advisory groups (NITAGs) to help them make critical decisions on introducing new vaccines. Implemented in April 2008 by Agence de Médecine Préventive (AMP)...

Rationale for introducing 5-dose vials of measles vaccine for routine immunization programs. Robert Steinglass of JSI/MCHIP challenges each of us to give our opinion on our preferences for measles vaccine vial size. At the just-completed Measles Partnership Annual Meeting at the American Red C...

Dear All, WHO SEARO is conducting a study entitled "VACCINE PRICE TRENDS IN THE PAST DECADE AND FUTURE PROJECTIONS" for vaccines purchased/sold in developing countries with special reference to the SEARO countries. The list of vaccines includes: Rubella, Measles, MMR, MR, Hep B monovalen...

A recently published paper (JB Milstien and M Kaddar. 'The role of emerging manufacturers in access to innovative vaccines of public health importance', Vaccine 28: 2115-2121, 2010) analyzes the potential for emerging suppliers, those vaccine manufacturers located in developing countries, to supply ...

POST 01201E : ERADICATION EFFORTS Follow-up on Posts 01174E and 01179E 14 December 2007 TIP : If you consult TechNet archives on Listserv, most of you will not see the active links in the body of the text, depending on configuration. Please go to the very bottom below posting banners and you w...

POST 01179E : ERADICATION EFFORTS Follow-up on Post 001174E 31 October 2007 This long contribution is sent by Robert Steinglass from IMMUNIZATIONbasics in the United States. "Stop the madness!" Dear Moderator, Thank you for posting Bob Davis' thoughtful piece. But at the very end, he asks:...

POST 01174E : ERADICATION EFFORTS 20 October 2007 Robert Davis from UNICEF/ESARO proposes the following analysis of eradication efforts. Food for thought and discussion! Proof of concept for four eradication efforts: malaria, smallpox, polio, and measles MALARIA The 1955 decision by WHO's g...

POST 01121E : WASTE MANAGEMENT Follow-up on Post 01111E 13 July 2007 Modibo Dicko's message generated three contributions. The first is from [log in to unmask]">Henrique Menezes d'Alva, from Angola. [log in to unmask]">John Lloyd, from PATH/France, then asks judicious questions and replie...

POST 00772E : EXPANSION OF AFP SURVEILLANCE 6 April 2005 NOTE : This posting had been sent at the beginning of March but server's problems prevented its distribution. Bob Davis (mailto:[email protected]) from UNICEF/ESARO draws our attention to an article on AFP surveillance. Dear Colleag...

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 00469E : ADVERSE EVENTS FOLLOWING IMMUNIZATION 8 July 2002 Many of you may already be aware of an incident involving measles vaccination in Cuba, as reported in the media and Promed-Mail, the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases. According to reports, on 22 May 2002, an "uncommon acc...

Post00349 VACCINE WASTAGE 13 June 2001 CONTENTS 1. VACCINE WASTAGE Continued In Technet Post00345, 05 June 2001, Samir J Shah, MOH/Oman, kindly posted his observations and questions on vaccine wastage in his region of Oman. His original message is re-posted below. In todays posting J...

Post0230 INJECTION SAFETY & WASTE DISPOSAL 9 March 2000 CONTENTS SMALL SCALE INCINERATOR TRIALS - SOUTH AFRICA LOW-COST MEDICAL WASTE INCINERATOR MANUAL AND PLANS ARE NOW AVAILABLE SHARPS INCINERATION EMISSIONS CONTROL - NEW TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT HELP? COMMENT RE: POST0216 INJECTION SAF...

Post0217 FAST CHAIN + CC DOCUMENTS 17 January 2000 CONTENTS 1. FAST CHAIN, TECHNET'99 DISCUSSSIONS AND A NEW DOCUMENT 2. COLD CHAIN DOCUMENTS POSTED TO WHO WEBSITE FAST CHAIN, TECHNET'99 DISCUSSSIONS AND A NEW DOCUMENT Hans Everts, WHO/V&B, responds to the Technet'99 Sub-Group on the ...