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by Cecily Stokes-Prindle and Lois Privor-Dumm, IVAC It sounds like a pretty mundane question, but the answer has major implications for delivering vaccines in low- and middle-income countries. Having consulted with experts from across the world, researchers at the International Vaccine Access Cen...

Pentavalent stories: Lucknow deaths subjudice   http://hindu.com/2010/08/24/stories/2010082457281300.htm Initially, it was said that three deaths had occurred due to the anti-measles vaccine and one death due to the BCG shot. Then it was said the children were given BCG vaccine instead of a...

James Cheyne shares with us the jointly produced (IFRC/GAVI Alliance) advocacy report on immunization, entitled "Unfinished business". The report was pre-released at the UN Palais in Geneva earlier this month and will be more formally launched at the forthcoming MDG Summit. The press re...

http://www.timesche nnai.com/ index.php? mod=article&cat=General&article=47839 Now vaccines can be stored at room temperature 02.18.2010 (GMT+5.5) London: For the first time scientists at Oxford University have found a way of keeping vaccines stable without refrigeration, even at tropica...

Information gathered from the Health Ministry through the RTI Act confirms the overall shortage of 17 crore doses for diphtheria, measles, tetanus and oral polio vaccine.The shortage for diphtheria vaccine is nine crore doses, followed by 3.14 crore for tetanus, three crore for oral polio vaccine an...

POST 01375E: ACCURACY OF IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE DATA 18 JANUARY 2009 ****************************************** Stephen Lim et al in a study published in The Lancet (volume 372, issue 9655, pages 2031–2046, 13 December 2008) raise concerns about the tendency to over report when it comes to target ...

POST 01346E: WILD POLIO VIRUS 1,2 & 3 AND VAPP REQUIRE AN EFFECTIVE VACCINE FOR ERADICATION FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01339E, 01341E, 013342E, 01343E, 01344E & 01345E 5 NOVEMBER 2008 ****************************************** Dear Editor, As per your suggestion I looked up the web-page: "Week...

POST 01313E: SAFE INJECTION: AVOIDING OVER PENETRATION FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS: 01308E, 01309E & 01310E 28 AUGUST 2008 ******************************************* Thickness of subcutaneous tissue can be judged by pinching. When needle pierces the muscle the same can also be felt so if health sta...

POST 01292E: NEEDLE-FREE/COLD CHAIN-FREE VACCINE DELIVERY 20 JULY 2008 ******************************************* A peep into the future with regard to needle-free vaccine delivery reveals that innumerable innovative technologies are being researched to deliver vaccines. These range from aerosol...

POST 01217E: SCHOOL-BASED TT VACCINATION FOLLOW UP ON POSTS POST 01212E AND POST 01214E 20 JANUARY 2008 Robert Steinglass, who has comprehensively documented Indonesia’s experience with school-based TT immunization, spells out the programmatic and scientific rationale behind adopting this strat...

POST 00747E : CHILD HEALTH DAYS Follow-up on Post 00740E 27 January 2005 This posting contains three contributions. Robert Steinglass (mailto:[email protected]) from Immunization Basics asks some questions on these Child Health Days. Answers first come from Robert Davis (mailto:rdavi...

POST 00724E : COOL TECHNOLOGY : THE END OF THE COLD-CHAIN? 8 November 2004 Below is an article published in "The Economist". The delay in posting it was due to the translating into French. Do not dwell on the few simplifications or generalizations of a journalistic nature. It is the essence t...

Post00351 MEASLES PLUS 18 June 2001 CONTENTS 1.FIELD EXPERIENCE GUIDES PAHO'S VACCINE DIRECTOR: LESSONS FROM THE FIELD Tip of the hat to Bob Davis, UNICEF for this Lancet Interview With Dr Ciro De Quadros. "De Quadros thinks now is the time to start moving towards global measles...

Post00239 VACCINE FREEING 06 April 2000 CONTENTS 1. CHANGING VACCINE STORAGE LOWER TEMPERATURE LIMIT FROM 0 TO 2 DEGREES? 2. FREEZE VVMS? Moderator's note: Corrections: 1. The previous TECHNET Forum post on Tuesday 4 April was Post00238 not 0338 as indicated in the post.Post00237 was incorrec...

Post0227 LOGISTICS, SURVEILLANCE & DISEASE CONTROL 14 February 2000 CONTENTS 1. SURVEIILANCE LOGISTICS: SUGGESTION DURING TECHNET 2. DRAFT TECHNET'99 SUB-GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS: LOGISTICS OF DISEASE CONTROL 3. NEW PUBLICATIONS 4. POLIO CONTROL NEWS SURVEIILANCE LOGISTICS: SUGGESTION DUR...

Post0221 LOGISTICS, SURVEILLANCE & DISEASE CONTROL 25 January 2000 CONTENTS LOGISTICS MODULE FOR SURVEILLANCE DRAFT MANUAL ON SURVEILLANCE LOGISTICS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD POLIO ERADICATION NEWS VACCINE PREVENTABLE DISEASE NEWS LOGISTICS MODULE FOR SURVEILLANCE This posting continues ...

Post0214 VACCINE FREEZING 07 January 2000 CONTENTS 1. COMMENTS: ALERT: FROST-FREE REFRIGERATORS IN THE COLD CHAIN 2. INTRODUCTION OF FREEZE SENSITIVE VACCINES INTO THE EXISTING COLD CHAIN 3. TECHNET RECOMMENDATIONS ON CC EQUIPMENT WITH LOW TEMPERATURE PROTECTION Contributions to: technet@acith...