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We're excited to announce a two-part webinar series dedicated to the Vaccine Vial Monitor (VVM), the simple yet transformative tool that has helped ensure vaccine potency worldwide for three decades.
Session 1: 30 Years of VVM: A RetrospectiveJoin us for a look back at three decades of the VVM, f...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched the new Implementing integrated health campaigns: decision-making and planning guide (available in English and French), which provides a practical framework to help countries assess opportunities for campaign integration and plan integrated health cam...
Gender-related barriers continue to affect equitable access to immunization services and outcomes. Addressing these barriers is essential to improving coverage, reaching zero-dose children, and ensuring that no one is left behind.
Join us on 13 October 2026 for the launch webinar of the n...
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by Dr. Thierno Seydou Nourou Guèye, Pharmacie Régionale d’Approvisionnement de Saint-Louis; Madjiguène Ndiaye Coulibaly, SNEIPS*; Ibrahima Leye, consultant
A project in Senegal that uses a specially equipped truck to transport vaccine supplies has proven so successful that it is now being expande...
Nouveau Polio a menace
Polio virus has been reported in a seven-year-old female child. Polio remains a threat to the children of Baluchistan. Baluchistan has recorded 69 cases in the year 2011 and two at the start of 2012. The worsening situation with regard to polio is a great cause for concern, for foreign donors have ...
Success has many fathers, failure is an orphan. Yet, we can learn so much more from failure than successes. The amazing safety of modern flight is a result of this systems-based analysis of failures. In contrast, medical safety continues poorly with a culture of 'blame' focusing on individuals rat...
The Indian government suspended research in April 2010 on the feasibility and safety of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in two Indian states (Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat) amid public concerns about its safety. This paper describes cervical cancer and cancer surveillance in India and reviews the ep...
We must correct imbalanced global investments within the world of immunization
by Robert Steinglass, Immunization Senior Advisor, JSI and Immunization Team Leader, MCHIP (13 June 2012)
In recent years, the world of immunization has been dominated by a focus on life-saving vaccines and the prev...
Nouveau Cocktails safe or not?
Hi All, After several years of working in Immunization related activities to help others, I find myself on the other side of the fence, with a 2 month old baby, in Senegal, trying to get her shots. She was born in the US, and we opted not do the HEP B at birth and figured to start at 2 months. We w...
The first of the two Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) grants totaling US$100,000 each recently awarded to PATH by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will help to advance the development of a novel protective liner for vaccine carriers. Currently in the early stages of product development, th...
Nouveau Review of Indian Vaccine Policy
Appeal from another e-group:
The National Vaccine Policy that had been drafted by one person and presented to the media as a final document in April 2011, without any consultation is on the MOHFW website.
I understand from Dr. Jacob Puliyel that the ministry is agreeable to reviewing it if it ge...
Nouveau IATA regulation
Dear all
IATA regulation changes for Time & Temperature Sensitive Pharmaceutical shipments, with regard to the logging devices, additional text is proposed in the IATA regulations for Chapter 17 of the Perishables
http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/cargo/Pages/perishables.aspx
Temperature Logging...
Many thanks to Mojtaba Haghgou for suggesting that this summary be posted here. Cross-posted from the PAHO Immunization Newsletter, December 2011.
In January 2010, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) began piloting a software to manage and control vaccines, syringes and other supply inven...
The Georgia Institute of Technology has received a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The program funds individuals worldwide to explore ideas that can break the mold in how persistent global health and development challenges are solved.
Jonatha...
The Logistimo team is humbled to receive support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation "Grand Challenge Explorations" program to advance new approaches to optimize immunization systems. It is a tremendous opportunity to apply mobile and cloud technology to improve vaccine supply chains ...
Nouveau SMS-based AEFI reports
Excerpts from a discussion on another forum about adverse events following immunization (AEFI) data collection.
Dhruv wrote:
A wise option. Why don't we develop a cellphone-based VAERS?
Prabir wrote:
See http://www.slideshare.net/prabirkc/sms-based-death-reporting which has to do with a simi...
Many thanks to Diana Chang Blanc for sharing this information with the forum!
Dear colleagues,
... Please find below the web link to the “first batch” of the WHO Information Sheets on Observed Rates of Vaccine Reactions. We would highly welcome if you could share these sheets with colleagues ...
by Hai Le and Kien Vu, PATH
To accompany the article “Do battery-free solar refrigerators work in low-light conditions?” in this month’s newsletter, Optimize has published a photo set on Flickr that reveals how the solar refrigerators were installed and tested.
The photo set includes photogr...
by Joanie Robertson, PATH, and Steve McCarney, Solar Electric Light Fund
Field-tests conducted in the cloudy north of Vietnam suggest there may be a bright future for battery-free solar refrigerators in low-light conditions.
As reported in the Op.ti.mize October 2011 issue, project Optimize ...
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 ...
Nouveau wVSSM goes online in Tunisia
by Mojtaba Haghgou, consultant, and Ramzi Ouichi, WHO
A web-based version of the Vaccination Supply Stock Management (VSSM) tool has been successfully deployed in Iran. Now, project Optimize is collaborating with the Tunisian Ministry of Health to field-test wVSSM in Tunisia.
VSSM is an open...
by Magda Robert and Laurie Werner, Decade of Vaccines Collaboration
Over the past year, the Decade of Vaccines (DoV) Collaboration has been developing a Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP). The plan is now being finalized and will be presented for endorsement at the 65th World Health Assembly, to ...
The Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean is preparing to celebrate the third Regional Vaccination Week during the week of 24 – 30 April 2012, coinciding with the first World Immunization Week. Vaccination Week is an annual initiative celebrating and promoting immunization through innovative...
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