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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 Yves Chartier, WHO, and Olga Popova, Crucell
Worldwide immunization programs have had an enormously positive impact on health and health care since 1974 when the World Health Assembly launched the Expanded Programme on Immunization. However, like all great achievements the effort has unveiled ...
Evaluation of mid-level management training in immunisation in the African region.
Mutabaruka E, Dochez C, Nshimirimana D, Meheus A.
World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Division of Communicable Diseases, Immunization and Vaccine Development, Brazzaville, Congo.
Abstract
OBJEC...
Nouveau Vaccine Vial Monitors (VVM)
Project Optimize is seeking real-life stories of how vaccine vial monitors are making an impact in the field. If you would like to share your story, please reply to this forum post.
Dont hesitate to also post photographs if you have some
Thanks in advance
Michel Zaffran...
Nouveau BCG World Atlas
Claude Letarte reminds us that 24 March 2011 was World Tuberculosis Day and shares with us links to the free BCG World Atlas published by McGill University and partners in Montreal. The Atlas is: "a first-of-its-kind, easy-to-use, searchable website that provides free detailed information on current...
Dear Moderator,
Four more infants died due to measles vaccination in Kutch on March 16 and two more died on March 18. There are deaths being reported consistantly all over the country within few minutes of vaccination but none has been attributed to vacination by the investigating...
Epidemiologists and public health researchers from multiple institutions are collaborating to gather and analyze the best available data on deaths and sick days caused by over 100 diseases and injuries around the world. The culmination of their work is the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study.
RT...
Nouveau Toxic Shock Syndrome
Have put together some slides on the issues involved.
This is an educational power point- long, but of use to prepare classes for health workers or doctors-
http://www.slideshare.net/prabirkc/toxic-shock-syndrome...
Background:
In 2010 the 63rd World Health Assembly called for a comprehensive response to viral hepatitis. As mandated by the WHA, from 2011 onwards, World Hepatitis Day is promoted on 28 July in order to provide an opportunity for awareness raising and greater understanding of viral hepatitis as...
Financing is a critical component of a sustainable immunization programme. The Immunization Financing Toolkit is a series of short briefs on different options for financing national immunization programs and vaccines. It is intended to serve as a resource for program managers and decision-makers in ...
I recently was looking at specifications for solar powered vaccine refrigerators in the PIS and PQS specifications. I was trying to do a comparison of the various models and found it difficult.
For each model the data given is for different test conditions. For example, energy use data for True E...
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...
This message has been cross-posted from HPV Vaccine Global Community of Practice. With many thanks to Robert Steinglass. Dear Lisa, I agree with Sarah Mullins that there is a great opportunity to find links with a larger package of interventions, including tetanus vaccination. The following four r...
Vaccines are temperature sensitive; They must be kept cold, but should not freeze. When vaccines are transported in the field they are placed in insulated carriers along with frozen ice packs. If these ice packs are below freezing and come in close contact to the vaccines they could freeze the vacci...
In this podcast, Steve McCarney, cold chain technologies specialist with Project Optimize, PATH, shares his insights with Pharma IQ, on how advances in vaccines and emerging markets have impacted the cool chain and will continue to do so. He also assesses the impact of technology innovations on the ...
Webinar now available on Cervical Cancer Action website; Please visit the Cervical Cancer Action Multimedia web page to watch and listen. For more information, please contact [email protected]
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In solar powered vaccine storage systems high quality wet cell batteries have the potential of lasting longer than sealed batteries. However, they periodically need the addition of distilled water. Distilled water can be hard to obtain in remote areas. Sun Frost has developed a method using waste h...
Nouveau New WHO Web Resource
Many thanks to Diana Chang Blanc for sharing this information with us.
Introducing a vaccine: Policy and Programme Considerations
Dear Colleagues,
You may recall a brochure from the June 2010 NUVI Meeting "market place" describing an updated Vaccine Product Menu which would be av...
Nouveau Nothing Stands Still: Video
The video of the WHO-PDA Parmaceutical cold chain management on wheels course conducted during 2-7 June 2008 in Istanbul, Ankara, Konya, Eskiehir and Bursa (a 1,400 km route), Turkey.
[vimeo]8785477[/vimeo]...
Written by: Benoît Silve, Bioforce Institute
Over the last several years, as investments in vaccines and essential drugs have grown, there has been increased interest in helping supply chains deliver health commodities and equipment more effectively to the people who need them. To improve supply ...
Written by: Kevin Pilz, USAID contractor and Bonnie Keith, RHSC
Public-health systems everywhere depend upon reliable and efficient supply of medicines and health commodities to ensure positive health outcomes. Despite this, supply chains in low- and middle-income countries are rarely recognized ...
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