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Global vaccination coverage 2013 published
A recent joint publication in the Weekly Epidemiological Review (WER) and the MMWR has provided an overview of the most recent official global coverage rates, as they have been summarized in the WHO UNICEF Estimation of National Immunization Coverage (WUENIC). In addition, the publication included a...
Combining different presentations of the same vaccine in EPI
We would be interested in hearing the experience of national immunization programmes in countries that use the same vaccine but different presentations (eg. pentavalent 10 dose for fixed sites, pentavalent 1 dose for outreaches).
- What issues and challenges have you had with such an arrangement...
Visual cue - need to find a pilot country
To update the Multi-Dose Vial Policy, WHO and the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (IPAC) has been designing a "visual cue". This is a small logo that will be placed on vaccine vials to allow health workers to judge whether to discard the vial at the end of a session, or allow the...
Modified supermarket approach in immunization delivery
For many years it has been the advice to national immunization programmes to have a "supermarket approach" to the delivey of vacines to health care clients. Basically, whenever a child showed up in a health facility, the vaccination would have to be provided, ie. if necessary a vial opened...
Erroneous vaccine reconstitution
The vaccine programme has become more complicated in the last few years, and more vaccines that have to be reconstituted have become commonplace in health facility fridges. At the same time, other programmes have increased the reach of their interventions to health facilities, and several therapeuti...
Are there vaccines that have to be discarded in less than 6 hours after opening?
In the course of the revision of the WHO Multi-dose Vial Policy (MDVP) we came across the question if there were any vaccines in multidose vials that had to be discarded less than 6 hours after having been opened. Some package inserts seem to indicate this, but it is not clear whether it would deter...
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