Background Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been disruptions to essential health services affecting countries of all regions. Immunization programs were impacted in multiple ways, and those disruptions extended to fixed sites, outreach sessions and vaccination campaigns. As a re...

Contexte Depuis le début de la pandémie de COVID-19, des perturbations des services de santé essentiels ont affecté des pays de toutes les régions et de tous les niveaux de revenu. Les programmes d’immunisation ont été affectés de multiples façons, et ces perturbations se sont étendues aux sites fi...

Join Sabin Vaccine Institute's Boost Community and WHO for a Special 2023 Fellowship Launch Event*Thursday, July 27 1:00 PM UTC/GMT In May 2022, the Sabin Vaccine Institute's Boost Community (Sabin) and World Health Organization (WHO) launched the COVID-19 Recovery for Routine Immunization Programs...

PATH is seeking to understand the impact of COVID-19 vaccine rollout on routine immunization systems, focusing on learnings from several countries in Africa and Asia. We are inviting the following individuals to complete a survey about their experience with COVID-19 vaccine rollout: Individuals w...

As part of the Global Mass Vaccination Site Collaborative, the Boost Community, in partnership with Ariadne Labs, is excited to present a conversation focused on the importance of mass vaccination sites and funding opportunities for COVID-19 vaccine rollout. We invite you to join us for this...

The Vaccine Preventable DIseases program of WHO AFRO would like to share with you the Lessons Library aggregating the main lessons and best practices from the COVID vaccine roll out over the last 10 months. These are mostly harvested from the intra-action reviews that countries conducted in the midd...

The WHO’s Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals (IVB) and WHO Health Emergency programme (WHE) are partnering with Project ECHO of the University of New Mexico (UNM), UNICEF, and TechNet-21 to host a series of 15 sessions that align with countries’ immediate and medium-...

The WHO’s Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals (IVB) and WHO Health Emergency programme (WHE) are partnering with Project ECHO of the University of New Mexico (UNM), UNICEF, and TechNet-21 to host a series of 15 sessions that align with countries’ immediate and medium-...

Join us for a new session of the Webinar series for National/subnational Focal Points on COVID-19 Vaccination!  Topic: Private Sector Engagement  When: Tuesday 18 May (12-1PM CET) Registration: https://echo.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_60QBnRtURmaoXz2mGFWPIQ?fbclid=IwAR3m6mGO...

You can already register to the next session of the Webinar series for National/subnational Focal Points on COVID-19 Vaccination Topic: Mobilizing financing resources for scale up of COVID-19 vaccination  When: Tuesday 20 April (12-1PM CET) Registration:  https://echo.zoo...

NEW PAGE ALERT!!! TechNet-21 Page on Human Resources & Leadership Access page here - https://www.technet-21.org/en/topics/immunization-workforce 2021 is designated as the International Year of the Health and Care Workers. The health workforce plays a crucial role in ensuring availability of q...

Bonjour dear TechNeters! UNICEF has published a new document on Immunization Supply Chain Immunization Supply Chain Interventions to Enable Coverage and Equity in Urban Poor, Remote Rural and Conflict Settings, and it is available in TechNet-21's library (see link to this post). This document...

Chers tous, Avec le soutien de Gavi, PATH et Village Reach ont récemment publié une nouvelle ressource pour la gestion de l'inventaire des équipements de la chaîne du froid (IECF), désormais en français :"Recommandations  pour l'inventaire des équipements de la chaîne du froid : Améliorer...

Are you **directly involved** with routine immunization activity planning for your country's Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI)?   If so, we encourage you to apply to join the court cohort of the Scholar Level 1 certification course offered by the World Health Organization. (This cour...

Value-based procurement (VBP) evaluates potential new products, services and solutions based on value for money rather than the lowest purchase price. VBP evaluation criteria include benefits to patients, service providers, national health systems and health technology management teams. VBP also con...

Dear all,  With the support of Gavi, PATH and Village Reach have recently published a new resource for cold chain equipment inventory (CCEI) management. "Cold chain equipment inventory guidelines: Improving the quality and accuracy of national cold chain equipment inventory data"  - is a...

A new online training component has been added to the WHO Economic Value Chain Package for Influenza Vaccination to support decision making and implementation efforts for influenza vaccination in low- and middle-income countries based on economic data. Economic Value Chain Package for Influenza Vac...

Vaccine Purchase Data Note for Countries (2019): provides an overview of 2018 vaccine purchase data (including vaccine products and vaccine prices) as reported by countries in the WHO/UNICEF Joint Reporting Form (JRF). The complete database is also available on the WHO Website. This dataset pr...

Dear TechNet Members, Bhutan is going to develop Immunization Supply Chain Action Plan as a recommendation of the Regional ISC review meeting 2017. Appreciate if members could kindly share the sample of similar action plan for us to have an idea.  Thanks, Chandralal ...

Strategic reuse of appropriate tools is one of the core principles of the BID Initiative. Over the last five years, we have worked with the governments of Tanzania and Zambia to enhance immunization and overall health service delivery by improving data collection, quality, and use, with in...