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Senegal launches demonstration of mobile warehouse
Written by: Madjiguène Ndiaye, SNEIPS; Ibrahima Leye, Consultant; and Mariama Gueye, PATH On October 27, 2010, the Government of Senegal officially launched a new project to demonstrate the impact of various changes and upgrades to the vaccine supply chain including the use of mobile warehouses to...
"Facing Meningitis"
This educational and compelling video conveys the importance of young people receiving the meningococcal meningitis vaccine before going to college. Since adolescents ages 16 to 21 have the highest rates of meningococcal meningitis, the video tells the story of two college students: Jamie Schanbaum,...
Addressing vaccine hesitancy
We have a very interesting post from Robert Steinglass from JSI on a subject rarely discussed on the forum. Thank you!
To address vaccine “hesitancy,” frame the question broadly says Robert Steinglass
There has been much legitimate discussion in the past 6 months about a growing problem of v...
Innovative Cold Chain Transport Technologies
Cool Containers, a new company based in Marietta, OH has developed an innovative, active shipping container called the PharmaPort 360. This first product has been designed for pallet-sized shipments of vaccines and other temperature sensitive products by ground and is FAA approved for air transport...
Survey on 5-dose measles vaccine presentation
Questionnaire Regarding Measles Vaccine Vial Presentation
Would a 5-dose vial of measles vaccine for routine immunization programs improve programme performance?
We have received some reports that not all vaccination sessions include measles vaccination. Because the health workers are reluctan...
WHO information materials on thiomersal and mercury treaty
Many thanks to Alison Ruth Brunier for sharing this information
Please note that we have today posted on the WHO web site an information sheet and questions and answers on thiomersal.
- Information sheet - http://www.who.int/immunization/newsroom/thiomersal_information_sheet/en/index.html
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Immunization financing database updated with recent CYMPs is online
Cross posted from the 'http://www.who.int/immunization/gin/en/" target="_blank">Global Immunization News' with thanks. Claudio Politi and Daniela Urfer, WHO/HQ The Immunization Financing Database has been updated with cMYPs recently developed by countries and submitted to GAVI in June 2011 for f...
Progress of the Sustainable Immunization Financing Program
This has been cross-posted from the SABIN website with thanks.
Since late 2008, the Sustainable Immunization Financing (SIF) Program has been operating in twelve African, and three Asian pilot countries.
Using a collective action approach, SIF invites key stakeholders - especially parliamentar...
Lives Saved Tool (LiST)
The Lives Saved Tool (LiST) has been developed to estimate the impact of health interventions and can consider multiple interventions simultaneously. This new computer-based tool allows users to set up and run multiple scenarios to look at the estimated impact of different intervention packages and ...
Large capacity cold boxes: Questionnaire to improve design
This questionnaire comes from Andrew Garnett. Please do respond.
WHO and PATH are developing specifications for a new generation of large capacity cold boxes. We believe that these will improve the efficiency and security of vaccine deliveries at the national and provincial levels, helping countr...
Investigation of the drivers of RI system performance in Africa
The potential of immunization to improve public health continues to grow as new vaccines against major diseases are developed. The recent infusions of support for global immunization, both through the recent replenishment of GAVI Alliance funding and the Decade of Vaccines, will increase the worldw...
Pilot Vaccine Safety e-Training Course
Cross posted from IAC Express (Issue: 873) with many thanks.
GLOBAL TRAINING NETWORK INVITES HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS TO TRY ITS PILOT PROGRAM ABOUT VACCINE SAFETY
WHO's Global Training Network provides training for national programmes and regulatory authorities on the principles of vaccine safe...
Zambia develops user and system requirements for logistics management
by David Lubinski, PATH; Wendy Bomett-Dodie, USAID | Deliver; and Chipopa Kazuma, Medical Stores Limited, Zambia In February 2011, Zambia’s Ministry of Health invited partners involved in supply chain management to help them develop a shared vision, roadmap, and user requirements for a logistics ma...
Fridge-tag user survey
WHO recommends that "Every refrigerator storing vaccines should have a freeze indicator" [Immunization in Practice, Module 3: The cold chain, 2004 update]. This is because the risk of freezing may be a more important danger to vaccines than heat, especially with Vaccine Vial Monitors (VVM...
225 Rag Pickers given FREE antirabies vaccination
Dear Friends,
More than 225 Rag pckers, Door to door garbage collectore and News paper howkers were administered FREE INTRADERMAL preventive vaccination ( Pre-prophylaxis) on World Rabies Day 2010 at State Intradermal antirabies Clinic and research centre, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India. ( Some P...
GAVI Pledging Conference Results: Press Release and Key Outcomes
Many thanks to Diana Chang Blanc for sharing these documents with the forum!
According to the press release: "Donors committed US$ 4.3 billion at the first pledging conference held by the GAVI Alliance. This exceeds an initial target of $3.7 billion, enabling GAVI to reach more children fast...
Is the hasty push justified? Pentavalent vaccine in India
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 anti-m...
Searching for info on refrigerator operations by energy type
I'm looking for any studies or documents comparing the implementation operational considerations for refrigerators by energy type. For example, we often hear that solar refrigerators are hard to maintain, petrol are difficult to keep a consistent temperature, etc. I'm looking for a documented source...
Focus on Supply Chain Management: Stanford Business Magazine
The current issue of the alumni magazine from the Stanford Graduate School of Business (http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/bmag/) has a feature on supply chain management. There are many links to explore:
A Global Supply Chain Forum (http://gsb.stanford.edu/scforum/) An article on the supply chain 'Bu...
New and underutilised vaccines/New cold chain approaches
Many thanks!
A dozen updates this week as the new vaccine pledging meeting approaches. Will the funds pledged next month cover the needs for introduction of rotavirus, pneumococcal and HPV vaccines? ‘The doubt is permitted,’ as they say in French.
Here are the titles of the new technical upda...