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Need help with Gavi's CCEOP ODP V2.2 template

Dear all, 

I am writing to ask for help in interpreting the attached template for the CCEOP Operational Deployment Plan V2.2. I am a VMS in Central Asia and got stuck while translating the template into Russian, namely: in the drop-down list in the column I ("Reason for deployment") on the "Refri&Freezer" tab we have options "Extension" and "Expansion" and I don't quite understand the operational difference in this case. Please help. 

Thank you. 

Olena Wagner

Effective Vaccine Management (EVM) Capacity-Building Workshop in Kigali, Rwanda now streaming online

Due to unprecedented demand, the EVM Capacity-Building Workshop taking place in Kigali, Rwanda from 16-28 May will be streamed live online starting at 09:00 Central Africa Time (UTC+2) on 16/05/2022. As well as the plenary sessions, both the separate English and French sessions will be streamed. A copy of the first two days of the agenda can be found below; the agenda for the remaining days will be provided subsequently. The two-week hands-on workshop, organised by UNICEF and WHO and intended to support national governments and implementing partners as well as regional and global institutions, will provide participants with a thorough grounding in every aspect of delivering an EVM assessment and implementing a continuous improvement plan (cIP). This will include: Assessment preparation EVM Manager training, including country setup, assessment creation, questionnaire management, assessment finalisation, EVM report creation, and analysis of assessment results cIP activity developen...

WHO Key Positions Available! Looking for a new professional challenge? Apply now! 2022 May

Dear immunization community, The WHO Regional Office for Africa and Syrian Arab Republic WHO Representative’s Office have the below critical positions open for recruitment and we need your help in identifying strong candidates.  We appreciate any efforts to spread the word so we can find the best professionals for these roles. Team Leader - Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (VPD) - (2200141)  https://careers.who.int/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=2200141&;tz=GMT%2B02%3A00&tzname=Europe%2FParis Medical Officer / Focal Point Immunization, IST-ESA - (2203457) https://careers.who.int/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=2203457&;tz=GMT%2B02%3A00&tzname=Europe%2FParis Medical Officer / Focal Point Immunization, IST-Central Africa - (2203441) https://careers.who.int/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=2203441&;tz=GMT%2B02%3A00&tzname=Europe%2FParis EPI Technical Officer, WHO Representative's Office, Syrian Arab Rep...

Exemplars in Vaccine Delivery: Key Lessons in Addressing Facility Readiness, Vaccine Hesitancy, and Community Access

Join the Boost Community and the Exemplars in Global Health (EGH) program for a live engagement on Tuesday, May 17 at 10:00 AM EDT/ 2:00 PM GMT / 3:00 PM WAT / 7:30 PM IST (check your local time). The Exemplars in Global Health program believes that the quickest path to success is to identify who has already been successful, find out what drove their success, and learn how to adapt those strategies to different circumstances. EGH aims to help guide public health decision-makers around the world through this process. Throughout this live engagement, participants will hear from the EGH team, including the Senegal in-country research principal investigator, Dr. Moussa Sarr, on the key drivers of success in addressing vaccine delivery challenges in the three Vaccine Delivery Exemplar countries: Senegal, Zambia, and Nepal. The team will share lessons on how these countries emerged as positive outliers in the field and discuss emerging themes and lessons learned. Register Today! https://u...

TechNet webinar: 'Effective Vaccine Management (EVM): Why is progress so slow?'

Dear colleagues,   TechNet-21 invites you to a webinar session: ‘Effective Vaccine Management (EVM): Why is progress so slow?’. There will be 2 sessions, one in EN and one in FR.  After presenting a summary of the results of the EVM evaluations conducted between 2009 and 2019, and noting the profile between mountains (high scores of investment criteria) and depressions/precipices (low scores of process criteria), sociological and managerial explanations of this situation will be explored before proposing possible solutions and recommendations to managers of EPI programs and logisticians.    Dates and registration links:  - Wed 27 April, 8.00 UTC (session in FR, no interpretation)  https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_c-xO0Xm7SCWWEDnGFfTGbg - Wed 4 May, 8.00 UTC (session in EN, no interpretation)  https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_muJRhG6vTcO3T-cNbMwL7w   Panelists:  Mobido Dicko, Senior Engineer, The Ba...

New COVID-19 Maternal Immunization Resource Library now available!

A new COVID-19 Maternal Immunization Resource Library hosted by PATH is now available as a one-stop information hub linking to global and country-specific research, guidance, tools, publications, and other resources related to COVID-19 vaccines and pregnancy and/or breastfeeding. The tool is designed to support decision-makers, implementers, funders, advocates, and others working to advance COVID-19 maternal immunization by connecting them to the latest information on research, safety registries, vaccine safety and acceptance, pregnancy outcomes, and other topics. PATH developed the library in collaboration with the World Health Organization. User feedback on the library and suggestions for additional resources, especially at country and regional levels, are invited to continue building out this evolving tool....

Choose your preferred immunization topic for the next TechNet-21 webinar series

Dear colleagues,

What are the most important topics in immunization? What immunization subjects interest you most? Please let us know! The TechNet-21 team is planning new webinars for 2022, and we need your feedback to provide you with the most relevant content. Just answer the questions below, so we know what topics to prioritize.

This survey will take you between 1 and 3 minutes. Thanks for your interest and time! 

https://forms.gle/kFaP2NWBYvDottGf6

Registration and call for Abstracts: PtD Global Indaba on health supply chian workforce

Dear Colleagues, On 12 and 13 October 2022, People that Deliver (PtD), alongside the International Association of Public Health Logisticians (IAPHL), Management Sciences for Health (MSH), Pharmaceutical Systems Africa and SAPICS – and with the support of the Global Fund – will host the PtD Global Indaba at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Lusaka, Zambia. The Global Indaba is a forum on human resources for health supply chain management and will centre on the theme: human resources for supply chain management: the missing link to maximising supply chain performance. To register: https://ptdevents.org.za/register/ To submit an abstract: https://ptdevents.org.za/call-for-abstracts/ To find out more about sponsorship opportunities: https://ptdevents.org.za/sponsorship/ We would love to see you there.... Andrew Brown PhD, BPharm, GCHE, Certificate IV Workplace TrainingSenior Principal Technical Advisor - Governance & Capacity Development...

The new WHO equipment Inventory and Gap Analysis (IGA) application

In August 2021, the World Health Organization developed the first web-based equipment Inventory and Gap Analysis (IGA 1.0) application to help ease the burden on countries for collecting and analyzing equipment inventory data. The web-based software has a complete functionality, is open-source and can be installed in any Microsoft®-supported server.  IGA has a complementary mobile application that can run in any Android® supported smart phones and tablets and can be used to enter data, which can be processed using the web based IGA application. IGA is designed to be used in any country, for any programme and can be translated to any languages. IGA has two levels of users: admin and user levels.  The admin group (staff who has knowledge of the country and the programme) has access to software configuration and settings.  Therefore, the admin group can configure and adjust the settings of the application to address the country- and programme-specific needs and situatio...

OPEN OPPORTUNITY: Free Learning Exchange on Managing Conflicts of Interest in National Pharmaceutical Systems

Hi Everyone, With facilitation by the USAID MTaPS Program, the Joint Learning Network (JLN) is accepting applications for a Virtual Learning Exchange on Managing Conflicts of Interest in National Pharmaceutical Systems. This learning exchange will bring together a group of frontline practitioners, international experts and country representatives to both exchange and improve their national strategies for conflicts of interest management through cross-country virtual engagements.  Click here to find detailed information https://www.jointlearningnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/MTaPS-JLN-EoI-04052022_Final.pdf  If you are interested in this opportunity apply here:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe61n_XmDeVACdjPZxmuaHsdaWtsmwGSwhMnC3SC-2RKlZEgQ/viewform  Applications are due April 29, 2022.  I am looking forward to facilitating this virtual learning exchange. Kind regards,  Andrew Brown PhD, BPharm, GCHE, Certifica...