POST 00551E : JOINT REPORTING FORM ON VACCINE-PREVENTABLE DISEASES

POST 00551E : JOINT REPORTING FORM ON VACCINE-PREVENTABLE DISEASES Follow-up on Posts 00538E, 00542E, 00543E and 00549E 18 February 2003 ________________________________________________________________________ Alasdair Wylie (mailto:[log in to unmask]) is commenting further on the Joint Reporting Form. As highlighted by Olivier Ronveaux's comments before, the JRF and each individual country monitoring system are two separate issues both having their own purpose. There is surely a rationale behind having only one cold chain indicator in the Joint Reporting Form. But national systems need to be quite more extensive. Although rather brief, the bottom of the webpage at the link below gives an idea of the types of resources for immunization systems that should be monitored and the scope needed by a national system. http://www.who.int/vaccines-surveillance/ImMonitor.htm#indicperf ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. It is good to see that the latest version of the cold chain inventory indicator on the JRF has been modified to include "working status" as we had suggested, but a pity that the other recommended modification, "at district level", was not made at the same time, particularly in view of the very useful contribution which has now come from Afghanistan, making this point. I would suggest that if Alejo Bejemino could provide Technet with a copy of the inventory format in use in Afghanistan it could be a useful step towards developing a model format which would be of most use at country level for management purposes. 2. A review of the of the Immunization System Indicators section in the final JRF, for which Olivier Ronveaux provided the link, shows that there is a total of 50 indicators (unnumbered, in six sections). It would seem to be difficult to justify having just one cold chain indicator out of a total of 50, but presumably the regions were consulted on this? A number of other significant inconsistencies between the list of 12 "core indicators" and the list of 50 on the JRF have been separately referred to WHO (details available on request). Alasdair Wylie ______________________________________________________________________________ _____________________ Visit the TECHNET21 Website at http://www.technet21.org You will find instructions to subscribe, a direct access to archives, links to reference documents and other features. ______________________________________________________________________________ To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message to : mailto:[log in to unmask] Leave the subject area BLANK In the message body, write unsubscribe TECHNET21E ______________________________________________________________________________ The World Health Organization and UNICEF support TechNet21. The TechNet21 e-Forum is a communication/information tool for generation of ideas on how to improve immunization services. It is moderated by Claude Letarte and is hosted in cooperation with the Centre de coopération internationale en santé et développement, Québec, Canada (http://www.ccisd.org) ______________________________________________________________________________