Weekly Digest #608 28 January 2022

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Weekly Digest

Issue: 608

28th January 2022

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This week

New forum posts

New Webinar: Estimating the costs of a National Immunization Strategy (NIS)

Updated guidance to support countries in the development of National Immunization Strategies (NIS) is now available in English, French and Russian at https://www.who.int/teams/immunization-vaccines-and-biologicals/vaccine-access/planning-and-financing/nis.

The Guidance is accompanied by a new and simplified costing approach to support the NIS process, NIS.COST https://immunizationeconomics.org/unicef-niscost, as well as guidance on Annual Operational Planning (AOPs).

The new NIS guidance focuses on more informed, country owned, and sustainable decision-making and the prioritization of interventions needed to reach zero dose children and communities in line with Immunization Agenda 2030. It also supports a dialogue between Ministry of Health and Finance leads to ensure an agreed financial envelope is available to fund NIS key strategic priorities. In addition, there is greater emphasis on a broad and inclusive dialogue at the country level and greater integration with the health care system beyond immunization.

This second webinar in a series will provide an introduction to NIS.COST is a new approach developed by UNICEF for estimating the costs and budget implications of implementing a five-year National Immunization Strategy.

Please join us for a webinar:

Feb 8 from 10am CET: translated into French
Feb 10 from 4pm CET: translated into French and Spanish

https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XA1m2aopSX6duZeA5IEolA

Edda Magnus

27/01/2022

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

Dear Maricel

Thank you for this interesting tool.

The 2021 CCE Gap Analysis Tool version includes a tab for PQEqpt (WHO PQS Prequalified equipment) that contains much of the product information for specific equipment that is developed when that equipment undergoes prequalification PQS protocols. The tool (2019, 2021) took it a step further by combining this info into energy consumption indicators based on volumes (e.g. daily watt hour per net liters of vaccine storage and/or per liters (kg) of water pack freezing capacity).

This is a useful approach to compare the electricity consumption of mains powered appliances on a fair basis since all prequaified appliances must pass the same rigor where both their volume(s) and electrcity consumption is established through identical protocols carried out at WHO accredited test labs.

I recommend that this same set of indicators be continually supported by WHO in order for stakeholders to have one more way to consider environmental impacts of cold chain equipment selections.

Respectfully submitted

Steve McCarney

Sunny Day LLC

Steve McCarney

26/01/2022

Cold chain equipment

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Re: Webinar: Cold chain equipment inventory made easy using the Inventory and Gap Analysis application

Dear Maricel,

I would like to understand if countries can start using the new cold chain inventory tool? Ministry of Health needs to update the national cold chain equipment inventory so they are interested in using the new tool. If so please share the tool.

Regards

Thato

Thato Mokhehle

26/01/2022

Cold chain equipment

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Re: March 3, 2022 Webinar: Malaria Vaccine R&D and Immunization: Lessons Learned and Considerations for Global Health Impact

Updated speaker list: Richard A. Adegbola, Pedro Alonso, Ashley Birkett, Simon Draper, Mary Hamel, David C. Kaslow, Kim Lee Sim, Rose Leke, Krishnamohan Bharat Mohan, Nicaise Ndembi, Kate O'Brien, Deepali Patel, Regina Rabinovich, Umesh Shaligram and An Vermeersch.

Angela Hwang

25/01/2022

Vaccines and delivery technologies

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Re: Évaluer l’impact du déploiement de la vaccination COVID-19 sur le système de vaccination systématique

Chers collègues Un petit rappel concernant l'enquête. Le lien indiqué ici donne accès à l’enquête : https://redcap.iths.org/surveys/?s=9KE34LE3N9YR7AYK

Un exemplaire du questionnaire en anglais est également à votre disposition (https://redcap.iths.org/surveys/?s=CWKTCRMARTLMKYAD).

Date limite : 31 janvier.

Merci d’avance de votre participation.

Joseph Little

25/01/2022

Programme management

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Re: Survey: Evaluating the impact of COVID-19 vaccine rollout on the routine immunization system

Dear colleagues,

We wanted to send a quick reminder regarding the above survey regarding the impact of COVID-19 vaccine rollout on routine immunization systems. The deadline for your inputs is January 31: https://redcap.iths.org/surveys/?s=CWKTCRMARTLMKYAD

The French version of the survey was posted here:

Technet posting (French): https://www.technet-21.org/en/?option=com_easydiscuss&view=post&id=6641&Itemid=1747

Direct link (French): https://redcap.iths.org/surveys/?s=9KE34LE3N9YR7AYK

Joseph Little

25/01/2022

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March 3, 2022 Webinar: Malaria Vaccine R&D and Immunization: Lessons Learned and Considerations for Global Health Impact

Register now to join thought leaders from GSK, ISGlobal, Oxford University, PATH, Sanaria, WHO, and other institutions in a discussion of:

Lessons Learned from a Vaccine without a Dual Market -- from RTS,S Research and Development to Implementation and Distribution
Future Malaria Vaccine R&D Consideration

See the announcement for more details and links for agenda and registration.