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Advanced Immunization Management (AIM) e-Learning Website

Developed by PATH and Stanford University, the AIM website features modules on four immunization topics: introducing hepatitis B vaccine, introducing Japanese encephalitis vaccine, immunization financing, and an Excel tutorial. Three new modules are in development and are expected to be released in late 2008. These will address meningitis A vaccine, rotavirus vaccine, and a strategic planning for measles control (including the World Health Organization's measles strategic planning tool). An updated Japanese encephalitis module will also be available in late 2008. The website is designed for use in low-bandwidth settings, and the content is also available on CD-ROM.

Part of series: Websites

Publication date: 2009

Region: Global

Advanced Immunization Management (AIM) e-Learning Website: Financing

The AIM e-Learning tool is designed to provide comprehensive information to support immunization program managers at all stages of country-level decision-making. This module helps immunization program managers recognize why financial planning is important for their immunization program, define the key characteristics of the vaccine market, identify and cost relevant expenditures, develop a budget and plan, and identify which financing strategy options would be best for their program.

Part of series: AIM e-Learning modules

Publication date: 2009

Region: Global

Advanced Immunization Management (AIM) e-Learning Website: Measles

The AIM e-Learning tool is designed to provide comprehensive information to support immunization program managers at all stages of country-level decision-making. This module supports use of the World Health Organization's computer-based Measles Strategic Planning tool. This tool helps program managers make informed decisions about measles vaccination strategies, estimate the current population immunity profile for measles, understand the probable impact of vaccination strategies on future measles cases and deaths, and assess cost considerations of different vaccination strategies.

Part of series: AIM e-Learning modules

Publication date: 2009

Region: Global

Advancing New Technologies Against a Global Threat

This fact sheet highlights PATH's work to advance development of new vaccines against seasonal and pandemic influenza.

Publication date: March 2008

Region: Global

An Overview of GEOVAC: A Software Application to Monitor Immunization Performance in Georgia

The GEOVAC software application is a tool designed to help personnel of regional level centers of public health and the National Center for Disease Control in Georgia process a large flow of immunization-related data in much less time than the previous (manual) system. This document illustrates GEOVAC functions, relating them to the features of the upgraded Georgian immunization information system and demonstrating what it can offer immunization managers in the decision making process. It is designed primarily for policymakers in countries planning to strengthen their immunization and/or surveillance systems, donor organizations that can support such reforms, and agencies working in these technical areas.

Author: Luchitsky A; Romanyuk G

Publication date: 2004

Region: Eastern Europe

Andhra Pradesh, India - Building a Model Immunization Program

This document describes how an Indian state protects millions and demonstrates what new vaccines and technologies can achieve.

Publication date: 2004

Region: Asia

Andhra Pradesh: Progress in Immunization Performance

Publication date: 2006

Region: Asia

AP Shares Lessons With Other States on Strengthening Routine Immunization and Introducing New Vaccines

Publication date: 2006

Region: Asia

Assessment of Vaccine Preventable Disease Surveillance Systems in Georgia

This comprehensive assessment of the Georgian vaccine-preventable disease (VPD) surveillance system identifies major problems in the Georgian health system that limit the ability of current surveillance efforts to provide quality information to guide public health actions.

Publication date: 2002

Region: Eastern Europe

Attitudes Toward Immunization in Cambodia: A Qualitative Study of Health Worker and Community Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in Kampong Chhnang

Publication date: 2002

Region: Asia

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Building the Future of Immunization: The Children's Vaccine Program Annual Report

Publication date: 2002

Region: Global

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Cambodia: "Coverage Improvement Planning" Pays Off - Expanding Services and Increasing Financial Sustainablity

Publication date: 2004

Region: Asia

The Case for Childhood Immunization

Part of series: CVP Occasional Papers

Author: Kane M; Lasher H

Publication date: 2002

Region: Global

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Directions in Global Health (Volume 1, Issue 3, September 2004)

The September 2004 issue of PATH's programmatic newsletter focuses on five projects: PATH's Children's Vaccine Program, which is strengthening immunization in Senegal, Cambodia, and India; evaluation of the SolarChill refrigerator, which is using solar power to fuel the cold chain; our cervical cancer work in Kenya and Peru, as part of the Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention; the Program for Advancement of Commercial Technology--Child and Reproductive Health (PACT-CRH), which is transferring health technologies to India's private sector; and results from three evaluations of clean home delivery kits used in Nepal and Tanzania.

Part of series: Directions in Global Health

Author: PATH

Publication date: September 2004

Region: Global

Directions in Global Health (Volume 3, Issue 3, December 2006)

This issue of Directions in Global Health features five PATH projects: preparing for an avian influenza outbreak in Ukraine and Georgia; improving nevirapine packaging for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission; preventing postpartum hemorrhage through the POPPHI initiative; increasing access to safe abortion in Nepal; and supportive supervision of immunization programs in Vietnam.

Part of series: Directions in Global Health

Author: PATH

Publication date: December 2006

Region: Global

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Fragile Lives - Immunization at Risk

Publication date: 2004

Region: Global

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Global Access to Lifesaving Vaccines

This fact sheet describes PATH's work in vaccines and immunization.

Part of series: PATH's areas of focus fact sheets

Publication date: January 2008

Region: Global

Guidelines for Implementing Supportive Supervision: A Step-by-Step Guide with Tools to Support Immunization

Publication date: 2003

Region: Global

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Helping Young People Become Youth Advocates for Immunization

Part of series: CVP Occasional Papers

Author: Smith T; Wittet S

Publication date: 2000

Region: Global

A History of Vaccines

This fact sheet on the history of vaccines gives a brief overview of disease rates before and after the development of vaccines.

Publication date: April 2009

Region: Global

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Immunization and Child Health Materials Development Guide

Author: Younger E; Wittet S; Hooks C; Lasher H

Publication date: 2001

Region: Global

Immunizing Children Against Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib): A Training Module for Vaccinators.

This document can be adapted for specific national programs. In addition to key technical content--including sections on using monovalent, quadrivalent, or pentavalent Hib vaccine formulations--it features quizzes, role plays and creative ideas for trainers. One of the appendices is a handout for parents.

Author: Wood S; Steinfeld R; Wittet S

Publication date: 2003

Region: Global

Improving Immunization Through Supportive Supervision

This fact sheet describes PATH's training of 70 immunization program supervisors in Vietnam's Ha Tinh Province to use supportive supervision methods, leading to immediate and significant improvements in performance.

Publication date: 2007

Region: Asia

Indonesia's Healthy Start Program

Publication date: 2003

Region: Asia

Introducing TT Uniject in Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus Elimination

This document provides materials to assist health workers and program managers in the introduction, training, and proper use of TT-Uniject.

Author: Fleming J; Nelson C

Publication date: 2003

Region: Global

Investing in Vaccines for the Developing World

This fact sheet on investing in vaccines for the developing world details the cost of developing and distributing vaccines, and it outlines the innovative funding solutions designed to address these issues.

Publication date: April 2009

Region: North America and Europe

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Landscape Analysis: Analysis of EVSM Indicators

The Effective Vaccine Stores Management (EVSM) assessment tool was created to help countries and agencies evaluate critical components of the country’s primary vaccine store. To date, 57 countries have completed the EVSM assessment. This report evaluates 42 EVSM assessment spreadsheets.

Publication date: June 2008

Region: Global

Landscape Analysis: Cool Chain Technologies

Technologies related to the temperature control of vaccines during the distribution process are essential to the cool chain. This report provides a landscape analysis of these technologies and their appropriateness for use with vaccines in the developing world.

Publication date: June 2008

Region: Global

Landscape Analysis: Trends in Vaccine Availability and Novel Vaccine Delivery Technologies: 2008–2025

This landscape analysis identifies trends in the availability of vaccines and novel vaccine delivery technologies that are and will be of relevance to low- and middle-income countries from present through 2025. The document is available as one large file or as three smaller sections for easier downloading.

Publication date: July 2008

Region: Global

Lifesaving Vaccines on the Horizon

This fact sheet provides a graphical display of the vaccine development pipeline.

Publication date: June 2009

Region: Global

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Messages From Key People in the Partnership Project Between the Government of Andhra Pradesh and PATH

Publication date: 2006

Region: Asia

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Opportunities and Challenges of Developing Thermostable Vaccines

This article, published in Expert Reviews (Expert Rev. Vaccines 8(5), 547-557; May 2009), reviews approaches being used to develop thermostable vaccine formulations that are resistant to damage caused by freezing or excessive heat and could reduce dependence on the cold chain. The article discusses the challenges associated with the implementation of these novel formulations as well as the potential benefits of protecting vaccines from damage caused by breaks in the cold chain.

Author: Chen D, Kristensen D

Publication date: May 2009

Region: Global

Optimize Strategy: 2009-2012

This document provides a brief overview of the Optimize project’s strategy for developing delivery systems that are as advanced and innovative as the vaccines they support. Optimize, a collaboration between the World Health Organization and PATH, has been given a unique mandate to think far into the future: to put technological and scientific advances to work, helping define the ideal characteristics and specifications for health products; and to create a vaccine supply chain that is flexible and robust enough to handle an increasingly large and costly portfolio of vaccines.

Publication date: October 2009

Region: Global

Optimizing Vaccine Supply Chains

This document describes the urgent need for vaccine supply chain reform, new ideas, and innovative technologies. It also demonstrates the increasing consequences of supply-chain failure in today's environment, as more vaccines are becoming available, new vaccines are costing more than traditional vaccines, and new vaccines are requiring more space than traditional vaccines.

Publication date: February 2009

Region: Global

Out-of-cold-chain Delivery of the Hepatitis B Birth Dose in Four Districts of Vietnam

This document summarizes the results of a study of out-of-the-cold-chain approaches for improving on-time delivery of birth doses of the hepatitis B vaccine in four districts of Vietnam.

Publication date: 2006

Region: Asia

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PATH Children's Vaccine Program - The Big Picture

This publication provides an overview of the PATH Children's Vaccine Program's achievements worldwide, with a special focus on China, India, and Indonesia.

Publication date: 2004

Region: Global

Protecting Children for a Healthy Tomorrow: Lessons Learned from the Andhra Pradesh Partnership Project on Immunization

Publication date: 2006

Region: Asia

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Realizing the Full Potential of Childhood Immunization: How Health Professionals Can Make a Difference

This eight-page paper on local advocacy was written for doctors, nurses, and health educators. It provides practical suggestions for grassroots initiatives supporting immunization and incorporates the insights of co-author Dr. Robert Aston, an immunization advocate from the U.K.

Part of series: CVP Occasional Papers

Author: Wittet S; Aston R

Publication date: 2000

Region: Global

The Road to Safe and Effective Vaccines

This fact sheet highlights the development of new vaccines through clinical trials and their role in providing safe and effective vaccines.

Publication date: March 2008

Region: Global

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Senegal: Changing the Face of Immunization in West Africa - Practical Solutions Transform Vaccine Delivery and Injection Safety

Publication date: 2004

Region: Africa

Streamlining Immunization Logistics in the Provinces of Central Java and Yogyakarta, Indonesia

This document describes the Streamlining Immunization Logistics project, implemented between April 2005 and March 2006 in eight districts of Central Java and Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This project has demonstrated qualitative improvements in the efficiency of sub-national logistic systems supporting the delivery of immunization services.

Author: Lloyd J

Publication date: 2006

Region: Asia

Strengthening Immunization Services Through Service Delivery Support: The Andhra Pradesh Experience

Publication date: 2006

Region: Asia

Strengthening Vietnam's immunization program

PATH, in close partnership with Vietnam's National Expanded Program on Immunization (NEPI), has worked to increase the quality, safety, and efficiency of immunization services through the Iris Project. This fact sheet describes the project's process of testing province-wide systems improvements, identifying best practices, and encouraging other provinces to adopt the improvements. Work included updating and improving policies, training staff, and increasing community knowledge and demand for vaccination, particularly through technical updates, training of trainers, an introduction to supportive supervision, an out-of-the-cold-chain study, and an injection safety project with needle removers.

Publication date: 2007

Region: Asia

Summary of Stability Data for Commonly Used Vaccines and Novel Vaccine Formulations

This table provides the latest stability data for commonly used vaccines and novel vaccine formulations. Data are sorted by vaccine. Current research into vaccine stabilization is also described and sorted by technology, formulation, data, and group.

Publication date: December 2008

Region: Global

Supportive Supervision to Sustain Health Worker Capacity in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam and North Sumatera

This document summarizes PATH’s work in Indonesia to sustain best practices among health workers in project provinces through a supportive supervision program.

Publication date: April 2008

Region: Global

Surveillance and Control of Communicable Diseases: Guidelines for Public Health Services in Georgia

The Georgian National Health Policy, adopted in 1999, declares the reduction of communicable and socially dangerous diseases a major priority for maintaining and improving the health of the Georgian population over the next decade. This report helps Georgian health workers comply with the above goal. It outlines how to identify and register cases of infectious diseases; confirm and classify cases; notify and report; analyze data; investigate outbreaks; and use available information for making decisions to prevent and control infectious diseases and improve the functioning of the surveillance system.

Publication date: 2005

Region: Eastern Europe

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Training Vaccinators in a Time of Change

This article, from the October 2001 issue of Immunization Focus, describes one nongovernmental organization's experience of training with partners in countries. The article also includes examples of training initiatives developed by PATH's Children's Vaccine Program.

Publication date: 2001

Region: Global

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Understanding Vaccines

This fact sheet on understanding vaccines describes how vaccines work and lists the different types of vaccines.

Publication date: February 2008

Region: North America and Europe

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Vaccine Stabilization

Part of the Technology Updates series, this fact sheet describes PATH's work on vaccine stabilization.

Part of series: Technology Updates

Publication date: May 2009

Region: Global

Vaccines in Uniject

Part of the Technology Updates series, this fact sheet describes PATH's work on the Uniject device for use with vaccines.

Part of series: Technology Updates

Publication date: May 2009

Region: Global

Vietnam: Progress Beyond High Coverage - Increasing Immunization Program Quality, Safety, and Efficiency

Publication date: January 2007

Region: Asia