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.

This fact sheet details a collaboration between Project Optimize and the Senegalese Ministry of Health to implement and validate a "moving warehouse" that will streamline the vaccine supply chain from the regional to the peripheral level. A moving …

This fact sheet explores different incentives and innovative financing mechanisms and their role in the development of global health products, including vaccines. In addition to providing an overview of the different options available, it also …

This 41-page handbook offers practical guidance for understanding and addressing reasons for low coverage.

This short paper describes in some detail how Ugandan communities were involved in improving immunization services. The paper includes an annex with common questions posed by community members, and suggested answers, in both English and French.

This article, published in Vaccine, describes a study that estimated the incremental costs of transitioning from needles and syringes to delivering childhood vaccines with disposable-syringe jet injectors (DSJIs) in Brazil, India, and South Africa. …

Designed to help health care providers, supervisors of health care facilities, and medical/nursing students strengthen their ability to protect themselves, their clients, and members of the surrounding community from infections. Topics covered …

This document describes the partnership that created the vaccine vial monitor, providing a useful example to policymakers, funders, nongovernmental and multilateral organizations, and product developers of how the public and private sectors can …

This document outlines current and future plans, objectives, and milestones for the department dedicated to vaccines and immunization at the World Health Organization (WHO). This long-term strategic plan takes account of the evolving vaccine …

Resources available on this web page include scientific articles, technical tools, policy statements, and more on injection safety and technology.

This document summarizes issues and concerns associated with unsafe injection practices.

In this commentary from the journal The Lancet, the authors encourage support for creative approaches to financing global health initiatives, including a 2006 airline tax adopted by France, advance market commitments for new vaccines, and the …

This document describes how project Optimize and the Tunisian Ministry of Public Health are collaborating to explore new logistics and supply chain solutions that can optimize the vaccine supply chain.

The Institute for Vaccine Safety provides independent assessment of vaccine safety to help guide decision-makers and educate physicians, the public, and the media about key issues surrounding the safety of vaccines. The institute's goal is to work …

This document describes an effort by the World Health Organization, PATH, the Pan American Health Organization, and the Guatemala Ministry of Public Health and Social Services to address challenges related to vaccine introduction. The goal is …

This website provides information on icddr,b's work in Bangladesh and other areas to develop and promote solutions to major health, population, and nutrition problems, particularly those involving diarrheal disease.

IFPMA represents the research-based pharmaceutical industry and other manufacturers of prescription medicines worldwide. It is the main channel of communication between this sector of the industry and the World Health Organization, as well as other …

General information on the function and objectives of IFFIm, a new funding mechanism that secures pledges of future aid in order to leverage money from international capital markets to support national immunization programmes.

Based in Korea, IVI is dedicated to improving human health through research, development, and strengthening vaccine science capabilities for developing countries. This website offers IVI publications and reports, as well as an events calendar.

This article, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, explores the ways by which the delivery of vaccine antigens to the dermis and/or epidermis layers of the skin (i.e., intradermal vaccine delivery) might be more efficient than …

Intranasal delivery devices deliver vaccines or medications directly to the nasal cavity or lungs, where they can be absorbed directly by the appropriate tissues. This fact sheet describes PATH's work on intranasal delivery devices to administer …

This web page brings together resources useful to address policy and programmatic aspects of introducing a new vaccine. It may be used as a reference for decision-making and implementation by country-level policymakers, national immunization program …

This paper, published in Vaccine, examines five ways of reducing the time between the license of a vaccine into the developed world and the developing world. ABSTRACT ONLY. (Learn how users in developing countries can gain free access to …

This paper, published in Vaccine, offers a framework for managing a comprehensive Global Access Strategy for new vaccines in developing countries. It is aimed at strengthening the ability of public-sector entities to reach their goals. ABSTRACT …

This well-written and formatted, 130-page training manual provides tools to help people engage in the advocacy process. Though written specifically for an African audience, the guide can be used anywhere. The full guide has been divided into three …