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Issue 1, 4 May 2009

   
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What you are now looking at is the first issue of the TechNet21 Digest. This week's issue summarises the preceding week's posts on supportive supervision, field trials of a new syringe melter, and accessibility to older essential vaccines.

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Ultimately, the success of any immunization programme depends on the health personnel implementing it. Adequate training and staff motivation hold the key to performance efficiency. This week's posts include responses to Julie Milstien's very useful contribution on four supportive supervision tools that were developed for the Health Centres in Mali. Jules Millogo and Kelechi E Amaefule provided valuable feedback, specifically on the injection safety tool.

Users are encouraged to adapt the tools to best suit their needs and continue to provide feedback on their experience in using these and similar tools as a means of providing supportive supervision. Read more

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In 2008, field trials of a syringe melter were undertaken in Andhra Pradesh, India. Joanie Robertson shared the evaluation report on the forum (See POST 01406E). She also invited readers to contact her if they had any questions related to the study. In response to her invitation, Hans Everts wanted to know how many syringes of a given type can be melted and whether the melter is easily transportable. Read more

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In response to the post requesting proposals from LMI countries for new vaccines (POST 01418E), Omesh Bharti points out that countries like Bangladesh are still using the nerve tissue vaccine (NTV) instead of cell-culture vaccines (CCV) for rabies prophylaxis. "What about access to essential EPI vaccines?", he queries. Read more

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