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End of Project Documents from IMMUNIZATIONbasics/Nigeria

Immunization Resources from India and E. Timor

Launch of the State of the World's Vaccines and Immunization Report

ILR for Private Vaccination in India

Are Non-Polio Enteroviruses Causing a Sharp Increase in the Number of AFP Cases in India?

Issue 26, 26 October 2009

Editorial Note

This week's digest is resource-rich. There are two new documents on efforts to strengthen the routine immunization system through the Reaching Every District approach in northern Nigeria from Jenny Sequeira and links to various technical documents related to immunization from India and E. Timor from Lora Shimp. In addition, Alison Brunier announces the publication of the State of the World's Vaccines and Immunization (third edition).

Prabir Chatterjee has a query regarding Ice-Lined Refrigerators (ILRs). And our regular contributor, Omesh Bharti, shares his research findings on whether non-polio enteroviruses are contributing to more cases of Acute Flacid Paralysis (AFP) in India.

End of Project Documents from IMMUNIZATIONbasics/Nigeria
by Jenny Sequeira

USAID's global IMMUNIZATIONbasics project came to an end in September 2009. Support for immunization is continuing through USAID's new global Maternal Child Health Integrated Program (www.mchip.net). Recent documents from IMMUNIZATIONbasics' efforts to strengthen the routine immunization system through the Reaching Every District approach in two states in northern Nigeria can be found at http://www.immunizationbasics.jsi.com/Nigeria.htm.

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Immunization Resources from India and E. Timor
by Lora Shimp

The post has 2 one-page lists that include links to various technical documents on immunization from India and E. Timor. These may be useful resources. They can also be found on the website: http://immunizationbasics.jsi.com

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Launch of the State of the World's Vaccines and Immunization Report
by Alison Ruth Brunier

The State of the World's Vaccines and Immunization (third edition) ... was launched in Washington D.C. on 21 October.

The report is a call to action to governments and donors to sustain and increase funding for immunization in order to build upon the progress made so far in meeting the global goals. It focuses on the major developments in vaccines and immunization since 2000.

Part 1 examines the impact of immunization on efforts to meet the Millennium Development Goals, especially the goal to reduce deaths among children under five. It looks at the development and use of vaccines and at the safeguards that have been put in place to ensure their safety, efficacy, and quality. ...

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ILR for Private Vaccination in India
by Prabir Chatterjee

Currently Abhay Clinics are providing vaccine refrigerators to private practitioners in their network. Government agencies use the old Bluestar or VestFrost ILRs at the block and district levels and Walk In Coolers above this. Voltas does not seem to make ILRs. The new Haier ILRs appear to be of a different specification. So what do other private agencies do?

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Are Non-Polio Enteroviruses Causing a Sharp Increase in the Number of
AFP Cases in India?
by Omesh Bharti

The ever-increasing number of children getting paralysed in India is a matter of serious concern... (see the attachment) ... we need to look beyond polio eradication strategies to minimize the total number of children suffering paralysis in India and elsewhere in the world. I will appreciate more views on the topic and alternate hypotheses on the causes of increase in the number of paralytic children in the country, despite overall decrease in the number of polio cases.

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The third edition of the 'State of the World's
Vaccines and Immunization' was released
on 21 October 2009.

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