PATH Reference documents

Assessment of Needle Destroyers for Improved Sharps Disposal: A Survey of Needle Destroyer Manufacturers, July 2000

Building the Future of Immunization: CVP's latest program report.

Designing Safe Syringe Disposal Systems for Immunization Services: Practical suggestions for safe syringe disposal at the district level.

Design-Stage Field Assessment of a Needle Remover Prototype in Senegal: A Health Tech Report from PATH and USAID, April 2007

Evaluation of a Needle Remover Demonstration Project: A study from Huong Khe District, Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam ; PATH, May 2007

Evaluation of a Needle-Remover Device and Sharps Barrel in Health Posts in Senegal (July 2005): An assessment of the acceptability of needle-removers and sharps barrels in 15 health posts

Field Evaluation of the Acceptability and Feasibility of Syringe Melters in Indonesia: A Health Tech Report from PATH and USAID, May 2007

Financing Assessment Tool for Immunization Services: Guidelines for Performing a Country Assessment: This Immunization Financing Tool (IF) is intended for in-depth, systematic evaluations of the costs and financing of immunization programs.

Giving Safe Injections (2001): Excellent 112-page document : a training curriculum for health care workers who provide injections. Also available in French / Russian

Guidelines for Implementing Supportive Supervision (2003): A step-by-step guide with tools to support immunization

Immunizing Children Against Hepatitis B (2002): Part of CVP's "Training Resource Series", this unusual training module was specially designed to be easy to adapt for specific national programs.

Immunizing Children Against Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib): The purpose of this training module is to educate vaccinators about Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib) disease, to train vaccinators in safe and proper Hib vaccination, and other aspects of vaccination in general.

Immunizing Children Against Japanese Encephalitis: Another in CVP's "Training Resource Series", this module focusses on use of mouse-brain derived JE vaccine.

Increasing Immunization Coverage at the Health Facility Level: Guidance from WHO and UNICEF on understanding and addressing reasons for low coverage.

Lignes directrices pour la mise en oeuvre d'une supervision formative

Medical Waste Management for Primary Health Centers in Indonesia, October 2005

Preventing Vaccine Freezing in the Cold Chain: Vaccine freezing is increasingly recognized as a serious threat to immunization programs in many countries. Learn more here

Proper Handling and Disposal of AD Syringes and Safety Boxes - A Training Module: Part of CVP's "Training Resource Series", this module contains key technical, along with quizzes, role plays and creative ideas for trainers.

The Case for Childhood Immunization (2002) Mark Kane and Heidi Lasher, Children's Vaccine Program at PATH: A 16-page paper that documents the many benefits of fully immunizing children. Also available in French

Technologies for vaccine delivery in the 21st century John Lloyd, Children's Vaccine Program at PATH

Training and Clinical Materials: CVP is collecting the world's best immunization training materials in one place.

Using Uniject™ to Increase the Safety and Effectiveness of Hepatitis B Immunization (2002) Nelson et al., Children's Vaccine Program at PATH: A 7-page paper that describes use of an innovative injection device to immunize Indonesian newborns as soon after birth as possible.

Vaccines : an Issue of Trust - Misinformation and Government Foot-dragging are Fanning Fears: This August 2001 Consumer Reports article discusses the vaccine safety system, looks at arguments made by anti-vaccination activists and suggests ways for all consumers to better understand and benefit from immunization.

Vaccine Cold Chain Refrigeration Technologies: Assessment of the Public-Sector Market ; by Claudia Harner-Jay, August 2005.