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Injection technology, injection safety and waste management :: UNDP GEF Project on Healthcare Waste Management: Report

moderator — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:54:04 GMT

Author: moderator
Subject: UNDP GEF Project on Healthcare Waste Management: Report
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:54 am (GMT 0)

Many thanks to Ashley Iwanaga for sending in the latest UNDP GEF Healthcare Waste Management Project report. The document is available in English,

French, and Spanish.  

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(English)

Dear Colleagues,

The UNDP GEF Project on Healthcare Waste Management is excited to share its first Project Update report (in English, French, and Spanish).  The goal of the project is to demonstrate best environmental practices and best available techniques for healthcare waste to avoid dioxin and mercury releases in eight countries: Argentina, India, Latvia, Lebanon, Philippines, Senegal, Tanzania, and Vietnam.  The project facilitates the implementation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).
Since its beginning in August 2008, the project has accomplished multiple national and global activities.  The attached report highlights the project's progress and achievements.

For more information about the project, please visit our website at

www.gefmedwaste.org.

Dr. Jorge Emmanuel, Chief Technical Advisor

Ashley Iwanaga, MPH, Global Technical Coordinator
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(Français)
Chers collègues,

Le Projet Global des Déchets Biomédicaux du PNUD vous présente avec enthusiasme le premier rapport sur le progrès du Projet (en anglais,

français et espagnol). L’objectif du Projet est de démontrer les meilleurs pratiques environnementales et techniques disponibles pour la gestion des déchets biomédicaux pour éviter les rejets de dioxine et de mercure dans huit pays: l’Argentine, l’Inde, la Lettonie, le Liban, les Philippines, le Sénégal, la Tanzanie, et le Vietnam. Le projet soutien la mise en oeuvre de la Convention de Stockholm sur les Polluants Organiques Persistants (POP).
Depuis son début en Août 2008, le Projet a accompli plusieures activités nationales et globales. Le rapport ci-joint met en evidence le progress et les accomplissements du Projet.

Pour plus d’information vous pouvez aller sur le site web

http://www.gefmedwaste.org/

Dr. Jorge Emmanuel, Conseiller technique principal

Ashley Iwanaga, MPH, Coordinatrice du Projet Global

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(Español)
Estimados colegas:

El Proyecto Internacional PNUD FMAM sobre Desechos Generados por la Atención de la Salud se complace en compartir información actualizada sobre el proyecto (en Inglés, Francés y Español).  Este proyecto tiene por objetivo demostrar las mejores prácticas ambientales y las mejores técnicas disponibles para los desechos generados por la atención de la salud para evitar emisiones de dioxinas y mercurio en ocho países: Argentina, India, Letonia, El Líbano, Filipinas, Senegal, Tanzania y Vietnam.  El proyecto posibilita la implementación del Convenio de Estocolmo sobre Contaminantes Orgánicos Persistentes (COPs).

Desde el inicio en agosto de 2008, el proyecto ha realizado varias actividades nacionales y mundiales. El informe adjunto destaca los avances y los logros del proyecto.

Para más información, visite nuestro sitio de Internet www.gefmedwaste.org

Dr. Jorge Emmanuel, Asesor Técnico Principal
Ashley Iwanaga, MPH, Coordinadora Global del Proyecto

General Discussion :: COMMUNICATION FOR PNEUMONIA AND DIARRHOEA CONTROL AND NEW VACCINE INTRODUCTION

srozario — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:44:03 GMT

Author: srozario
Subject: COMMUNICATION FOR PNEUMONIA AND DIARRHOEA CONTROL AND NEW VACCINE INTRODUCTION
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 7:44 am (GMT 0)

Utilizing new vaccine momentum and community engagement to strengthen pneumonia and diarrhoea control

Today, pneumonia and diarrhoea remain the leading child-killers, especially in disadvantaged communities with limited access to sanitation, clean water, good nutrition and health services, and where deaths often go unrecorded.

Newly available vaccines against pneumococcus and rotavirus, the leading causes of pneumonia and diarrhoea, offer new hope in saving children’s lives. However, as the new vaccines will not protect children against all causes of pneumonia and diarrhoea, the combination of immunization with other interventions including intensified nutrition, hygiene and sanitation is what will maximize their impact.

Communication is key to ensure that individuals and communities will not only rely on immunization to protect children against pneumonia and diarrhoea, but that they also adopt the desired healthy practices that have been shown to offer essential protection to a child’s health such as timely attendance at routine immunization sessions, early and exclusive breast-feeding, hand-washing with soap, provision of appropriate home-care, and prompt care-seeking in response to ‘danger-signs’.

UNICEF convened a consultation in December 2009 to strengthen national communication capacity and the engagement of individuals and communities in the fight against pneumonia and diarrhoea through the development of coordinated communication strategies. The consultation agreed on the need for a new framework, based on programme goals for pneumonia and diarrhoea control, to guide countries in developing technically coherent communication strategies that support caregivers, communities, and healthcare personnel to adopt appropriate healthy actions.

The development of a framework for pneumonia and diarrhoea control and the introduction of new vaccines is supported by an ongoing partnership of communication and programme experts representing leading NGOs, bilateral and multilateral institutions, public health partnerships, UNICEF and WHO. The framework will be tested in-country and developed to include key practices and lessons learned.

For more information visit: www.unicef.org/immunization/files/Comm_Consultation_Immunzn_Dec_2009_report.pdf.

Call for feedback and collaboration: Partner collaboration and feedback is an important part of testing and developing the communication framework. We welcome your thoughts and comments on this approach and your interest to become involved. Please post your comments below.

General Discussion :: Write for the Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management

anonymous — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:53:12 GMT

Author: zsanders at EMERALDINS...
Subject: Write for the Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 4:53 pm (GMT 0)

Dear all,

*APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING*

Emerald Group Publishing is delighted to announce the launch of an exciting new journal for 2011: Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

Co-edited by Dr. Gyöngyi Kovács and Professor Karen Spens, Hanken School of Economics, Finland, the journal will publish state-of-the-art research in the field of humanitarian and development aid logistics and supply chain management. Logistics and supply chain management related articles in the context of disaster relief and development aid are of equal interest to the journal.

The journal will publish papers based upon different methodological approaches and submissions utilizing both quantitative and qualitative approaches will therefore be welcomed. The journal will publish a range of different papers including empirical research, a call for research notes and viewpoints from practitioners.

The journal will publish research on the following topics:

- Humanitarian logistics

- Emergency logistics

- Disaster relief operations

- Supply chain management in disaster relief

- Development aid logistics and supply chain management

- Assessing and managing supply chain vulnerability

- Managing supply chain disruptions

- Measuring performance in humanitarian supply chains

- Decision-making in humanitarian supply chains

- Knowledge management and transfer in humanitarian supply chains

- Information and communication technology for humanitarian logistics

- Supply chain co-operation, integration and collaboration in the humanitariansetting

- Relationship management in humanitarian supply chains

- Public-privatepartnerships in humanitarian logistics

- Inter-organisational co-ordination across humanitarian supply chains

- Crisis management

- Civil-military co-operation in disaster relief

- Humanitarian health care supply chains

- Principles and theory of relief supply chain management

- Therole of donors and volunteers in humanitarian logistics

- Nonfor profit-supply chains.

Submit a paper

Initial submissions to Journal of Humanitarian Logisticsand Supply Chain Management should be sent to the co-editors:

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Additionally, a pdf of the call for papers and aninformation leaflet are available respectively by clicking on the following links:

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Announcements :: Global Immunization News (February 2010)

moderator — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:23:46 GMT

Author: moderator
Subject: Global Immunization News (February 2010)
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 8:23 am (GMT 0)

Dear Colleagues,

Please find attached the latest "Global Immunization News" newsletter, including the list of Meetings and Key Events Related to Immunization.

The newsletter and previous versions are also available online at the following websites:

www.who.int/immunization/gin
www.gavialliance.org/media_centre/publications/gin.php

Please send any information you would like included in the next issue to sparrowe@who.int , by noon, Wednesday 24 March 2010.

Many thanks,
Erin

Distribution systems and stock management :: RE: Tunisia to demonstrate innovative supply chain solutions for the future

bhartiomesh — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:13:47 GMT

Author: bhartiomesh
Subject: Tunisia to demonstrate innovative supply chain solutions for the future
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 4:13 am (GMT 0)

Dear Moderator,

It is important to include private sector for immunization but the cost should be borne by the government as like in India many areas that are inaccessible and there the private sector is approached by the poor as well.

In doing this the vaccines can be supplied by the government alongwith the ILR or cold chain equipment and a board displaying that " Vaccination is done free here" need to be there for all to know.

Thanks,

Dr. Omesh Kumar Bharti

M.B.B.S.,D.H.M.,M.A.E.(Epidemiology)

Directorate of Health Safety and Regulation,

Himachal Pradesh

+91-9418120302

bhartiomesh@yahoo.com; bhartiomesh@gmail.com

--- On Mon, 1/3/10, mojtaba05 <mojtaba05@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

Distribution systems and stock management :: RE: Tunisia to demonstrate innovative supply chain solutions for the future

mojtaba05 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:10:30 GMT
Author: mojtaba05
Subject: Tunisia to demonstrate innovative supply chain solutions for the future
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 10:10 am (GMT 0)

The article provided good news and both EMRO and Project Optimize should be congratulated for selecting Tunisia for this important activity. Having worked in Tunisia, knowing the situation and their seriousness, I am certain that the result will be significant and the finding will be replicable and useful for other countries.
I am also pleased to understand that the role of private sector in supply chain has been considered. However, in my opinion, the increasing role of the private sector in providing immunization services should also be included into the project. Tunisia has a strong pediatric association and undoubtedly they provide a big chunk of immunization particularly in large urban areas. The recent experience in Syria showed the importance of this sector in regard to vaccination programs. Tunisia is not an exception. Private sectors providing immunization services are increasing in Iran, Egypt, and the Gulf Countries and to a smaller extent in Pakistan too.
In Syria, it is estimated that from 10 to 15% of total immunization is provided by private physicians particularly by pediatricians. My feeling is that Tunisian private sector must be more active in regard to provison of vaccination services. In Syria, private physicians purchase vaccines from pharmacies belong to Ministry of Health. The price of vaccines purchased from MOH pharmacies is high, on average as high as US $ 10 per dose. Unverified information indicates that the private physicians charge up to US $ 30 for each immunization when the bulk of immunization provided by the MOH is free of charge.
The unanswered question in Syria was whether private physicians were aware of the VVM function or not. I hope the project includes the role of private sector in Tunisia, provides answers to these questions and addresses the efficiency and effectiveness of the private sector’s network of vaccination.
I also would like to bring to your attention that EPI Tunisia was aware of the Vaccination Supplies Stock Management (VSSM) computer tool originally designed by Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office and in some stage were interested to use it as their standard tool for the national and provincial stores. Version 4.5 of VSSM is now ready for use and it is translated into French and Arabic. VSSM provides possibility of management of all supplies (injection equipment, cold chain equipment, all types of pharmaceuticals) and supports bundling of all supplies with vaccines. Since one of the objectives of the project is to modernize the information system in Tunisia, I suggest considering the use of VSSM in Tunisia and to further prove its utility and suitability and to probe its further expansion and development through the activities of this project.
Mojtaba Haghgou

Announcements :: Request for Proposal: TechNet21 Forum and Website Management

moderator — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:17:15 GMT
Author: moderator
Subject: Request for Proposal: TechNet21 Forum and Website Management
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 11:17 am (GMT 0)

The World Health Organization (WHO) is soliciting requests for proposals for the ongoing management and updating of the Technical Network for Strengthening Immunization Services (TechNet21) electronic forum and website.
... the successful bidder must demonstrate website design expertise, an understanding of the role of TechNet as well as a sense of its future potential. Previous experience in creating and moderating web forums and/or other social networking sites would be an asset.
The successful bidder should also demonstrate an understanding of working with not-for-profit organizations in an international setting, ideally with an understanding of the unique needs of public health/immunization community.
Respondents to this request should submit their proposals via email, to Dr. Rudi Eggers, eggersr@who.int by March 20^th, 2010.
Please refer to the attached document for more details.