The TechNet E-Forum

This mailing list and forum was initiated in 1998 by WHO to disseminate information regarding immunization services delivery, logistics, innovation and research and fuel discussion.

Today it is an interactive medium for immunization experts, researchers, academicians, equipment manufacturers and many others. Topics in the area of vaccine cold chain address maintenance, equipment (chest vs. cabinet refrigerators; front-opening refrigerators; disposal of CFC refrigeration equipment; HFC/HC-based refrigeration; kerosene/bottled-gas refrigerators/solar refrigerators), logistics, pricing, rehabilitation, budgets, PQS/PIS, manufacturers, vaccine forecasting and volume calculators, data loggers, thermometers/temperature monitoring methods (Vaccine Vial Monitors / VVM , freeze tags, shake testing, CCM cards), EVSM (Effective Vaccine Store Management), MIS (vaccine and equipment stock management software) and market assessment. Immunization waste and injection safety are also popular topics and span medical waste/health-care waste management, technologies (needle cutters, safety boxes, incinerators), and overall economics of disposal. The forums are also an excellent source to learn first hand about the latest in vaccines and Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI).