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A |
| A review of the technical basis for the control of conditions
associated with GAS infections (WHO/IVB/05.13) |
PDF (550 KB) |
| Accelerating
the global effort for HIV vaccine research: Report of the third forum of the African Aids
Vaccine Programme. Yaoundé, Cameroon, 17-19 October 2005 (WHO/IVB/06.07) |
PDF (7.1 MB) |
Acute
intussusception in infants and children.
Incidence, clinical presentation and management: a global perspective (WHO/V&B/02.19) |
PDF (291 KB) |
| Ad hoc Committee on maternal and neonatal tetanus (WHO/IVB/04.11) |
(108.5 KB) |
Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI): Causality assessment
Also available in Spanish,
French, Russian, Arabic
and Chinese |
PDF (32 KB) |
| Aide
memoire: AEFI Investigations Also available in Chinese, French,
Arabic and Spanish |
PDF (448 KB) |
Aide
memoire to ensure the efficiency and safety of mass immunization campaigns with injectable
vaccines injectable vaccines (WHO/V&B/04.07) Also
available in French
This document is available on the Internet only. |
PDF (100 KB) |
A
WHO guide to good manufacturing practice requirements
Part 1: Standard operating procedures and master formulae (WHO/VSQ/97.01)
Also available in French, Russian, Spanish |
PDF (2.35 MB) |
A
WHO guide to good manufacturing practice requirements
Part 2: Validation (WHO/VSQ/97.02)
Also available in French, Russian, Spanish, |
PDF (240 KB) |
| A
WHO guide to good manufacturing practice (GMP) requirements. Part 3: Training (WHO/IVB/05.24) |
PDF (1.12 MB) |
| Acute intussusception in infants and children. Incidence, clinical
presentation and management: a global perspective (WHO/V&B/02.19) |
PDF (312 KB) |
| Adopting global vaccine management policies for national use
(WHO/V&B/02.32) |
PDF (474 KB) |
Advocacy
- A practical guide - with polio eradication as a case study
(WHO/V&B/99.20) |
PDF (285 KB) |
Assessing
the global needs for vaccine research and development. Results of a
Joint GAVI/WHO meeting, Geneva, 4-5 November 1999
(WHO/V&B/00.18 & GAVI/00.02) |
PDF (184 KB) |
| Assessment and harmonization of laboratory diagnostic procedures
related to human papillomavirus vaccine research and development. Report of a technical
meeting, Heidelberg, 6-7 March 2001 (WHO/V&B/01.42) |
PDF (147 KB) |
Assessment of immunization services and coordination of GAVI
activities at country
level. Report of a meeting, Geneva, 3-5 May 2000 (WHO/V&B/01.38) |
PDF (106 KB) |
B, C |
| Background document: The diagnosis, treatment and prevention of
typhoid fever (WHO/V&B/03.07) |
PDF (266 KB) |
Certification
of the Global Eradication of Poliomyelitis. Report of the sixth meeting
of the Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis,
Washington D.C., 28-29 March 2001 (WHO/V&B/01.15) |
PDF (67 KB) |
Certification
of the Global Eradication of Poliomyelitis. Report of the fifth meeting of
the Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis.
Geneva, 9 May 2000 (WHO/V&B/00.34) |
PDF (67 KB) |
Creating national and regional frameworks to support HIV vaccine
development in developing countries (WHO/IVB/05.17)
Report from a WHO / UNAIDS consultation, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2-3 September
2004 |
PDF (751 KB)
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Common
assessment tool for immunization services (CAT)
|
| Booklet 1:
Assessment Methodology |
| Booklet 2:
Planning Team Assessment Instructions |
| Booklet 3:
National Sub-Team Assessment Instructions |
| Booklet 4:
Sub-National Sub-Team Assessment Instructions |
| Booklet 5:
Service Delivery Sub-Team Assessment Instructions |
| Summary
PowerPoint presentation |
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Communication for polio eradication and routine immunization.
Checklists and easy reference guides (WHO/POLIO/02.06)
Also available in French |
PDF (907 KB) |
| Consensus
meeting on assessment and monitoring of vaccine-preventable diseases, Geneva, 27-29
October 1999 (WHO/V&B/00.15) |
PDF (155 KB) |
Control
of rubella and congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) in developing countries
(WHO/V&B/00.03)
With links to WHO Bulletin reprints:
Part 1: The burden of disease from CRS
Part 2: Vaccination against rubella
Also available in French and Spanish |
PDF (101 KB) Part 1 (179 KB)
Part 2 (169 KB) |
D |
| Description
and comparison of the methods of cluster sampling and lot quality assurance sampling to
assess immunization coverage (WHO/V&B/01.26) |
PDF (87 KB) |
| Diphtheria - Manual for the Management and Control of Diphtheria in
the European Region - ICP/EPI
038 (B) |
PDF (1 MB) |
| Diphtheria
vaccines and immunization - 24 January 1995 |
PDF (887 KB) |
| Diphtheria
vaccine position paper as featured in the Weekly Epidemiological Record |
PDF (210 KB) |
Disease
eradication: friend or foe to the health system? Synthesis report from field studies on
the Polio Eradication Initiative in Tanzania, Nepal and the Lao People's Democratic
Republic (WHO/V&B/00.28)
See also Meeting on the impact of targeted programmes on health systems:
a case study of the Polio Eradication Initiative (WHO/V&B/00.29) |
PDF (347 KB) |
Distribution
of vitamin A during national immunization days - A generic addendum to the Field guide for
supplementary activities aimed at achieving polio eradication, 1996 revision
(WHO/EPI/GEN/98.06)
Note: Zipped word file has each annex on a
separate file.
This document has been translated into French. |
PDF (158 KB) |
District
guidelines for yellow fever surveillance
(WHO/EPI/GEN/98.09) Also available in French |
PDF (246 KB) |
E |
| Economics of immunization: a guide to the literature and other
resources (WHO/V&B/04.02). This document is available on the Internet only. |
PDF (1.63 MB) |
Effective Vaccine Store Management Initiative: Modules 1-4 (WHO /
UNICEF)
(WHO/IVB/04.16; WHO/IVB/04.17; WHO/IVB/04.18; WHO/IVB/04.19; WHO/IVB/04.20) |
PDF (873 KB) |
| Ensuring the quality of vaccines at country level. Guidelines for
health staff (WHO/V&B/02.16) |
PDF (315 KB) |
Equipment
performance specifications and test procedures:
E1: Cold rooms and freezer rooms (WHO/V&B/02.33)
(updated December 2002) |
PDF (163 KB) |
Equipment
performance specifications and test procedures:
E3: Refrigerators and freezers (WHO/EPI/LHIS/97.06) |
PDF (231 KB) |
Equipment
performance specifications and test procedures:
E4 & 11: Insulated containers (WHO/EPI/LHIS/97.07) |
PDF (109 KB) |
Equipment
performance specifications and test procedures:
E5: Icepacks (WHO/EPI/LHIS/97.08) |
PDF (45 KB) |
| E06: PQS product specifications and verification protocols:
Temperature monitoring devices |
27 Docuemnts |
Equipment
performance specifications and test procedures:
E7: Cold chain accessories (WHO/EPI/LHIS/97.10) |
PDF (68 KB) |
| E08:
Prequalification of single-use injection devices under the PQS system |
PDF (315 KB) |
Equipment
performance specifications and test procedures:
E10: Injection accessories (WHO/EPI/LHIS/97.13) |
PDF (64 KB) |
Estimating
the local burden of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) disease
preventable
by vaccination. A rapid assessment tool (WHO/V&B/01.27)
Also available in Russian (Worksheet) |
PDF (168 KB)
Click here for
the Excel worksheets |
| Estimating the potential cost-effectiveness of using Haemophilus
influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine. Field test version 1 (WHO/V&B/01.36) |
PDF (37 KB) |
| Ethical considerations arising from vaccine trials conducted in paediatric populations with high disease burden in developing countries |
PDF (1.2 MB) |
| Expert
review of a tool for rapidly assessing Haemophilus influenzae type
b (Hib) disease burden, Geneva, 19-20 October 2000 (WHO/V&B/01.25) |
PDF (206 KB) |
F |
Fact sheet - Safety of mass immunization campaigns
(WHO/V&B/02.10)
Also available in French |
PDF (378 KB) |
Fact
Sheet - User fees for immunization in developing countries (WHO/V&B/01.06)
(related to document entitled Practice
and policies on user fees for immunization in developing countries) WHO/V&B/01.07
Also available in French, Russian and Spanish |
PDF (284 KB) |
"First, do no harm". Introducing auto-disable syringes and
ensuring injection safety in immunization systems of developing countries
(WHO/V&B/02.26)
Also available in Russian and French |
PDF (1.56 MB) |
| Fourth
informal consultation on the polio laboratory network, Geneva, 1-2 October 1998
(WHO/V&B/99.05) |
PDF (132 KB) |
G |
| Generic protocol for estimating the burden of pertussis in young children
(WHO/IVB/05.15) |
PDF (445 KB) |
| Generic protocol for (i) hospital-based surveillance to estimate the
burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in children and (ii) a community-based survey on
utilization of health care services for gastroenteritis in children. Field test version
(WHO/V&B/02.15) |
PDF (1.4 MB) |
| Generic
protocol to estimate the burden of Shigella diarrhoea and dysenteric mortality -
Field test version, May 1999 (WHO/V&B/99.26) |
PDF (114 KB) |
Generic
protocol for population-based surveillance of haemophilus influenzae type B
(WHO/VRD/GEN/95.05)
Also available in French |
PDF (127 KB) |
Generic
protocol to examine the incidence of lower respiratory infection due to respiratory
syncytial virus in children less than five years of age - Field test version
(WHO/V&B/00.08).
Also available in French |
PDF (137 KB) |
| Getting started with vaccine vial monitors
(WHO/V&B/02.35) |
PDF (157 KB) |
| GIVS:
Global Immunization Vision and Strategy 2006-2015 (WHO/IVB/05.05) |
PDF (3.5 MB) |
| GIVS - La vaccination dans le monde: vision et stratégie
2006-2015 (WHO/IVB/05.05F) |
PDF (2.2 MB) |
| Global eradication of poliomyelitis. Report of the sixth meeting
of the Global Technical Consultative Group for Poliomyelitis Eradication, Geneva, 7-10 May
2001 (WHO/V&B/01.32) |
PDF (297 KB) |
| Global
eradication of poliomyelitis. Report of the fifth meeting of the Global Technical
Consultative Group for Poliomyelitis Eradication, 8-10 May 2000
(WHO/V&B/00.27) |
PDF (351 KB) |
Global
eradication of poliomyelitis: Reports of the: Fourth meeting of the Global
Technical Consultative Group for Poliomyelitis Eradication, Geneva, 1-2 June 1999
and Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of
Poliomyelitis,
Geneva, 2 June 1999 (WHO/V&B/99.31) |
PDF (131 KB) |
| Global eradication of poliomyelitis: Report of the second meeting
of the Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis,
Geneva, 1 May 1997 (WHO/EPI/GEN/98.03) |
PDF (100 KB) |
Global eradication of poliomyelitis: Report of the third technical
consultation,
Geneva, 7-8 July 1998
(WHO/EPI/GEN/98.13) |
PDF (285 KB) |
Global pandemic influenza action plan to increase vaccine supply (WHO/IVB/06.13)
Also available in French |
PDF (520 KB) |
Global
Polio Eradication Initiative Strategic Plan 2001-2005
(WHO/Polio/00.05)
Also available in French |
PDF (273 KB) |
Global Polio Eradication Initiative Progress 2002
(WHO/POLIO/03.02)
Also available in French |
PDF (859 KB) |
GPV
policy statement: Vaccine donations (WHO/VSQ/97.05)
Also available in French and Spanish |
PDF (21 KB) |
| Group
A streptococcal vaccine development: current status and issues of relevance to less
developed countries (WHO/IVB/05.14) |
PDF (399 KB) |
Guide
for a quality systems manual in a control laboratory (WHO/VSQ/98.04)
Also available in French, Russian and Spanish |
PDF (96 KB) |
Guide
for inspection of manufacturers of biological products (WHO/VSQ/97.03)
Also available in Spanish |
PDF (273 KB) |
| Guideline for establishing or improving primary and intermediate
vaccine stores (WHO/V&B/02.34) |
PDF (397 KB) |
Guidelines for environmental surveillance of poliovirus
circulation
(WHO/V&B/03.03) |
PDF (155 KB) |
Guidelines for estimating costs of introducing new vaccines into
the national immunization system (WHO/V&B/02.11)
Also available in Russian |
PDF (307 KB) |
| Guidelines for estimating the economic burden of diarrhoeal disease, with focus on assessing the costs of rotavirus diarrhoea (WHO/IVB/05.10) |
PDF (706 KB) |
Guidelines for implementing the pre-eradication phase of the
global action plan for laboratory containment of wild polioviruses. Surveying
laboratories. Establishing inventories. April 2000 (WHO/V&B/00.21)
For global action plan click (WHO/V&B/99.32) |
PDF (197 KB) |
| Guideline for preparation of the product summary file for vaccine
prequalification (WHO/IVB/06.16) |
PDF (922 KB) |
Guidelines
for surveillance of congenital rubella syndrome and rubella - field test version, May 1999
(WHO/V&B/99.22)
Also available in French |
PDF (127 KB) |
Guidelines
for the international procurement of vaccine and sera (WHO/VSQ/98.05)
Also available in Russian |
PDF (127 KB)
|
French translation: Guide OMS des normes relatives aux
bonnes pratiques de fabrication (BPF) Partie 1: Modes opératoires normalisés et
formules originales de fabrication (WHO/VSQ/97.01)
Electronic copy available as of 26
November 2003 |
PDF (2.35 MB) |
French translation: Guide OMS des normes relatives aux
bonnes pratiques de fabrication (BPF) Partie 2: Validation (WHO/VSQ/97.02)
Electronic copy available as of 18
December 2003 |
PDF (415 KB) |
Guidelines
on the international packaging and shipping of vaccines (WHO/IVB/05.23)
This document replaces the former
guidelines, WHO/V&B/01.05, WHO/EPI/CCIS/81.04 Rev.5 (1992) and all previous
revisions |
PDF (501 KB) |
H, I |
Haemophilus
influenzae type b immunization (fact sheet) (WHO/V&B/01.29)
Also available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish |
PDF (32 KB) |
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) meningitis in the pre-vaccine era:
a global review of incidence, age distributions, and case-fatality rates
(WHO/V&B/02.18) |
PDF (813 KB) |
| Health reform and priority health interventions: the case of
immunization services. Geneva, 15-16 November 1999 (WHO/V&B/01.33) |
PDF (322 KB) |
| Health Sector Reform (HSR): the impact of health sector
development on immunization services (fact sheet 1 of 3) (WHO/V&B/03.21) |
PDF (438 KB) |
| Health Sector Reform (HSR): fact sheet for national managers (fact
sheet 2 of 3) (WHO/V&B/03.22) |
PDF (441 KB) |
| Health Sector Reform (HSR): sub-national management of
immunization services during health sector reform (fact sheet 3 of 3) (WHO/V&B/03.23) |
PDF (435 KB) |
Hepatitis
B immunization (fact sheet) (WHO/V&B/01.28)
Also available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish |
PDF (66 KB) |
| How to look after a cold room or freezer room: self-assessment tool
(WHO/V&B/02.30) |
PDF (113 KB) |
|
Human Papillomavirus
and HPV vaccine. Technical information for policy-makers and health
professionals (WHO/IVB/07.05) |
PDF (680
KB) |
| Immunization and health reform: making reforms work for immunization. A
reference guide. Prepared for WHO/V&B/EPI by Rachel Feilden and Ole Frank Nielsen
(WHO/V&B/01.44) |
PDF (838 KB) |
Immunization
and health sector reform in the Kyrgyz Republic: Report of a WHO-led mission, 1-2 March
1999 (WHO/V&B/99.33)
Also available in Russian |
PDF (536 KB) |
| Immunization
costing and finance: A tool and User guide for comprehensive Multi-year Planning (cMYP) (WHO/IVB/06.15) |
PDF (2.68 MB) |
| Immunization
coverage cluster survey - Reference manual (WHO/IVB/04.23) |
PDF (820 KB) |
| Immunization In Practice: A practical resource guide for workers -
2004 update |
Link |
| Immunization
safety: a global priority. Reprint of the special theme articles of the Bulletin of the
World Health Organization, 2000;78(2): 153-231 (WHO/V&B/00.12) |
PDF (1 MB)
(Please click on the title of
the article in the table of contents) |
| Immunological
basis for immunization - 8 modules in English and French |
See series listing |
| Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals: Strategic plan 2006-2009 (WHO/IVB/05.22) |
PDF (831 KB) |
Increasing immunization coverage at the health facility level
(WHO/V&B/02.27)
Also available in Russian and in French |
PDF (591 KB) |
| Informal
consultation of experts on national regulation of vaccines (WHO/V&B/99.08) |
PDF (73 KB) |
Informal consultation on the control of pertussis with whole cell and
acellular
vaccines, Geneva, 18-19 May 1998
(WHO/V&B/99.03) |
PDF (119 KB) |
| Informal
meeting on issues of immunization data and monitoring/management of adverse events,
Geneva, 17-20 November 1998 (WHO/V&B/99.06) |
PDF (149 KB) |
| Information
for action - Developing a computer-based information system for the surveillance of EPI
and other diseases (IFA manual) (WHO/EPI/GEN/98.15) |
PDF (796 KB) |
| Initiative for Vaccine Research (WHO/IVB/04.13) |
PDF (9 MB) |
| IVR activities report 2004-2005 (WHO/IVB/06.05) |
PDF (352 KB) |
Integration
of vitamin A supplementation with immunization: polilcy and programme implications. Report
of a meeting, 12-13 January 1998, UNICEF, New York (WHO/EPI/GEN/98.07)
Also available in French |
PDF (90 KB) |
Intellectual Property Rights and Vaccines in Developing Countries
(WHO/IVB/04.21)
|
PDF (9.5 MB) |
Introduction of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine into
immunization programmes. Management guidelines, including information for health workers
and parents (WHO/V&B/00.05)
Also available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian |
PDF (94 KB) |
Introduction of hepatitis B vaccine into childhood immunization services.
Management guidelines, including information for health workers and parents
(WHO/V&B/01.31)
Also available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian |
PDF (220 KB) |
Issues
relating to the use of BCG in immunization programmes a discussion document
(WHO/V&B/99.23)
Also available in French |
PDF (153 KB) |
J, K, L |
Key
elements for improving supplementary immunization activities for polio eradication
(WHO/V&B/00.22)
Also available in French and Spanish |
PDF (155 KB) |
| Laboratory manual for the diagnosis of whooping cough caused by
Bordetella pertussis / Bordetella parapertussis (WHO/VIVB/04.14) |
PDF (9 MB) |
M, N |
Making surveillance work. Module 1: Rapid assessment of
surveillance for vaccine-preventable diseases (WHO/V&B/01.08)
Also available in French |
PDF (149 KB) |
Word (175 KB) |
Making surveillance work. Module 3: Logistics management
(WHO/V&B/01.10)
Also available in French |
PDF (859 KB) |
Word (6.9 MB)
(zip file) |
Making surveillance work. Module 4: Data management
(WHO/V&B/01.11)
Also available in French |
PDF (156 KB) |
Word (153 KB) |
Making
use of vaccine vial monitors. Flexible vaccine management for polio supplementary
immunization activities (WHO/V&B/00.14)
Annex 1 VVM fact sheet - available as one
page
Also available in French and Spanish |
PDF (135 KB) |
Manual
for the laboratory diagnosis of measles virus infection December 1999 (WHO/V&B/00.16)
Also available in French |
PDF (298 KB) |
Manual
of laboratory methods - for testing vaccines used in the WHO EPI (WHO/VSQ/97.04)
This document is posted only in Word format - 5 parts combined in a zip file. |
PDF (259 KB) |
Maternal
and Neonatal Tetanus Elimination by 2005. Strategies for achieving and maintaining
elimination (WHO/V&B/02.09) (Joint UNICEF, WHO and UNFPA document)
Also available in French |
PDF (802 KB) |
Measles
control in the 1990s: minimizing nosocomial transmission
(WHO/EPI/GEN/94.6) |
PDF (149 KB) |
| Measles Mortality Reduction and Regional Elimination Strategic
Plan 2001-2005 (WHO/V&B/01.13 Rev.1) |
PDF (2.2 MB) |
Measles Technical Working Group: strategies for measles control
and elimination.
Report of a meeting, Geneva, 11-12 May 2000 (WHO/V&B/01.37) |
PDF (132 KB) |
| Meeting of the IVR Advisory Committee (WHO/V&B/03.02) |
PDF (118 KB) |
Meeting
on the impact of targeted programmes on health systems: a case study of the Polio
Eradication Initiative, WHO, Geneva, 16-17 December 1999 (WHO/V&B/00.29)
See also Disease
eradication: friend or foe to the health system? Synthesis report from field studies on
the Polio Eradication Initiative in Tanzania, Nepal and the Lao People's Democratic
Republic (WHO/V&B/00.28) |
PDF (208 KB) |
Module
on best practices for measles surveillance
(WHO/V&B/01.43)
Also available in French |
PDF (244 KB) |
Word (887 KB) |
Monitoring vaccine wastage at country level Guidelines for
programme managers
(WHO/V&B/03.18.Rev.1) |
PDF (876 KB) |
Networking for new vaccine evaluation. Geneva, 13 June 2000
(WHO/V&B/01.03) |
PDF (80 KB) |
| New polio vaccines for the post-eradication era. Geneva, 19-20
January 2000 (WHO/V&B/00.20) |
PDF (71 KB) |
O |
| Options for a global fund for new vaccines (WHO/V&B/99.13) |
PDF (132 KB) |
P |
Pertussis surveillance. A global meeting, Geneva, 16-18 October
2000 (WHO/V&B/01.19)
Also available in French |
PDF (156 KB) |
Polio Laboratory Manual - 2004 Edition
(WHO/IVB/04.10) |
PDF (13 MB) |
Polio
- the beginning of the end (WHO/EPI/GEN/97.03) Body of document linked to button.
English annex (maps).
Also available in French and Russian. |
PDF (1.2 MB) |
Practice
and policies on user fees for immunization in developing countries
(WHO/V&B/01.07)
Also available in French, Russian
(related to Fact sheet -
User fees for immunization in developing countries) WHO/V&B/01.06 |
PDF (166 KB) |
| Priorities for pneumococcal and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)
vaccine development and introduction. Geneva, 9-12 February 1999. Report of a meeting (WHO/V&B/01.14) |
PDF (187 KB) |
| Procedures
for assessing the acceptability of vaccines for purchase by United Nations agencies
(WHO/IVB/05.19) |
PDF (468 KB) |
|
Procedure for
expedited review of imported prequalified vaccines for use in national
immunization programs (WHO/IVB/07.08) |
PDF (472
KB) |
| Proceedings
of the first Global Vaccine Research Forum, Montreux, 7-9 June 2000 (WHO/V&B/01.21) |
PDF (334 KB) |
Proceedings of the second Global Vaccine Research Forum, Montreux,
Switzerland,
10-12 June 2001 (WHO/V&B/02.24) |
PDF (216 KB) |
| Proceedings of the Fifth Global Vaccine Research Forum, Monteux,
Switzerland, 7-10 June 2004 (WHO/IVB/05.09) |
PDF (261 KB) |
| Proceedings
of the sixth Global Vaccine Research Forum and Parallel Satellite Symposia (WHO/IVB/06.03) |
PDF (785 KB) |
Procurement
of Vaccines for Public Sector Programmes - A reference manual
(WHO/IVB/03.16) |
PDF (53.7 MB) |
Product
Information Sheets, 2000 edition with WARNING
(WHO/V&B/00.13) |
PDF (1.6 MB) |
Protocol
for assessing neonatal tetanus mortality in the community using a combination of cluster
and lot quality assurance sampling. Field test version (WHO/V&B/02.05)
Corrigendum |
PDF (115 KB) |
Q |
| Quality
of the cold chain: WHO-UNICEF policy statement on the use of vaccine vial monitors in
immunization services (WHO/V&B/99.18) Also available in French |
PDF (27 KB)
|
R |
Regulation
of vaccines: building on existing drug regulatory authorities (WHO/V&B/99.10)
Also available in French and Spanish |
PDF (116 KB) |
| Report
of the December meeting of the Global Advisory Committee for Vaccine Safety |
PDF (151 KB) |
Report of a global meeting on communicable disease surveillance,
including epidemic-prone and/or vaccine-preventable diseases, Cairo, Egypt,
24-25 January 2001 (WHO/V&B/02.04 and WHO/CDS/CSR/NCS/2002.4) |
PDF (125 KB) |
Report of a meeting of international public sector vaccinology
institutions.
Geneva, 16-17 March 2000 (WHO/V&B/00.30) |
PDF (114 KB) |
| Report
of a meeting on preventing congenital rubella syndrome: immunization strategies,
surveillance needs, Geneva, 12-14 January 2000 (WHO/V&B/00.10) |
PDF (325 KB) |
Report of a meeting on research related to measles control and
elimination. Geneva,
27-29 March 2000 (WHO/V&B/00.31) |
PDF (103 KB) |
| Report
of the meeting of the WHO Task Force on Clinical Trials of Dengue Vaccines (WHO/IVB/06.11) |
PDF (815 KB) |
| Report of a WHO meeting on monitoring and assessment of
vaccine-preventable diseases, Cairo, Egypt, 21-23 January 2001
(WHO/V&B/02.03) |
PDF (153 KB) |
| Report of the eighth meeting of the Technical Consultative Group
(TCG) on the Global Eradication of Poliomyelitis, Geneva, 24-25 April 2003
(WHO/V&B/03.13) |
PDF (613 KB) |
| Report of the fifth annual meeting of the Advisory Committee on
Training (ACT) of the Global Training Network, Geneva, 22-23 February 2000
(WHO/V&B/00.33) |
PDF (192 KB) |
| Report of the Global Meeting for Sustainable Measles Mortality
Reduction and Immunization System Strengthening (WHO/IVB/04.25) |
PDF (2.4 MB) |
Report of the Informal Consultation on Meningococcal Carriage
Studies in Africa
WHO/HQ, Geneva, 23 September 2005 (WHO/IVB/06.06) |
PDF (510 KB) |
| Report of the interim meeting of the Technical Consultative Group
(TCG) on the Global Eradication of Poliomyelitis, Geneva, 13-14 November 2002
(WHO/V&B/03.04) |
PDF (511 KB) |
Report of the
meeting of the working group on clinical trials of new TB vaccines,
WHO, Geneva, 19 April 1999 (WHO/V&B/00.26) |
PDF (111 KB) |
| Report of the meeting on future directions for rotavirus vaccine
research in developing countries. Geneva, 9-11 February 2000 (WHO/V&B/00.23) |
PDF (171 KB) |
Report of the meeting on the scientific basis for stopping polio
immunization,
Geneva, 23-25 March 1998 (WHO/EPI/GEN/98.12) |
PDF (106 KB) |
| Report of the overview of vaccine research in WHO and UNAIDS,
Montreux, Switzerland, 16-18 June 1999 (WHO/V&B/99.35) |
PDF (255 KB) |
| Report
of the seventh meeting of the Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication
of Poliomyelitis, Geneva, 12 April 2002 (WHO/V&B/02.13) |
PDF (153 KB) |
Report
of the seventh meeting of the Technical Consultative Group (TCG) on the Global Eradication
of Poliomyelitis, Geneva, 9-11 April 2002 (WHO/V&B/02.12)
Also available in French |
PDF (864 KB) |
| Report of the sixth meeting of the Advisory Committee on Training
(ACT) of the Global Training Network, Geneva, 25-26 February 2002
(WHO/V&B/03.05) |
PDF (269 KB) |
| 2006
Report of the steering committee on Dengue and other Flavivirus vaccines including minutes
of the Steering Committee meeting (WHO/IVB/06.14) |
PDF (554 KB) |
| 2005 Report of the steering committee on the Dengue and other
Flavivirus vaccines (WHO/IVB/06.09) |
PDF (660 KB) |
| Report of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE), Geneva,
27-29 October 2004 (WHO/IVB/05.03) |
PDF (9.24 MB) |
| Report of the third meeting of the Steering Committee on
Immunization Safety (WHO/V&B/03.10) |
PDF (475 KB) |
| Report of the Consultation on Human Papillomavirus vaccines (WHO/IVB/05.16) |
PDF (732 KB) |
| Report on the meeting on national regulatory authority (NRA)
networking for new regulatory pathways (WHO/V&B/03.17) |
PDF (183 KB) |
Review of existing documents on planning, performance and
assessment of clinical studies on vaccines (WHO/V&B/99.09)
Also available in French and Spanish |
PDF (116 KB)
|
Review
of treatment cost protocol studies, report of a meeting, Geneva,
11-12 December 2000 (WHO/V&B/01.22) |
PDF (112 KB) |
S |
| Safe vaccine handling, cold chain and immunizations - A manual for
the Newly Independent States (WHO/EPI/LHIS/98.02) |
PDF (1.5 MB)
|
Safety of injections: WHO-UNICEF-UNFPA joint statement on the use
of auto-disable syringes in immunization services (WHO/V&B/99.25)
Also available in French, Russian and Spanish
(This document revises and replaces
the former policy statement WHO/EPI/LHIS/97.04 Rev.1) |
PDF (190 KB) |
Safety of mass immunization campaigns (WHO/V&B/02.10)
Also available in French |
PDF (675 KB) |
| SAGE
2006 (April) report as featured in the Weekly Epidemiological Record |
PDF (153 KB) |
| SAGE
2005 report as featured in the Weekly Epidemiological Record |
PDF (174 KB) |
| Standardization and validation of serological assays for the
evaluation of immune responses to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A/C vaccines, Geneva,
8-9 March 1999 WHO/V&B/99.19) |
PDF (398 KB) |
| Standardization of interpretation of chest radiographs for the
diagnosis of pneumonia in children. World Health Organization Pneumonia Vaccine Trial
Investigators' Group (WHO/V&B/01.35) |
PDF (140 KB) |
| State
of the art of new vaccine and development (WHO/IVB/06.01) |
PDF (894 KB) |
State of the World's Vaccines and Immunization (ISBN 92 4
254623 2)
Also available in French and Spanish.
Shortly to be available in Arabic and Russian. |
PDF (5 MB) |
State of the World's Vaccines and Immunization -
Executive summary
Also available in French. Shortly to be available in Arabic, Russian and Spanish. |
PDF (76 KB) |
Statement on vaccine quality (WHO/VSQ/GEN/96.02 Rev.1)
Also available in French and Spanish. |
PDF (19 KB) |
Strategies, policies and practices for immunization of adolescents
- A review (WHO/V&B/99.24)
Also available in French |
PDF (211 KB) |
Study of donor inputs to vaccine production
(WHO/V&B/99.21) |
PDF (78 KB) |
| Study protocol for temperature monitoring in the vaccine cold chain (WHO/IVB/05.01) |
PDF (1.8 MB) |
Supplementary information on vaccine safety. Part 2: Background
rates of adverse events following immunization (WHO/V&B/00.36)
Also available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish |
PDF (363 KB) |
Word (360 KB) |
Surveillance of adverse events following immunization (AEFI) -
Field guide for managers of immunization programmes (WHO/EPI/TRAM/93.02 Rev.1)
Also available in French |
PDF (210 KB) |
Sustainable
outreach services (SOS). A strategy for reaching the unreached with immunization and other
services (WHO/V&B/00.37)
Also available in French and Spanish |
PDF (822 KB) |
T |
Technet
consultation, Harare, 6-10 December 1999 (WHO/V&B/00.19)
Also available in French |
PDF (640 KB) |
Technical workshop on cellular mediated immunity to human
papillomavirus: prospects for vaccine development. Geneva 18-19 April 2005
(WHO/IVB/05.21) |
PDF (900 KB) |
| Technical workshop on international collaborative studies on HPV
reagents for laboratory diagnostic procedures: A progess report (WHO/IVB/04.22) |
PDF (9 MB) |
Temperature
monitors for vaccines and the cold chain (WHO/V&B/99.15)
Also available in French |
PDF (652 KB) |
Temperature
sensitivity of vaccines (WHO/IVB/06.10)
This document revises and replaces previous version "Thermostability of
vaccines", WHO/GPV/98.07 |
PDF (871 KB) |
Template
of a national plan of action for maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination
(WHO/V&B/01.18)
Also available in French |
PDF (401 KB) |
| Testing
the correlation between vaccine vial monitor and vaccine potency (WHO/V&B/99.11).
Also available in French |
PDF (65 KB) |
| Tetanus
- WHO Position Paper as published in WER |
PDF (225 KB) |
| The
current evidence for the burden of group A streptococcal diseases (WHO/IVB/05.12) |
PDF (789 KB) |
| The
current status of development of phrophylactic vaccines against human papillomavirus
infection - Report of a technical meeting, Geneva, 16-18 February 1999 (WHO/V&B/99.04) |
PDF (83 KB) |
| The
Global Training Network - Ensuring good quality vaccine throughout the world
(WHO/V&B/00.06) Pamphlet linked to button; Insert |
PDF (481 KB) |
| The
immunization data quality audit (DQA) procedure (WHO/V&B/03.19) |
PDF (432 KB) |
| The immunization data quality self-assessment (DQS) tool
(WHO/IVB/05.04) |
PDF (897 KB) |
| The
Initiative for Vaccine Research: Report 2002-2003 (WHO/IVB/04.15) |
PDF (474 KB) |
| The Initiative for Vaccine Research: Report 2004-2005 (WHO/IVB/06.05) |
PDF (344 KB) |
| The Initiative for Vaccine Research: Strategic plan 2006-2009 (WHO/IVB/06.08) |
PDF (382 KB) |
Tool
for the assesment of injection safety (WHO/V&B/01.30)
Also available in Arabic, French and Spanish |
PDF (153 KB) |
Word (186 KB) |
Training manual: licensing, lot release, laboratory access
(WHO/V&B/01.16)
Also available in French, Russian and Spanish |
PDF (80 KB) |
| Training manual on the critical regulatory function for vaccines:
evaluation of clinical performance through authorized clinical trials
(WHO/V&B/03.12) |
PDF (348 KB) |
U |
| User's handbook for vaccine cold rooms and freezer rooms
(WHO/V&B/02.31) |
PDF (383 KB) |
| Using
surveillance data and outbreak investigations to strengthen measles immunization
programmes (WHO/EPI/GEN/96.02) |
PDF (401 KB)
|
V |
Vaccines and Biologicals biennial report 2000-2001
(WHO/V&B/02.01)
|
PDF (6.5 MB) |
Vaccines and Biologicals Highlights from 2002-2005 Strategy
(WHO/V&B/02.21)
Also available in French |
PDF (1.7 MB) |
Vaccines
and Biologicals 2000-2001 Highlights (WHO/V&B/02.22)
Also available in French |
PDF (1.2 MB) |
| Vaccines and Immunization Update. Issue No. 1, Vol. 1, Winter |
PDF (701 KB) |
| Vaccines and Immunization Update. Issue No. 2, July 2002 |
PDF (965 KB) |
| Vaccines and Immunization Update. Issue No. 3, May 2003 |
PDF (105 KB) |
| V&B
Catalogue 2003 (WHO/V&B/02.06) |
PDF (1 MB) |
V&B
Update, Volume 34, December 2000
Proper handling and reconstitution of vaccines avoids programme errors.
Also available in French, Russian and Spanish |
PDF (306 KB) |
| Vaccines
and other requirements for immunization, programmes, particularly for diphtheria control
- 26 January 1995 |
PDF (291 KB) |
Vaccine
donations. Policy statement of the partners of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and
Immunization (WHO/V&B/00.25)
(This document is an abbreviated version of WHO/VSQ/97.05)
Also available in French, Russian and Spanish |
PDF (282 KB) |
| Vaccines, Immunization and Biologicals 2002-2005 Strategy
(WHO/V&B/02.02) |
PDF (3.6 MB) |
| Vaccine
Introduction Guidelines: Adding a vaccine to a national immunization programme: Decision
and implemetation (WHO/IVB/05.18) Also available in French. |
PDF (540 KB) |
| Vaccine Management Assessment (WHO/IVB/05.02) |
PDF (708 KB) |
|
Vaccine Stock
Management: Guidelines on stock records for immunization programme and
vaccines store mangers (WHO/IVB/06.12) |
PDF (2.63
MB) |
Vaccine volume calculator. An aid for the introduction of new vaccines
(WHO/V&B/01.24)
Updated December 2004 |
Excel (62 KB)
|
| VRD report of the Technical Review Meeting, 7-8 June 1998. Achievements
and plan of activities, July 1998-June 1999 (WHO/VRD/GEN/98.02 & Add.1) Addendum 1 |
PDF (548 KB) |
W |
WHO global action plan for laboratory containment of wild polioviruses
(WHO/V&B/99.32)
Also available in French and Spanish |
PDF (302 KB) |
| WHO global action plan for laboratory containment of wild polioviruses.
Second edition (WHO/V&B/03.11) |
PDF (235 KB) |
| WHO Immunization Work: 2004 Highlights (WHO/IVB/05.08) |
PDF (1.5 MB) |
| WHO
Immunization work: 2005 highlights (WHO/IVB/06.02) |
PDF (3 MB) |
WHO
informal workshop: development of international HPV reference reagents,
2-4 September 2001, Florianópolis, Brazil 2-4 September 2001,
Florianópolis, Brazil (WHO/V&B/02.14) |
PDF (64 KB) |
WHO policy statement: Ensuring the quality of locally produced
vaccines and the viability of local production (WHO/VSQ/98.03)
Also available in French, Spanish and Russian |
PDF (87 KB)
|
WHO policy statement: The use of opened multi-dose vials of
vaccine in subsequent immunization sessions
(WHO/V&B/00.09). Also available in French, Russian and Spanish |
PDF (45 KB)
|
WHO-recommended standards for surveillance of selected
vaccine-preventable diseases (WHO/V&B/03.01)
(This document, produced in
February 2003, replaces the former document WHO/EPI/GEN/98.01 and all previous revisions.) |
PDF (369 KB) |
WHO technical workshop on the role of the laboratory detection of
human papillomavirus in global disease prevention and control
Geneva, Switzerland, 15-17 August 2005 (WHO/IVB/06.04) |
PDF (641 KB) |
| WHO-UNICEF:
Effective Vaccine Store Management Initiative (WHO/IVB/04.16-20) |
PDF (873 KB) |
WHO-UNICEF
guidelines for developing a comprehensive multi-year plan (cMYP) (WHO/IVB/05.20)
Also available in
French |
PDF (637 KB) |
WHO/UNICEF Joint Statement: Global Plan for Reducing Measles Mortality
2006-2010 (WHO/IVB/05.11)
Also available in French |
PDF (369 KB) |
WHO-UNICEF
joint statement on strategies to reduce measles mortality worldwide
(WHO/V&B/01.40)
Also available in French |
PDF (993 KB) |
|
WHO-UNICEF statement on vaccine
vial monitors implementation: Marking the 10 years of successful
implementation and role of vaccine vial monitors in reaching every child
and mother
(WHO/IVB/07.04) |
PDF (809
KB) |
| WHO
/ UNICEF STRATEGY FOR DIPHTHERIA CONTROL IN THE NIS - 24 - ~5 April 1995 |
PDF (473 KB) |
| WHO V&B Vaccine Trial Registry, August 1999
(WHO/V&B/00.07) |
Preface etc
PDF (24 KB)
Directory PDF (440 KB) |
| WHO vaccine-preventable diseases: monitoring system global summary
2006 (WHO/IVB/2006) |
PDF (5 MB) |
| Working group for economic evaluation of pneumococcal and Haemphophilus
influenzae type b vaccines. Report of the first meeting, Geneva, 19-20 June 2000 (WHO/V&B/01.20) |
PDF (401 KB) |
X, Y, Z |
Yellow fever (WHO/EPI/GEN/98.11)
Also available in French |
PDF (361 KB) |
