Guidelines on stock records for immunization programme - Path

Acknowledgements
This document is prepared and written by Dr. Ahmet Afsar and Dr. Ümit Kartoglu.
It is developed to assist countries in improving vaccine stock management practices
in accordance with WHO-UNICEF Effective Vaccine Store Management initiative.
Since its first draft in 2003, it has been reviewed by many individuals. Both manual
and electronic versions were field tested for validation purposes in 2004-2005 in
North Sharqiya and South Batinah regions of Sultanate of Oman, Gezira State of
Sudan in coordination with WHO EMRO. The system was also tested and now
used in Central Java and Yogyakarta regions of Indonesia with assistance from the
Program for Appropriate Technologies in Health (PATH). Revised version of the
system is introduced in Kosovo in late 2005 in coordination with UNICEF.
WHO would like to thank the following individuals who contributed with
their invaluable comments in finalizing the manual: Mr Mojtaba Haghgou
(WHO EMRO, Cairo), Dr Salah S. Haithami (WHO Sudan), Dr Salah Al Awaidy
(Director, Department of Surveillance and Disease Control, Sultanate of Oman),
Mr Bader Al Rawahi (EPI Supervisor, Sultanate of Oman), Dr El Tayeb Ahmed El
Sayed (National EPI Manager, Sudan), Dr Nisreen Musa Widaa (National EPI
Deputy Manager, Sudan), Mr John Lloyd (PATH, France), Dr Anton Widjaya
(PATH, Indonesia), Dr Yusharmen Dcomm (Director of Epidemiology,
Immunization and Matra Health, Indonesia), Mr Olivia Esrana Simbolon (Indonesia),
Dr Sulistya Nidada (Indonesia), Mr Andrew Garnett (independent consultant,
London, UK), Mr Denis Maire (WHO EURO, Copenhagen), Dr Nihal Babalioglu
(Technical Officer, Immunization, Turkey) and Dr Hamza Ozdemir (Cold Chain
Manager, Turkey).
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