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AFRO-NETS> The TECHNET Internet Forum
The TECHNET Internet Forum
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http://www.acithn.uq.edu.au/Technet/
Technet is a group of more than 200 experts and partner-supporting or-
ganizations working in logistics for health. Technet provides technical
and policy guidance based on consensus, and promotes the development
and operation of effective and safe primary health care logistics
throughout the world. Much of the focus of the Technet has been on the
management and operational logistics of national immunization pro-
grammes and the integration of other logistics elements into primary
health service delivery in developing countries. In recent years, in-
jection safety, the introduction of vaccine vial monitors, the intro-
duction of new vaccines, polio eradication activities, the introduction
of chlorofluorocarbon-free equipment, and the vaccine cold chain of the
future have become key areas of interest.
The TECHNET Internet Forum began on 1 February 1998 as a communications
initiative by the Technet Secretariat, based in the WHO Global Pro-
gramme for Vaccines and Immunization (now the WHO Department of Vac-
cines and Biologicals), and BASICS (Basic Support for Institutionaliz-
ing Child Survival), a global project funded by the United States
Agency for International Development (USAID).
The TECHNET Forum is a moderated Forum to facilitate focused discus-
sions while protecting subscribers from inappropriate e-mail and un-
wanted messages. The objectives for the TECHNET Forum are as follows:
* To continue and maintain a moderated and directed discussion for in-
dividuals, worldwide, responsible for immunization and primary health
care logistics;
* To provide a Forum for the concise and facilitated exchange of
information, knowledge and experience in implementing immunization
programmes and public health care logistics;
* To contribute to the development of actions leading to improved and
effective immunization programmes and public health care logistics.
The TECHNET Forum is of interest to managers of immunization and pri-
mary health care programmes, professionals involved in health care lo-
gistics, and epidemiologists with an interest in vaccine-preventable
disease-control programmes, and manufacturers of vaccine and medical
equipment used in primary health care in developing and other coun-
tries. Discussions range from technical, managerial, and operational
issues to policy development and consensus formation, and advocacy.
All members of the TECHNET Forum are invited to send messages to the
subscribers of the list, to comment on any posting, or to use the Forum
to request technical information in relation to expanded programmes on
immunization and logistics for health. The Forum welcomes contributions
in French for which translation and bilingual posting services are pro-
vided. The moderator may edit subscriber messages for conciseness and
English usage before posting to the Forum. In addition, the TECHNET
Internet Forum maintains a key document resource of more than 300 files
on a wide range of TECHNET topics. These files may be downloaded using
a web browser or are available by e-mail upon request.
Since the first Technet posting in February 1998, there have been over
200 postings. Postings are threaded chronologically by subject. The
moderator introduces all messages with contextual information and edi-
torial comment. Each TECHNET Forum posting is approximately 4 to 7
pages of text. Subscribers are based in more than 59 countries in Af-
rica, Asia, South America, Oceania, Europe, and North America. 27% of
subscribers are based in developing countries, 64% in developed coun-
tries, with about 10% of subscriber locations uncertain. In November
1999 there were 354 Technet subscribers.
The TECHNET Forum welcomes new subscribers who are involved in logis-
tics for health. Requests to subscribe or contributions may be made by
sending an e-mail to <[email protected]>. More details on how to
participate are available at:
http://www.acithn.uq.edu.au/Technet/
Allan Bass
TECHNET Moderator
University of Queensland
Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition
Herston Road, Herston, Queensland 4006, Australia
mailto:[email protected]
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Dr Sigmund de Janos
Senior Consultant
Tel: +1-613-731-3461
Fax: +1-613-731-3286
mailto:[email protected]
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