Technical Documents

Field Guides

Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Immunization against Yellow Fever: Field Guide for Staff at the Central, Intermediate and Peripheral Level

This field guide—a collaboration between the World Health Organization (WHO) and AMP—is designed to help health workers at all levels in planning and carrying out field investigations into yellow fever adverse events following...

Investigation of Yellow Fever Epidemics in Africa: Field Guide

This field guide, developed by the WHO Epidemic Readiness and Intervention team with input from AMP, is intended for African health professionals working at the central and peripheral levels (physicians, health workers, and decision makers) on...

Meeting Reports

Working Group for Economic Evaluation of Pneumococcal and Haemophilus influenzae type b Vaccines: Report of the First Meeting Geneva, 19-20 June 2000

From June 19-20, 2000, WHO brought together trial investigators, vaccine manufacturers, and other interested parties to discuss whether there was a basis for collaboration on the development of standard methodologies for economic evaluation...

Expert Review of a Tool for Rapidly Assessing Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) Disease Burden: Geneva, 19–20 October 2000

Before the introduction of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccine in the late 1980s, Hib was the leading cause of bacterial meningitis and one of the leading causes of bacterial pneumonia and sepsis among young children...

AfriFlu Conference Booklet

AMP convened nearly 100 African and international influenza experts in Marrakech, Morocco from June 1-2, 2010 for “AfriFlu,” a conference on influenza disease burden in Africa. The objective was to share information on influenza...

Report of a Meeting on Priorities for Pneumococcal and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) Vaccine Development and Introduction

This WHO report presents an overview of a meeting held from February 9-12, 1999 on the current situation in relation to Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and pneumococcal vaccines. The purpose was to set rational priorities for...

Education & Training Tools

Training Development: How to Ensure the Effectiveness of Health Worker Training

This AMP practical guide aims to promote the use of training development techniques to enhance the skills of health workers in developing countries. In particular, it explains how to develop, implement, and evaluate contextually appropriate...