WHO released the newest issue of Global Immunization News (25 February 2011) http://www.who.int/entity/immunization/GIN_February_2011.pdf Included in this issue:

ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE SIVAC INITIATIVE

25/02/2011 from Julia Blau, AMP

The briefing described below is available in the Center of Expertise on the NITAG Resource

– The “Introduction to Health Economic Evaluations for NITAG members briefing” is an e-learning tool that provides NITAG members with a basic background on health economic evaluations applied to immunization. It contains 4 modules of 10 to 40 minutes each:

– Module 1: The usefulness of economic evaluations for public health

– Module 2: The different types of economic evaluations

– Module 3: The main methodological issues of an economic evaluation

– Module 4: Interpretation of cost-effectiveness ratios

http://www.nitag-resource.org/en/training/rapid-briefing.php