Historical Development of the RRLNCCV

This space has been designed with the main objective of keeping the information on the activities carried out by the Regional Network of National Vaccine Quality Control Laboratories (RRLNCCV). The agendas, minutes, photos, and presentations from the meetings and/or workshops held during the development of this Network can be found below.

May 1997: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.  

• Minutes (Spanish)

June 1997: Havana, Cuba 

• Minutes (Spanish)

February 2004: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Minutes:Workshop on harmonization of the potency tests for diphtheria and tetanus toxoids
• Annex 1: Summary of tests used by the laboratory associated with the ANC to measure the potency of tetanus and diphtheria toxoids
• Annex 2:Work plans
  

March 2005: Caracas, Venezuela 

• Minutes (Spanish)
• Presentations (P. Parreiras; J. Arciniega; M. Cortés; M. Ibarz Background; M. Ibarz; M. Pombo)

June 2006: Caracas, Venezuela (PAHO/WHO international training course on rotavirus vaccine potency tests):   

• List of participants
• Presentations (Z. Arvelo; A. Agaton; A. Palacios; C. Gutierrez;G. Waeterloos; L. Brito;M. Ibarz; M. Pombo; P Minor)

November 2006: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Minutes (Spanish)  
• Presentations (M. Pombo; E.Leal; M. Ibarz; F. Fuchs)

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Annexes: Inventario y necesidades de patrones regionales/país

• Presentations: M. Cortés; M. Pombo; A. Martinez; A. Lara; CCAYAC-Mexico; and 3 presentations by M. Corbel (References, Regional PER-02, y 2nd-Standards)

2012: Ottawa, Canada (Spanish)

• Agenda 
• Introduction
• Situation of RRLNCCV
• Minutes