Post00261 MDVP 27 June 2000
CONTENTS
1. IS MDVP BEING WIDELY IMPLEMENTED? RESPONSE!
The Multi-Dose Vial Policy (previously the Open Vial Policy) recommends the
continued use of multi-dose vials of DTP/TT/DT/Hb/OPV beyond one
immunization session provided conditions of safe storage and usage are met.
Implementation of the MDVP should yield substantial savings through
reduced sessional wastage.
In Technet Post00255, Bob Davis, UNICEF, asked about studies on savings
achieved and which countries are actually implementing the MDVP.
In today's posting Alasdair Wylie makes some useful suggestions and helps
to refresh our institutional memory.
Serge Ganivet, WHO/AFRO, briefly reports on implementation in the Central
African Region.
From: "Alasdair Wylie"
To: "Technet Moderator"
Subject: Re: Post00255 MDVP
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 23:21:47 +0100
A couple of comments on MDVP, re Bob's question:
1. When in the Caucasus countries a year ago to help plan EPI evaluations I
came across an annual EPI summary report form being used by UNICEF which had
among various additional information questions one which asked whether "open
vial policy" was yet being implemented in the country. I assumed at the
time that the form (which I can fax if of interest) was standard for at
least the countries of that UNICEF region; presumably it would not be
difficult for UNICEF to confirm how many countries were using it, or
supposed to be.
2. Re savings: when the first version of this policy was first presented, at
the first "Operation MECACAR" meeting in Ankara in 1995, I suggested that
in order to help countries find out what savings were being made, WHO
prepare a simple model study protocol which could be used by countries
"before" and " after" policy change. A meeting recommendation to this
effect was drafted but I do not recall seeing it appearing in the eventual
meeting report, or any subsequent action on it from WHO. (Please correct me
if I am wrong). It has always seemed fairly obvious that in the absence of
reasonably accurate figures on actual (as opposed to theoretical) vaccine
usage/wastage - which as we know all too few countries do even over twenty
years after the launch of a global EPI - before a change to MDVP, finding
out savings as a result of policy change is just guesswork. It is also
still not too late to make a start.
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Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 10:42:49 +0200
To: Technet Moderator
From: Serge Ganivet
Subject: Re: Post00255 MDVP
Dear Bob,
The MDVP is implemented or should be implemented since last week. There was
a national workshop/training on EPI with the introduce of MDVP. Let see.
The MDVP should be implemented soon in Cameroon, during a national training
also but the date is still not fixed.
regards
serge
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