Dear colleagues,
I have just put together a comprehensive slide deck on the Field-Anchored Vaccine Specification Matrix (FAVSM) - a framework I developed and published through IntechOpen in March 2026 to translate field operational constraints directly into vaccine product design requirements.
The deck covers:
Why vaccination fails in fragile settings at the product level, not only at delivery
The six operational domains of FAVSM and their three innovation tiers
Field evidence from nOPV2, measles-containing vaccine, Mpox, and Ebola deployments across DRC, Liberia, South Sudan, and Nigeria
How FAVSM complements and operationalizes the WHO Target Product Profile
Implications for vaccine developers, procurement bodies, EPI programmes, donors, and policymakers
The PDF is attached. Free to download the book chapter and the slides.
Read the full chapter: https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.1014867
Comments, questions, and challenges to the ideas are very welcome.
Tambe Elvis Akem
Medical Field Epidemiologist | Health & Immunization Specialist | Health Equity Advocate
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