VPPN Membership
Past targeted members
- All participants of the Vaccine Procurement Practitioners Exchange Forums (VPPEF)
- National level stakeholders involved in the vaccine procurement process
- MICs that are self-procuring or plan to move to self-procurement
The idea was to have a closed group to encourage open exchange and to gradually include interested vaccine procurement practitioners from additional countries, as well as other relevant stakeholders and experts.
New membership criteria
- Field of work: role related to vaccine procurement
This includes such people as national buyers, national warehouse stock managers, … - Employer: focus on government stakeholders in Ministries of Health or Finance
- Partners: all intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations (IGOs and NGOs) supporting vaccine procurement
Specific categories
- Private sector companies: should be accepted on a case-by-case basis
- Vaccines suppliers: should be excluded
- UN agencies and donors: are welcome
- Academic institutions and consultants building capacity in vaccine procurement: are also welcome
Next step
Offering group membership, in addition to individual memberships, so that groups such as National Logistics Working Groups could become VPPN members. This could help with the issues of staff turnover and reluctancy to share on the network.
Our Story
The Vaccine Procurement Practitioners Network (VPPN) is a network of senior-level practitioners and technical experts from middle-income countries who exchange knowledge and learn from each other’s experiences online and at face-to-face events. The network was formed following the first Vaccine Procurement Practitioners Exchange Forum (VPPEF) in 2015, hosted by UNICEF Supply Division in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Our Purpose
The purpose of the VPPN is to improve vaccine procurement outcomes for children's health in middle-income countries.
Our Values
Committed to Children: We are a dedicated network, committed to improving child health outcomes.
Knowledge Sharing: We engage in an open exchange of opinions, observations and questions that benefit our fellow professionals facing similar challenges.
Global: We are a global community committed to regular interaction with our fellow members to support the vital work begun during the VPPEF 2015, and continued with VPPEF 2016, 2017, 2018 and upcoming VPPEF 2020.
Expertise: We are a network of senior level government officials and technical experts, focused on sharing our knowledge for the benefit of our fellow members.
Our Partners
These organizations and initiatives work together with UNICEF and the VPPN toward improving national-level immunization practices:
"It’s said that a wise person learns from his mistakes. A wiser one learns from others’ mistakes. But the wisest person of all learns from others’ successes"
Zen proverb adapted by John C. Maxwell
Welcome to the mOPV2 management Group!
The GPEI mOPV2 Management workshops held in Istanbul in 2018 and Nairobi in 2019, enabled building the capacity of almost hundred experts in cold chain logistics and vaccine management. The purpose of these workshops was to reinforce the capacity of experts in mOPV2 management.
A comprehensive mOPV2 Cold Chain, logistics and vaccine management training package was developed to equip experts/consultants and polio focal points to better support countries during polio outbreak response and Oubreak Response Assessment (OBRA).
The experts recommended creating and cultivating a Polio Response Outbreak Community of Practices – CoP – specialized in mOPV2 cold chain logistics and vaccine management. The purpose of the CoP is to exchange knowledge, technical updates, OBRA outcomes, SitReps, new tools and guidelines, as well as best practices from countries.
The CoP fosters collective intelligence to enable its members to reveal their highest potential and expertise through collaboration and innovation in synergic nurturing relationship. This Group Discussion gives the opportunity to CoP members to share experience and innovations. In future issues, we will share additional ways to improve communication and collaboration among our community.
Please join our CoP and share with us your experience and innovations related to mOPV2 CCL & VM for Outbreak Response in countries.
This is a group for people having to engage on vaccination coverage surveys wishing to promote improved quality.
Useful material can be found at https://www.technet-21.org/en/topics/vaccination-coverage-surveys and https://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/routine/coverage/en/index2.html
