In 2014, the Gavi Alliance partners developed the Gavi Immunization Supply Chains (iSC) Strategy focusing on strengthening country immunization supply chains. From the port of entry to the immunization in clinics, the supply chain is critical to ensure potent vaccines are available to the beneficiaries in an efficient manner. The strategy is built on five fundamentals essential to strengthen the performance of immunization supply chains. This page provides a list of key resources, organised by these fundamentals.
- Supply Chain Data for Management
- Supply Chain System Design
- Supply Chain Leadership
- Cold Chain Equipment
- Continuous Improvement & Planning
Through the Gavi iSC Strategy, national immunization managers, implementing partners and other immunization supply chain experts will gain access to targeted technical assistance and guidance documents, tools, case stories and other material that can help them improve immunization supply chains in countries.
Supply Chain Data for Management
The aim of the Data for Management (D4M) approach is to make it easier for health workers and supply chain managers to collect, analyze, visualize and use data for decision-making.
| Title | Author | Year | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data For Management Landscape | Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance | 2014 | Guidance | English |
| eLMIS Selection Guide | USAID - Deliver Project | 2015 | Guidance | English |
| GAVI Alliance Immunisation Supply Chain Strategy | Gemma Orta-Martinez, Kaleb Brownlow | Presentation | English | |
| Myanmar: Development of Electronic Logistics Management Information Systems (eLMIS) in Immunization Supply Chain Management | UNICEF | 2017 | Case study | English |
Supply Chain System Design
System Design is a process which creates the plan, or blueprint, for how the immunization supply chain should run, including how all of the components of the supply chain system (program requirements, distribution network, storage, human resources, equipment, planning, monitoring, and data) fit together and interact.
| Title | Author | Year | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costing analysis and anthropological assessment of the vaccine supply chain system redesign in the Comé District (Benin) | Xiao Xian Huang, Elise Guillermet, Jean-Bernard Le Gargasson, Daleb Abdoulaye Alfa, Romule Gbodja, Adanmavokin Justin Sossou, Phillippe Jaillard | 2017 | Journal article | English |
| From Supply Chain Analysis to Action: Delivering Vaccines in Ethiopia | JSI | 2015 | Guidance | English |
Supply Chain Leadership
Next-generation immunisation supply chains require dedicated and competent managers as well as adequate numbers of skilled, accountable, motivated and empowered personnel at all levels of the health system. The Vaccine Alliance helps countries strengthen and build supply chain managers’ capacity by providing focused technical assistance, tools, training and other resources.
| Title | Author | Year | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Process Guide and Toolkit for Strengthening Public Health Supply Chains through Capacity Development | iSolutions, People That Deliver, UNFPA, UNICEF, UPS, USAID - Deliver Project | Tool | English | |
| The people factor: An analysis of the human resources landscape for immunization supply chain management | Musonda Kasonde, Pamela Steele | 2017 | Journal article | English |
Cold Chain Equipment
The Cold Chain Equipment fundamental is aimed at assisting decision-makers at all supply chain levels to choose correct and reliable cold chain equipment for vaccine storage. Supporting countries in improving their cold chains to ensure that vaccines remain cold, safe and effective throughout the entire supply chain.
| Title | Author | Year | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Chain Equipment Optimisation Platform - Technology Guide | Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance | 2023 | Guidance | English |
| Decommissioning and safe disposal of cold chain equipment | UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO) | 2018 | Guidance | English |
| General Procurement Guideline for Cold Chain Equipment | UNICEF | 2020 | Guidance | English |
Continuous Improvement & Planning
This multi-year strategic and operational plan is an innovative vehicle for strengthening the immunization supply chain that harnesses the vision of a country and their commitment to sustainable improvements.
| Title | Author | Year | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comment élaborer un plan d’amélioration continue (cIP) | UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO) | 2018 | Guidance | French |
| How to Develop a Continuous Improvement Plan (cIP) | UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO) | 2018 | Guidance | Arabic, English |
| How to develop a Continuous Improvement Plan (cIP) - Supplement 2: Situation analysis | UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO) | 2018 | Guidance | English |