About This Group

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

  1. Field of work: role related to vaccine procurement
    This includes such people as national buyers, national warehouse stock managers, …
  2. Employer: focus on government stakeholders in Ministries of Health or Finance
  3. 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: 

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