Guidance
COVID-19 Vaccination: Supply and Logistics Guidance
Interim guidance 12 February 2021. This document provides guidance for countries to: develop and strengthen supply chain strategies to receive, store, distribute and manage COVID-19 vaccines and their ancillary products; distribute COVID-19 vaccines from port of entry up to the most remote vaccination sites; ensure the quality, efficacy, proper tracking, reporting of vaccine utilization and safety of COVID-19 vaccines throughout the supply chain; assess, design and implement appropriate waste management mechanisms to safely treat and dispose waste while protecting the environment and populations; strengthen appropriate cold chain and logistics requirements, including reverse logistics; and provide tools to support country readiness activities.
Languages
- Arabic
- Chinese
- English
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Spanish
Publication year
2021
Type
Guidance
Categories
- Supply chain & logistics
Diseases
- COVID-19
Organisations
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
By EVM criterion
- E1 Vaccine arrivals
- E4 Facility infrastructure and equipment
- E6 Stock management
- E7 Distribution of vaccines and dry goods
- E9 Waste management
