Guidance
Strengthening National Logistics Working Group: Guidance document for strengthening immunization supply chain governance and leadership
The National and Sub-National Logistics Working Groups (S)NLWGs are governance and coordination mechanisms for strengthening vaccine and cold chain management systems of national immunization programmes. These groups align stakeholders around immunization systems, supply chain governance, and leadership, ensuring efficient vaccine delivery across all levels of the health system. The document provides guidance for establishing, strengthening, and monitoring NLWGs, detailing their mandate, structure, key functions, and performance indicators.
Authors
Languages
- English
- Arabic: Guidance- Strengthening immunization programme's National Logistics Working Groups- Arabic
- French: Orientations - Renforcement des groupes de travail nationaux sur la logistique des programmes de vaccination
- Russian: Руководство – Укрепление национальных рабочих групп по логистике программ иммунизации
- Spanish: Orientación: Fortalecimiento de los grupos de trabajo nacionales de logística del programa de inmunización
Publication year
2025
Type
Guidance
Categories
- Supply chain & logistics
Tags
- EQUIP
- National Immunization Strategy (NIS)
- National logistics working group (NLWG)
- Vaccine management
- Vaccine supply
By EVM criterion
- M4 iSC performance monitoring
- Programme management
- R4 Human resources management
- R5 Knowledge management
- ST Strategic planning
Gavi-iSC-planning
| Title | Author | Year | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strengthening National Logistics Working Group: Guidance document for strengthening immunization supply chain governance and leadership | UNICEF | 2025 | Guidance | English, Arabic, French, Russian, Spanish |
| Generic TORs & Templates- Immunization Programme's National Logistics Working Groups (NLWGs) | UNICEF | 2025 | Guidance | English, French, Russian, Spanish |
| Diagnosing supply chain maturity: Supply chain compass tool helps three countries | JSI | 2015 | Report | English |
| How to Develop a Continuous Improvement Plan (cIP) | UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO) | 2018 | Guidance | Arabic, English, French |
| Vaccine wastage in Ghana, Mozambique, and Pakistan: An assessment of wastage rates for four vaccines and the context, causes, drivers, and knowledge, attitudes and practices for vaccine wastage | Mercy Mvundura, Junice Ng, Katie Reynolds, Yee Theng Ng, John Bawa, Miguel Bambo, George Bonsu, Jenny Payne, Jonathan Chua, Julia Guerette, Kwadwo Odei Antwi-Agyei, Sousa Ribe, Delma Chinavane, Kingsley Arhin-Wiredu, Akram Shah, Jesuina Sitoe, Soofia Yunus, Jocelyn Powelson, Kwame Amponsa-Achiano, Kelobo Eshioramhe Kojak, Joanie Robertson | 2023 | Case study | English |
| Useful resources on EVM | World Health Organization (WHO) | 2025 | Guidance | English |
| Managing change: Integrating vaccine and medicine supply chains | VillageReach | 2020 | Case study | English |
| Total Cost of Ownership Tool for Cold Chain Equipment | PATH | 2016 | Tool | English |
NLWG-guidance
| Title | Author | Year | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strengthening National Logistics Working Group: Guidance document for strengthening immunization supply chain governance and leadership | UNICEF | 2025 | Guidance | English, Arabic, French, Russian, Spanish |
| Guidance- Strengthening immunization programme's National Logistics Working Groups- Arabic | UNICEF | 2025 | Guidance | Arabic, English, French, Russian, Spanish |
| Orientación: Fortalecimiento de los grupos de trabajo nacionales de logística del programa de inmunización | UNICEF | 2025 | Guidance | Spanish, Arabic, English, French, Russian |
| Orientations - Renforcement des groupes de travail nationaux sur la logistique des programmes de vaccination | UNICEF | 2025 | Guidance | French, Arabic, English, Russian, Spanish |
| Руководство – Укрепление национальных рабочих групп по логистике программ иммунизации | UNICEF | 2025 | Guidance | Russian, Arabic, English, French, Spanish |
Strategic planning governance and financing
| Title | Author | Year | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaccine wastage in Ghana, Mozambique, and Pakistan: An assessment of wastage rates for four vaccines and the context, causes, drivers, and knowledge, attitudes and practices for vaccine wastage | Mercy Mvundura, Junice Ng, Katie Reynolds, Yee Theng Ng, John Bawa, Miguel Bambo, George Bonsu, Jenny Payne, Jonathan Chua, Julia Guerette, Kwadwo Odei Antwi-Agyei, Sousa Ribe, Delma Chinavane, Kingsley Arhin-Wiredu, Akram Shah, Jesuina Sitoe, Soofia Yunus, Jocelyn Powelson, Kwame Amponsa-Achiano, Kelobo Eshioramhe Kojak, Joanie Robertson | 2023 | Case study | English |
| Useful resources on EVM | World Health Organization (WHO) | 2025 | Guidance | English |
| Strengthening National Logistics Working Group: Guidance document for strengthening immunization supply chain governance and leadership | UNICEF | 2025 | Guidance | English, Arabic, French, Russian, Spanish |
| Generic TORs & Templates- Immunization Programme's National Logistics Working Groups (NLWGs) | UNICEF | 2025 | Guidance | English, French, Russian, Spanish |
| Mozambique: A Highly Effective COVID-19 Vaccine Campaign The power of multi-stakeholder planning to drive outcomes | VillageReach | 2022 | Case study | English |
| Managing change: Integrating vaccine and medicine supply chains | VillageReach | 2020 | Case study | English |
