Guidance
How to Develop a Continuous Improvement Plan (cIP)
This WHO-UNICEF Guidance Note provides guidance to countries on how to develop a continuous immunization supply chain (iSC) improvement plan. Its purpose is to help countries build a case for supply chain investments and develop an improvement plan that engages relevant stakeholders, thus setting the immunization programme on a path for successful implementation.
Languages
- Arabic
- English
- French: Comment élaborer un plan d’amélioration continue (cIP)
Publication year
2018
Type
Categories
5F_CIP
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| Title | Author | Year | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How to Develop a Continuous Improvement Plan (cIP) | UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO) | 2018 | Guidance | Arabic, English, French |
| How to develop a Continuous Improvement Plan (cIP) - Supplement 2: Situation analysis | UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO) | 2018 | Guidance | English |
EPI-CORE-SCL
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| Title | Author | Year | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achieving immunization targets with the comprehensive effective vaccine management (EVM) framework | UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO) | 2016 | Guidance | English, French |
| Cold room temperature mapping studies | World Health Organization (WHO) | 2018 | Guidance | English |
| EVM assessment tools and user guides | World Health Organization (WHO) | 2019 | Repository | English |
| EVM Global Data Analysis | World Health Organization (WHO) | 2018 | Guidance | English |
| EVM Model SOP manual | World Health Organization (WHO) | 2013 | Guidance | English, French |
| How to Develop a Continuous Improvement Plan (cIP) | UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO) | 2018 | Guidance | Arabic, English, French |
| Immunization supply chain and logistics - A neglected but essential system for national immunization programmes | World Health Organization (WHO) | 2014 | Guidance | English, French |
| Off-label use of vaccines | Pieter Neels, James Southern, Jon Abramson, Philippe Duclos, Joachim Hombach, Melanie Marti, Alanna Fitzgerald-Husek, Jacqueline Fournier-Caruana, Germaine Hanquet | 2017 | Journal article | English |
| Perception of health workers on the use of 30-day temperature recorders | World Health Organization (WHO) | 2018 | Guidance | English |
| Perception of health workers on the use of remote temperature monitoring systems | World Health Organization (WHO) | 2018 | Guidance | English |
| Solar direct-drive vaccine refrigerators and freezers | 2017 | Guidance | English | |
| System design approach to improve the immunization supply chain | World Health Organization (WHO) | 2018 | Guidance | English |
| Vaccine Management Handbook | UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO) | 2015 | Guidance | French |
| WHO guidance note: Vaccine diluents, revision 2015 | World Health Organization (WHO) | 2015 | Guidance | English |
| WHO policy on the use of opened multi-dose vaccine vials (2014 Revision) | World Health Organization (WHO) | 2014 | Guidance | French |
EVM2-CIP
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| Title | Author | Year | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achieving immunization targets with the comprehensive effective vaccine management (EVM) framework | UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO) | 2016 | Guidance | English, French |
| cIP Development Tool Guide (v0.03) | UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO) | 2022 | User guide | English |
| EVM Model SOP manual | World Health Organization (WHO) | 2013 | Guidance | English, French |
| EVM Model SOPs | World Health Organization (WHO) | 2011 | Guidance | English, French |
| EVM2: Making a Difference | UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO) | 2021 | Case study | English |
| Guidance on Dashboards for Immunization Supply Chains | UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, Gates Foundation | 2015 | Guidance | English |
| How to Develop a Continuous Improvement Plan (cIP) | UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO) | 2018 | Guidance | Arabic, English, French |
| How to develop a Continuous Improvement Plan (cIP) - Supplement 2: Situation analysis | UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO) | 2018 | Guidance | English |
| How to develop a Continuous Improvement Plan (cIP) - Supplement 3: cIP Agenda Repository | UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO) | 2018 | Guidance | English |
| How to develop a Continuous Improvement Plan (cIP) - Supplement 4: Collaborative Workshop Techniques | UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO) | 2018 | Guidance | English |
| How to develop a Continuous Improvement Plan (cIP) - Supplement 5: A framework for national health policies, strategies and plans | World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF | 2010 | Report | English |
| How to develop a Continuous Improvement Plan (cIP) - Supplement 6: Root Cause analysis | UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO) | 2018 | Guidance | English |
| The Impact of cIP: Catalyzing EVM and Leveraging Broader Health Systems | UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO) | 2021 | Case study | English |
| WHO-UNICEF guidelines for developing a comprehensive multi-year plan (cMYP) | UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO) | 2013 | Guidance | English, Russian, French |
Gavi-iSC-planning
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| Title | Author | Year | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnosing supply chain maturity: Supply chain compass tool helps three countries | JSI | 2015 | Report | English |
| Generic TORs & Templates- Immunization Programme's National Logistics Working Groups (NLWGs) | UNICEF | 2025 | Guidance | English, French, Russian, Spanish |
| How to Develop a Continuous Improvement Plan (cIP) | UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO) | 2018 | Guidance | Arabic, English, French |
| Managing change: Integrating vaccine and medicine supply chains | VillageReach | 2020 | Case study | English |
| Strengthening National Logistics Working Group: Guidance document for strengthening immunization supply chain governance and leadership | UNICEF | 2025 | Guidance | English, Arabic, French, Russian, Spanish |
| Total Cost of Ownership Tool for Cold Chain Equipment | PATH | 2016 | Tool | English |
| Useful resources on EVM | World Health Organization (WHO) | 2025 | Guidance | English |
| 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 |
