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Vaccine Wastage Rates Calculator

A planning tool for improving the accuracy of forecasting vaccine wastage rates based on service delivery settings.

  • Estimates, with greater precision, vaccine supply requirements and to improve the planning and management of immunization programmes.
  • Automatically calculates the estimated wastage rates for all WHO prequalified vaccines, increasing the accuracy and quality of wastage data at country level.
  • Computes the total wastage rate, which includes the unavoidable open vial wastage rate, the closed vial wastage rate per storage facility and the avoidable opened vial wastage rate.

Languages

  • English

Publication year

2025

Type

Tool

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