Chaîne d'approvisionnement et logistique

Chaîne d’approvisionnement et logistique de la vaccination, notamment la prévision des besoins en vaccins et la planification de l’approvisionnement, les systèmes de distribution, la gestion des vaccins, les pertes de vaccins et la gestion des déchets.

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They fail because technicians don't believe their actions will be supported.Imagine you have to travel 30 km to a facility where the refrigerator has failed. Before you can go, you need a transport allowance, and approval takes several layers of sign-off. The road is bad, so the trip takes three hou...
Dear Colleagues, We've developed a lightweight web tool for calculating the net storage capacity of an existing cold room from its installed shelving, and we'd value critique from this community before we take it further. The gap we're trying to fill The established tools — the WHO Vaccine Volume...
Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to share that the upgraded version of the Immunization Forecasting and Supply Planning Toolbox webpage has been released on TechNet: https://www.technet-21.org/en/immunization-forecasting-and-supply-planning-toolbox Originally launched by UNICEF in collaboration wit...
Pour renforcer la surveillance et la maintenance des équipements de la chaîne du froid, le ministère sénégalais de la Santé, avec le soutien de PATH, a développé le CCE/EPI Tracker, une solution numérique intégrée à DHIS2. Rejoignez ce webinaire pour découvrir comment l'outil permet la surveillance...
Keeping vaccines safe requires more than deploying cold chain equipment. It also requires reliable systems to monitor performance, track temperature data, manage maintenance activities, and support timely decision-making. Join us to learn how Senegal's Ministry of Health, with support from PATH, in...
French below - français ci-dessous   Join this TechNet webinar in partnership with UNICEF to hear country experiences with the WHO PQS-prequalified Emvolio (Blackfrog) transportable powered vaccine storage (TPVS) solution. Speakers from Kenya, India, Tanzania, and other deployment setti...
Vaccines like BCG and Measles must be kept between + 2°C to +8°C. Is there any risk if these vaccines were placed on the bottom shelf of combo/combination refrigerator, where the temperature may drop below sub-zero? In the past these freeze dried vaccine were stored in minus temperature....
Countries across sub-Saharan Africa continue to make progress toward improving routine immunization (RI) coverage, yet significant operational challenges remain in delivering potent vaccines to underserved and hard-to-reach populations. Outreach immunization activities are routinely conducted in env...
How many single-dose IPV vials and 5-dose of measles vaccine vials can be stored in a net one litre space in a combo refrigerator?...
Dear all, I want to share with you the experience about packaging vaccines that require to be between -50ºC and -15ºC to maximize the shelf life given by the lab.We prepared a 40% solution of Mono Ethylene Glycol with water inside HDPE bottle (icepacks), freezing at -50ºC for 2 days at least, then ...
What works in immunization: Results-driven approaches in resource-constrained settings Insights from the Routine Immunization Strengthening Program (RISP) Learning Consortium Wednesday 15 July 2026 9:00 EDT/13:00 GMT/16:00 EAT/21:00 PKT Register: https://tinyurl.com/RISP-webinar  Join PAT...
The Gavi 6.0 immunisation supply chain (iSC) strategy marks a shift toward more country-led, system-wide strengthening, focusing on the most critical bottlenecks and long-term sustainability. It promotes coordinated improvements across the full delivery system, from data and planning to workforce, i...
Join us for an introduction to the Gavi 6.0 Immunisation Supply Chain (iSC) Strategy and explore how it can be applied in practice to strengthen country planning and partner engagement. This session will unpack what is new in the Gavi 6.0 iSC Strategy, how it fits within the broader Gavi 6.0 and he...
A new case study is available on TechNet on routine immunization strengthening in South Sudan, Greater Upper Nile region, including short documentaries. South Sudan’s Greater Upper Nile region is a complex environment with significant operational challenges to delivering vaccines while navigating s...
Nine officials from Egypt’s Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) strengthened their technical skills in Cold Chain Equipment Management (CCEM) during a 10-day training at the EAC Regional Centre of Excellence for Vaccines, Immunization and Health Supply Chain Management in Kigali, Rwanda (3–15 M...
A new tool for collecting, analysing, and reporting temperature data has been released by WHO. This Microsoft Excel tool, which can be used as part of a temperature monitoring study, is available as a zip file on the WHO website, and comes with a set of user documentation.  www.who.int/publica...
The ‘Cold chain equipment and dry store temperature mapping tool’ is a tool for mapping temperatures in various types of cold chain equipment and dry stores and is available in official United Nations (UN) languages. Version 10.0 was released in January 2026 and includes various performance improvem...
Are you interested in how cutting-edge technology is solving real-world challenges with the vaccine cold chain? Join us for an exclusive deep dive into the Varo/Pogo-LT application - a game-changer for temperature data collection and vaccine safety. We’re exploring how this innovative tool is being...
Here is something we rarely say out loud in our sector. Every time we pull a pharmacist or a logistician out of their facility for a classroom training, the pharmacy or the supply chain behind them doesn't pause. The stockouts don't wait. The cold chain doesn't care about the workshop schedule. &n...
Hi, TechNet Friends. We are conducting a short research survey on vaccine cold chain reliability and would welcome your participation. The survey is part of a study applying a behavioral science framework to the operational practices that sustain immunization supply chains — an area where the exper...
Happy  2026,   Wanted to share this opportunity with you. ........   Artificial Intelligence tools are penetrating the Supply Chain Sector! Are you ready to embrace AI in an effective way?  Routine work of many health supply chain professionals includes analysing data, ...
Hi everyone, I’m looking to learn more about how temperature-sensitive medicines and vaccines are monitored during delivery, particularly in areas of the world that have limited connectivity/unreliable power. I was thinking about rural communities or for example transporting typhoid vaccines in are...
Switching from sepaetae pentavalent +IPV to Hexavalent vaccine will reduce the logistic, storage and nos of injection as well as price, so what is the purpose of doing cost analysis?...
Webinar.   Date & Time: Feb 18, 2026 02:00 PM in Luxembourg   Description This webinar highlights how the Indigo Cold Chain Vaccine Carrier is expanding immunization access to zero-dose children. The first presentation, led by Global South Health Ventures, introduc...
Leveraging Chap and the DHIS2 platform for stock forecastingTuesday, 27 January 2026 14:00 – 15:00 CET Virtual - En ligne Le webinaire disposera d’une interprétation simultanée en françaisReliable health supply chains are vital for patient care, and stock availability serves as a key performance ind...
TechNet has published a new page that contains a huge list of user guides for WHO-PQS prequalified cold chain equipment temperature monitoring devices. It is organised into the following sections: Shipping indicators Freeze indicators Threshold indicators Vaccine Vial Monitors (VVM) Remote te...
Dear colleagues - As many of you are already aware, New Horizons will be concluding our operations by end of this year. To minimize disruption to countries and partners, we have worked diligently over the past months to identify and transition a variety of critical tools and workstreams to oth...
Request for Expression of Interest (EOI): Development, Manufacturing, and Distribution of Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) and Enzyme Immunoassays (EIAs) for Acute Typhoid Fever Surveillance Typhoid fever (TF) is a severe systemic illness associated with abdominal pain, fever and occasionally can be l...
Join us on 8 December at 15h30 CET for a webinar introducing post market monitoring of cold chain equipment.  Post Market Monitoring (PMM) of immunization cold chain equipment (CCE) involves collecting and analysing performance data from health and storage facilities to support timely correcti...
To mark World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day on 17 November, VillageReach invites you to the online premiere of our short film, Peer-to-Peer Learning to Improve HPV Vaccine Coverage. This film highlights how communities in Manica Province, Mozambique are working together to improve HPV v...
Dear Colleagues, The Peer Learning Certificate 1: Supply Chain Data for Decision Making is the first of its kind eLearning program designed for supply chain professionals where you will learn alongside your peers and an expert.  Learn with Emmanuel Nfor - who has led supply chains a...
This happened in August 2025 !----------------------------------------------------🌍✨ A Double Milestone for Health and Immunization in Zambia!The DRIVE initiative and the Health Facility Solarization and Electrification Project✨🌍We are proud to celebrate two remarkable achievements that mark a new c...
[Français ci-dessous] Dear Colleagues, It is with great pleasure that we announce the upcoming edition of our Virtual KLIC Innovation Agora series - vKIA #10: "From Training to Transformation: Embedding Capacity-Building Systems into the Workplace" We warmly invite you to join u...
We are pleased to introduce AFRiSC (AFRO for Immunization Supply Chain), a mobile application co-developed by the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO) and GaneshAID. AFRiSC is a learning and performance management tool designed to meet the training needs of immunization su...
Dear colleagues, WHO would like to invite you to participate in a survey to help us understand and update global guidance based on your management, maintenance, and procurement of refrigerated vehicles.  This survey will take approximately 30 minutes to complete and will help us deliver update...
Bee Skilled Global, in partnership with PharmaConnect Africa, invites you to a Leadership Masterclass with Dr Andrew Brown, a supply chain leader and renowned facilitator.Where: Lusaka, ZambiaWhen: Pre-conference workshop on 14th October | PharmaConnect 2025Format: Hybrid (in-person + Hive platform)...
Cher.e collègue, Votre expertise est essentielle à une nouvelle initiative mondiale en santé publique. PATH, en collaboration avec l'Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS) et l'UNICEF, élabore des recommandations améliorées et fondées sur des données probantes pour la gestion des véhicules réfrigé...
Dear Colleagues,   I have been involved with The People Delivery Coalition since 2011. Much has been achieved and there is much to be done as we consider vaccine and health supply chain workforce issues. Please join us for this summit.....    What: The PtD supply chain work...
Dear Colleague, Your expertise is crucial to a new global health initiative. PATH11, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, is developing improved, evidence-based guidance for the management of refrigerated vehicles in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Refrig...
Dear TechNet community I'm pleased to share this video introduction to Equipment Monitoring Systems (EMS), a new WHO requirement for vaccine refrigerators starting in 2026. Learn how EMS helps improve cold chain reliability through better data access, streamlined troubleshooting, and integration wi...
If freeze alert (freeze indicator) is cross minimum one hour, can we suspect this T series vaccine is frozen and discard it, since it is difficult to confirm by doing shake test whether vaccine been frozen or not....
I believe there are two type of hexavalent vaccine which contain a cellular pertussis vaccine and another is whole-cell pertussis vaccine. So, which vaccine is effective to use for routine immunization program?  ...
Dear Colleagues (Please share through your networks)   Through UNICEF, we are seeking to understand cold chain, procurement and supply chain workforce needs for professionals that work with vaccines or health products or medical equipment and devices.   We would like to better underst...
Hi all, I have a question regarding VVM type.  I'd like to know what factors contribute towards the VVM type for a particular vaccine.  For example, I see two vaccines for the same antigen, Diphtheria-Tetanus (reduced antigen content), with the same presentation, liquid 20-dose vial...
  Dear Colleagues,   I would like to invite you to the above webinar.   Are you ready to rethink procurement of medical products? Join SAPICS and Bee Skilled as they convene health and supply chain experts across Africa for an interactive session exploring market shaping strateg...
What could be the specific immunization schedule for premature baby considering weight etc.? ...
DID YOU KNOW? 🧊 Fridge-tags, Q-tags and SmartSystem by Berlinger are all *validated compatible* with the DHIS2 platform! These solutions can now be easily integrated, allowing temperature data to be incorporated with the DHIS2 system to provide users with analytics and insights for cold chain equipm...
Join us for a 90 min interactive summit where together we will seek to: Understand on-the-ground implications for medicines availability and use due to USAID and other bi-lateral funding reductions. Share strategies and approaches currently being used by country professionals to address medicine...
Got a question on the Effective Vaccine Management (EVM) assessment tool? Or the continuous improvement planning (cIP) process? Now’s your chance to ask. The EVM assessment and cIP development and tracking tools have been instrumental in helping more than 100 countries to strengthen their immunizat...
Dear TechNet colleagues, I have put together a new Hot Topic page this lists available guidance on handling cold chain emergencies. This is intended to support the preparedness and response capabilities of health personnel in maintaining vaccine integrity during emergencies, principally temperature ...
Does anyone know of a suitable healthcare equipment management and maintenance systems, based on the inventory? I am aware of the current capabilities of mSupply. For comparison purposes, does anyone know of an alternative asset management system, that is suitable for the management of biomedical (h...
Dear Colleagues, The pharmaceutical landscape is evolving rapidly, with increasing regulatory demands, digital transformation, and supply chain complexities. Stay ahead of these changes by joining the UNITAR webinar on Effective Strategies for Pharmaceutical Management, hosted in partnership with&n...
We are happy to announce the latest version of the Total Cost of Ownership tool for cold chain equipment (v1.96) is now available for download and use! If you are currently using an earlier version, be sure to get the updated version from the link below.   https://www.path.org/o...
Dear colleagues, In 2025, the Interagency Supply Chain Group will be leading a new initiative to address the critical challenges of Supply Chain fragmentation by forming a Taskforce on Supply Chain Integration. The ISG aims to bring together a diverse group of Global Health Supply Chain profession...
Access to primary health care remains a challenge for many under-reached communities in Africa. About 615 million people are outside the reach of essential health services, including health products such as medicines, vaccines, medical devices, diagnostics, protective equipment and assistive devices...
Mastering supply chain management is like performing magic—it requires foresight, precision, adaptability, and seamless collaboration. Just like magicians captivate audiences with their tricks, effective supply chain professionals enchant stakeholders by ensuring smooth operations, innovative soluti...
In my experience, countries do not normally combine the management and maintenance of medical (hospital) equipment with Cold Chain equipment. Staff, Procurement, Inventory-keeping, Training, Repair, etc. tend to be kept separate. Obstacles to integration include, among other factors, difference...
Millions of dollars are spent on procuring and maintaining Cold Chain Equipment (CCE), yet few tools support holistic management of these big investments. The DHIS2 Cold Chain Equipment (CCE) Lifecycle Management tool allows for tracking and maintaining equipment from installation to decommissioning...
I think there are indicators which can monitor the freezing status of vaccine or prevent  like vaccine carrier, freeze alert, 30 DTR etc, but some time when vaccine get freeze it is difficult to confirm whether vaccine been frozen or not through shake test. Now many new technologies are coming...
Dear TechNet community, Women in Global Health will host a webinar discussion on the integration of gender considerations in pharmaceutical supply chain management. Gender-Responsive Health Supply Chain Systems: Are we there yet? October 29, 12 :00 PM UTC, 3:00 PM CET The featured webinar paneli...
Dear TechNet community, Effective CCE displays are crucial for maintaining vaccine integrity. Health facility staff rely on these displays to provide unambiguous and timely information to ensure the safety of stored vaccines. Following the publication of the WHO PQS EMS standards in 2022, multiple...
VillageReach is excited to share a new research report looking at gender equity in the public health supply chain (PHSC) workforce. We know that women are under-represented within the health supply chain workforce, making up 41% of the overall supply chain workforce and only 26% of supply chain mana...
Sharing the following news article from the UK Guardian newspaper.  https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/11/sydney-gp-vaccine-storage-issue-holy-family-medical-dulwich-hill "A letter from the practice to a parent whose child received a vaccine during this period seen by Guardia...
Fridge-tag 2E devices are battery-operated and manufactured upon receiving an order. These devices have a total operating life of 5 years (60 months), with an additional 6 months allocated for transit and storage before activation. To ensure the full 60-month operating life, Fridge-tags must be act...
Join Us for an Insightful Webinar on Health Workforce Development!    MSH is thrilled to host a dynamic webinar focusing on Health Workforce Development through the lens of sustainable, locally led development. Don’t miss out on the chance to hear from our MSH expert panelists and gain v...
We are pleased to share guidance document for repurposing Ultra-Cold Chain equipment. Very timely as many countries are going through Mpox outbreak and starting Big-Catchup Vaccination campaigns.    best imran on behalf of Anahitta...
Dear Colleagues & Friends,   It is with great sadness that I write to inform you of the passing of one of the stalwarts of cold chain and immunization over the decades. On Wednesday 11 September 2024 after a scheduled procedure,Ticky unexpectedly passed. A mentor to many, including myself...
Concerns over the depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer because of refrigerants and foaming agents used in CCEs have spurred a global effort to phase out the production and consumption of CFC and many others (i.e. HCFCs). Subsequent concerns over global warming have reinforced the need to elimi...
Daer Colleague and Friends, Greetings from UNICEF Regional Offcie for South Asia!   I am seeking your guidance on the follwoing matter, 1. Guideline on the disposal of large quantities of discarded unopened vials at the bulk vaccine store. 2. WHO guideline on the use of hubcutter and waste...
Developed at the request of the WHO, AFRiSC offers over 72 micro-learning capsules, each approximately 10 minutes long, designed to provide you with practical and accessible training wherever you may be. Download AFRiSC today and join the community of vaccination professionals committed to improving...
Access to safe and effective medical products is a critical determinant of health outcomes, yet many low and middle-income countries still face significant challenges.  Alarmingly, falsified medicines contribute to approximately 500,000 deaths every year in Sub-Saharan Africa alone. It's cruc...
Dear all, I was recently made aware that WHO produced a documentary film on the achievement of Ghana in establishing "the first developing country vaccine cold chain, a model then reproduced by all countries in the World" (as described by Michel Zaffran in his recent forum post on John Lloyd). The f...
In a significant milestone marking half a century of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI), UNICEF has unveiled a comprehensive report highlighting the programme's evolution, achievements, and ongoing challenges. The report, titled UNICEF’s Contribution to Immunization Supply Chain in the Fir...
Parsyl and Berlinger partner to strenghten cold chain monitoring in LMIC. This is done by ensuring validated compatibility between the data generated by Berlinger's Fridge-tags and Q-tags on one hand, and the supply chain insurance solutions of Parsyl on the other hand. Your temperature data can ...
CHAI is pleased to share learnings from its experience working on last-mile distribution in Kenya, Lao PDR and Uganda between 2019 and 2022. See this post here. The document aims to share insights on the key gaps impacting last mile distribution, why they persist and the learnings based on the...
The HISP Centre at University of Oslo invites you to join us for the next edition in our Gavi-supported DHIS2 for Immunization webinar series. This quarter, our focus is on DHIS2 use in immunization supply chains. We will present examples from the Unicef-Thrive360 National Control tower project...
En 2020, l'OMS et l'UNICEF ont publié un Déclaration commune encourageant une plus grande intégration des produits pharmaceutiques sensibles à la température dans la chaîne d’approvisionnement des produits de santé. La déclaration conjointe réitère l'importance d'une intégration sûre, réalisable et ...
Dear experts The Pan American Journal of Public Health just did and published an investigation about the assesment of 18 EPI in Latin America with the title of this article that I copied. Colombia is ranking 5th but the result was better than Argentina, Brasil and Mexico, countries with more than 7...
In 2020, WHO and UNICEF issued a joint statement encouraging greater health commodity supply chain integration for temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals where appropriate. The joint-statement reiterates the value of safe, feasible and cost-effective integration of temperature-sensitive health produc...
Hi colleagues, I am looking to copile a photo album of cold chain equipment in use from the launch of EPI in 1974 until the the birth of WHO PQS in 2007. If you have any good examples of early vaccine refrigerators and freezers (or domestics), cold boxes, vaccine carriers, and temperature monitoring...
Supply Chain Now has released another episode featuring VillageReach. The episode is titled: Supply Chain Leadership Across Africa: Using Innovation to Transform African Health Care Supply Chains.  It features VillageReach’s Tapiwa Mukwashi and David Chen, a public health supply chain innovator...
Hi Colleagues, I am excited to be moderating this very interesting webinar…. National pharmaceutical services units (NPSUs) are central government divisions responsible for medicines regulation, health supply chain, and pharmaceutical services. They impact the government’s ability to serve as stew...
(We’re conducting a virtual Pharmaceutical Systems Strengthening (PSS) Skills Exchange in French! Please see below and circulate to your Francophone colleagues. If you’re interested in our previous PSS Skills Exchanges in English, please visit this page to learn more. https://www.mtapsprogram.org/ou...
Effective Vaccine Management (EVM) was launched in 2009. Since then many countries have undertaken EVM assessments, with the objective of improving their immunization supply chain and vaccine management practices. It is fair to take a moment and consider the impact of EVM. So…. I asked ChatGPT about...
Hola a todos los usuarios hispanohablantes de Fridge-tag: Ya está disponible el entrenamiento en español. Se ha grabado un entrenamiento reciente para colegas de Cuba y el vídeo ya está disponible para todos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxG_a1NbM4I     (Hello to all Spanish-speakin...
National pharmaceutical services units (NPSUs) are central government divisions responsible for medicines regulation, health supply chain, and pharmaceutical services. They impact the government’s ability to serve as stewards of the health system and ensure equitable and easy access to safe, effecti...
Dear Sir/Madam, We would like to kindly invite you for your participation in our virtual consultation for the ongoing study ‘Method guides for evaluating the technical/fiscal efficiency of digital vaccine supply chain systems’ under the support of the Access and Delivery Partnership. This study ...
In case you missed it, People that Deliver and VillageReach have published an op-ed on the Devex homepage entitled Why we need to professionalize the health supply chain workforce. It explains that the supply chain management skills gap is one of the reasons why more than half of the African p...
Dear TechNet community, this year marks the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI). WHO and other partners will be commemorating this with various events and publications throughout the year.  One idea being considered is a short video on the evolution...
Have you registered for the PtD Global Indaba? Don't miss out! Between 6 and 8 March 2024 People that Deliver (PtD) will host the second edition of the PtD Global Indaba in Bangkok, Thailand, a conference that focuses exclusively on human resources for health supply chain management. On Friday 8 Ma...
Hi all,  I'm putting together a case for our organization to prioritze support for the immunisation supply chain vertical as I feel it's an area that we could make a significant contribution towards in terms of saving costs and reducing wastage.  I'm planning to break the case into 2 par...
Dear Colleagues, We wish to bring the following survey to your attention, aiming to collect insights on country preferences for improved heat stable vaccines. Anyone with experience working in vaccine cold-chains, who can speak to the challenges related to low heat-stability of vaccines and what i...
Dear colleagues and friends, Happy to share the EVM Assessment Report and Comprehensive Improvement Plans (cIP) from Lao PDR. Laos conducted its 3rd National EVM assessment in October 2022 using the revised and more comprehensive EVM 2.0 tool for the first time. The questionnaires were even transla...
Check out this thought piece continuing the conversation started during the TechNet-21 conference in Panama at a side event: https://www.jsi.com/cold-chain-maintenance-done-differently/ How can we best translate this temperature data and insights into actions for different immunization supply chain...
Technical Series: Achieving Sustainable Health Care Waste ManagementThis three-part webinar series, hosted by UNICEF and GAVI in association with TechNet-21, will orient participants on the key actions to needed to address health care waste, including national strategies, facility-level improvements...
Abstract submission for the PtD Global Indaba closes this Friday 1 December. Don't miss the oppportunity to present the work of your organisation!   Early-bird registration also ends this Friday, after which the registration price will rise.   Submit an abstract here: https://ptde...
Dear colleagues I´d like to share the experience about to maximize the shelf life of this vaccine. Based on the manufacturer, the vaccine has a extended period of useful life if the range of temperate is between -50°C and -15°C, we have this vaccine in these range of temperature inside of a WIFR, t...
The new feature of warnings to help safeguarding vaccines is now incorporated into the latest SmartView version. How it works: While temperature alarms are standard and widely utilized, Berlinger’s SmartView introduces an additional layer of defense through automated warnings. Warnings serve as a...
Hi everyone Two weeks ago, at the Technet 2023 conference in Panama, there was much discussion on vaccine wastage, especially unavoidable opened vial wastage. It is a very hot topic, but it need not be so hot. In 2020, WHO published an article in Vaccine on vaccine wastage in routine vaccination s...
**une version françaisese trouve en bas de la page**   CALLING MMUNIZATION STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED IN VACCINE DELIVERY AT COUNTRY-LEVEL TO REFLECT ON COLD CHAIN STORAGE AND VACCINE STABILITY PREFENCES. On behalf of the the Vaccine Innovation Prioritisation Strategy (VIPS), we wish to invit...
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