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The EAC is a regional intergovernmental organisation of 6 Partner States: the Republics of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South...

The EAC is a regional intergovernmental organisation of 6 Partner States: the Republics of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, the United Republic of Tanzania, and the Republic of Uganda, with its headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. It is home to 177 million people, with a land area of 2.5 million square km  and a combined GDP of US$ 193 billion (EAC Statistics for 2019).

The work of the EAC is guided by its Treaty, which mandates Partner States to collaborate and deepen integration on political, economic, social and cultural dimensions with a view to improve the quality of life of the citizen. It is under this framework particularly Article 118 of the Treat authorizes the Partner States to cooperate with eventual integration on Health. This how the EAC formed the Regional Centre of Excellence for Vaccines, Immunisation and Health supply Chain Management (EAC RCE-VIHSCM). The RCE works closely with EAC Expanded Program for Immunisation (EPI), National Medical Stores, the National Drug Authorities  and, the public universities and other Supply Chain Management (SCM) leaders to find innovative solutions to solve existing and emerging challenges to immunisation and health supply systems in the region.

The creation of this community of practice (CoP) with support from WHO TechNet-21 is thus a vehicle to institutionalise closer collaboration especially in the face of COVID-19 onslaught. This will help the EAC counter the impact of the pandemic on routine immunisation and to prepare itself for the advent of corona virus vaccine. Besides the EAC-Immunisation Managers, the CoP will aim to pool together other practitioners of health supply chain as well as expertise from UN agencies like Gavi, UNICEF, WHO and UNFPA and reputable CSOs.

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  • Dear colleagues,

    In order to define a roadmap to support countries to develop and implement strategies for integrating heat-sensitive products into the vaccine cold chain, WHO is launching a consultation with TechNet members. The aim of this consultation is to contribute to defining the interventions to be carried out and the resources to be mobilized at country and global level.

    Specifically, WHO would like to identify the lessons learned by countries that are already implementing a practice of Oxytocin or Insulin in the vaccine cold chain; identify the factors facilitating and limiting this integration and define at which segments of the supply chain integration should take place. Here are some of the questions WHO would like to pose to the TechNet21 community:

    What has been your experiences when integrating oxytocin and insulin (or other non-EPI vaccines product) in your country cold chain system? What were the key reasons for doing so, the decision-making process and what things worked and what didn’t?

    What are the most critical factors limiting the integration of Oxytocin or Insulin into the vaccine cold chain in countries that have not yet done so? And what are the top 3 factors that would facilitate this integration?

    Where integration is more appropriate: What segments of the supply chain could most benefit from integration? At what level of the supply chain should integration occur (national, sub-national and service levels)? For what function of the supply chain should integration occur (planning, storage, distribution, handling, and management, information, cold chain equipment temperature and performance monitoring, and management)?”

    Could you please reply here:  https://www.technet-21.org/en/community/discussions/integration-of-temperature-sensitive-pharmaceuticals-in-the-vaccine-cold-chain

    We would appreciate any feedback, even if short.

    Thank you for expressing your view and experience!
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