Case study

Considering Equity in Vaccine Supply Chains

VillageReach describes how the supply chain design process provides a good opportunity to investigate and address potential inequities. VillageReach documented its framework to help identify disparities between areas, show how proposed supply chain changes such as direct delivery or new warehouses could reduce inequity, and assess the results in the context of immunization coverage and socioeconomic factors.

Authors

Languages

  • English

Publication year

2019

Publisher

VillageReach

Type

Case study

Categories

  • Supply chain & logistics

Diseases

  • Polio

Countries

  • Pakistan

Organisations

  • Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
  • United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
  • World Health Organisation (WHO)

Tags

  • CCEOP
  • Equity
  • GVAP
  • LMIS
  • Vaccine management
  • Vaccine supply

WHO Regions

  • Eastern Mediterranean Region

Topic references

Equity

TitleAuthorYearTypeLanguage
Considering Equity in Vaccine Supply ChainsVillageReach2019Case studyEnglish
Measuring health inequalities in the context of sustainable development goalsAhmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Anne Schlotheuber, John Grove, Nicole Bergen2018Journal articleEnglish

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