1. Why temperature monitoring?

ADAMA SAWADOGO

This page contains background information about the risk incurred by the vaccines exposed to temperatures too high or too low; the improvements that a structured system of surveillance can bring into the vaccine distribution chain and the approach needed to make the necessary changes for the achievement of the goal. 

  1. Risk to vaccines 
  2. Why bother?
  3. What is needed for an effective temperature monitoring?

Countries embarking on a project of implementing systematic temperature monitoring need a good understanding of where the focus needs to be and where the risk is the highest.