Document type: Country reports

Designing supply chains to meet the growing need of vaccines: evidence from four countries

Immunization supply chains (iSCs) move vaccines from manufacturer to point of use with the added complexities of requiring cold chain and an increasing need for agility and efficiency to ensure vaccine quality and availability. Underperforming iSCs have been widely acknowledged as a key constraint to achieving high immunization coverage rates in low- and middle-income... Read more

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3 Year Rapid Assessment of Reform in Public Medical Supplies

The Central Medical Supplies Public Corporation (CMS) is the national center for procurement and distribution of medicines in Sudan. CMS has implemented a comprehensive reform started in 2011. This report aims to describe the changes that have taken place in the CMS’s medicine supply system. The study was based on... Read more

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OPTIMIZE South Sudan Report 2013

Project Optimize, a five-year partnership between the World Health Organization (WHO) and PATH, conducted a small implementation activity in South Sudan. The goal of the activity was to test the feasibility and usefulness of implementing a mobile and cloud-based vaccine stock management information system capable of providing EPI staff at... Read more

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2013 Supply Annual Report

The 2013 Supply Annual Report provides detailed statistics on UNICEF’s local and international procurement and other key results.  Over the year, UNICEF procured $2.8 billion worth of supplies and services for children in over 134 countries and areas. The 2013 report also focuses specifically on monitoring in the supply function... Read more

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