Landscaping the structures of GAVI country vaccine supply chains and testing the effects of radical redesign. Issue 36 (26th August 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lee, Bruce Y.; Connor, Diana L.; Wateska, Angela R.; Norman, Bryan A.; Rajgopal, Jayant; Cakouros, Brigid E.; Chen, Sheng-I.; Claypool, Erin G.; Haidari, Leila A.; Karir, Veena; Leonard, Jim; Mueller, Leslie E.; Paul, Proma; Schmitz, Michelle M.; Welling, Joel S.; Weng, Yu-Ting; Brown, Shawn T.
• Is Part Of: Vaccine. Volume 33:Issue 36(2015)
• Page Start: 4451
• Page End: 4458
• Publication Date: 2015-08-26
• Subjects: Vaccines -- Periodicals; 615.372
• DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.07.033
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0264-410X

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">Many GAVI-eligible countries' vaccine supply chains were designed in the 1970s.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">Supply chain design does not correlate closely with country characteristics.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">We used HERMES to model current and radically simpler designs in sample countries.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">Simpler designs reduce operating costs and warrant consideration in many countries.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>