Improving management of vaccine supply chains: A multi-methods evaluation of vSTEP in Zambia

Linnander, Erika; Ineza, Lynka; Bobo, Patricia; Bechtold, Kali

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.07.027

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“…According to Xu et al (2023), it is important to rethink the right configuration of global supply chains and reform several relevant operational techniques in order to survive the COVID-19 or similar crisis in the future. Linnander et al (2022) indicate that professionals in the VSC need to be capable of handling complex routine immunization schedules, address issues in primary healthcare systems and ensure that there is no disruption despite issues like political instability and COVID-19. Hence, well-defined strategies are required to plan, manage and implement VSC during an outbreak.…”

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“…Today's VSCs face huge demands involving fewer vaccine suppliers, complex vaccination schedules, multiple stakeholders, inefficient logistics and supply chains and regulatory issues (Rai et al ., 2022; Hu et al ., 2023; Linnander et al ., 2022; Chandra and Kumar, 2018). The occurrence of these issues and challenges has a direct impact on the immunization rates in developing nations like India (Chandra and Kumar, 2018).…”

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An incentive mechanism contract model to coordinate a vaccine supply chain under demand uncertainty

Chandra,

Jain,

Chan

2023

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PurposeThe increasing prevalence of a wide range of infectious diseases, as well as the underwhelming results of vaccination rates that may be traced back to problems with vaccine procurement and distribution, have brought to the fore the importance of vaccine supply chain (VSC) management in recent years. VSC is the cornerstone of effective vaccination; hence, it is crucial to enhance its performance, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where immunization rates are not satisfactory.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper, the authors focus on VSC performance improvement of India by proposing supply contracts under demand uncertainty. The authors propose three contracts – wholesale price (WSP), cost sharing (CS) and incentive mechanism (IM) for the government-operated immunization program of India.FindingsThe authors' findings indicate that IM is capable of coordinating the supply chain, whereas the other two contracts are inefficient for the government. To validate the model, it is applied to a real-world scenario of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in India, and the findings show that an IM contract improves the overall efficiency of the system by 23.72%.Originality/valuePrevious studies focused mainly on the influenza VSC industry within developed nations. Nonetheless, there exists a dearth of literature pertaining to the examination of supply contracts and their feasibility for immunization programs that are administered by the government and aimed at optimizing societal benefits. The authors' findings can be beneficial to the immunization program of India to optimize their VSC cost.

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An incentive mechanism contract model to coordinate a vaccine supply chain under demand uncertainty

Chandra,

Jain,

Chan

2023

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Strategies to develop a sustainable and resilient vaccine supply chain in the context of a developing economy

Mahmud

Ahmed

Janan

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Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

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A Literature Survey on Vaccine Supply Chain Management Amidst COVID-19: Literature Developments, Future Directions and Open Challenges for Public Health

Joshi

Sharma

2022

World

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This review aims to evaluate the existing literature on Vaccine Supply Chain Management (VSCM). All relevant articles between 2002 and 2022 were systematically collected. The retrieved articles were further analyzed using bibliometric data analysis techniques. The unit of analysis is research papers published from 2002 to 2022. Vaccine Supply Chain Management (VSCM) literature has gained prominence since early 2000 and has now become voluminous. A review is the first endeavor to provide a unified body of literature. This study contributes to the existing research through insights from the bibliometric analysis and critical measurement of the literature. The results show 4288 papers on VSCM in the last 20 years. The top five countries contributing to VSCM literature are the USA, France, China, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. Supply chain, vaccine, immunization, and Vaccine Supply Chain Management are the high-frequency keywords in the area of VSCM. The research hotspots mainly focus on healthcare, drugs, and manufacturers. In light of the COVID-19 era, this review paper indicates the area of VSCM is diversified. This study is useful for policymakers and other stakeholders to understand the existing issues in VSCM. The research trends and patterns from the literature review of VSCM will help in designing AAA (agile, adaptive, and aligned) VSCM in the future from the viewpoint of public health. This study attempts to analyze existing works, trends, developments, and potential research directions.

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Improving management of vaccine supply chains: A multi-methods evaluation of vSTEP in Zambia

Cited by 4 publications

References 17 publications

An incentive mechanism contract model to coordinate a vaccine supply chain under demand uncertainty

An incentive mechanism contract model to coordinate a vaccine supply chain under demand uncertainty

Strategies to develop a sustainable and resilient vaccine supply chain in the context of a developing economy

A Literature Survey on Vaccine Supply Chain Management Amidst COVID-19: Literature Developments, Future Directions and Open Challenges for Public Health

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