This learning programme on “Immunization Supply Chain Management” provides all immunization staff with a better understanding of the role strong immunization supply chain systems play to achieve the global immunization mission.
Through the improvement of a fictional country’s immunization supply chain, you will acquire the skills and know-how to identify problems and opportunities for improving the efficiency of the immunization supply chain, and plan for the introduction of new vaccines and campaigns.
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This course is organized into one Introduction and 5 Challenges (modules):
Introduction: Mission preparation
Challenge 1: Procurement
Challenge 2: Cold chain management
Challenge 3: Stock management, distribution systems and waste management
Challenge 4: Monitoring and evaluation
Challenge 5: Supplementary Immunization Activities (SIA)
There are no pre-requisites or requirements to take this demo course.
This course is intended for
This eLearning course is for all national and international World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF professionals involved in immunization programs. It is also open to consultants and partners working in support of immunization.
It should take ±3 hours to complete this course. Each module should take 20-35 minutes to complete and must be completed in the order presented.
The course certificate can be generated once the learner completes all the modules.
For questions or feedback on this programme, please contact Michelle Seidel Senior Adviser Immunization mseidel@unicef.org