Redesigning immunization supply chains: Results from three country analyses

Key lessons learned from the immunization supply chain of Malawi, an African country using EVM2.0

“…Various studies have shown that system redesigning in response to the constraints identified in the underperforming iSC by EVM assessment can help in improving efficiencies and reliability of iSC performance and vaccine coverage [12] , [13] . A modeling study using scenarios from three countries (Guinea, Madagascar, and Niger) to analyze the impact of immunization supply chain redesigning showed that country-specific changes to the bottlenecks identified in the supply chain using EVM assessment would help to improve efficiency [14] .…”

Consolidation or multiplicity in supply logistics for health commodities?

“…But these costs spread over larger demand volumes and multiple time periods will be comparatively small. In a number of scenario analyses of direct (last mile) delivery of vaccines in Guinea, Madagascar and Niger, Prosser et al 10 report that, although the sum of additional start-up and operational costs were in millions of US dollars, this amounted to less than $1 per dose of vaccine delivered over a 1-year period. As shown in Eqs.…”

A Resilience Analysis of a Medical Mask Supply Chain during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Simulation Modeling Approach

“…Taking the drug supply chain disruption in Mexico as an example, Lozano-Diez, Marmolejo-Saucedo and Aguilar [41] and Marmolejo-Saucedo et al [54] developed the supply chain design model for a resilient supply network using AnyLogistix simulation software to reduce drug shortages in epidemic outbreaks. Prosser et al [55] used Supply Chain Guru (Madagascar and Niger) and AnyLogistix (Guinea) modeling software to analyze and optimize the vaccine supply chain to provide decision-making guidance for improving vaccine availability in each country. Timperio et al [38] used AnyLogistix simulation software to provide a decision-making framework for enhanced disaster preparedness in Nigeria.…”

“…The COVID-19 pandemic broke out in Wuhan, China, and it quickly spread to the whole country and other countries around the world. The operation of the supply chain is facing enormous challenges due to facility disruptions and supply and demand shocks [8,55]. To show the propagation process of the coronavirus in details, we summarize the key events nodes from December 2019 to September 2020, as shown in Figure 2.…”