One size does not fit all: The impact of primary vaccine container size on vaccine distribution and delivery

Vaccine

Volumn 33, Issue 28, 2015, Pages 3242-3247

  Haidari, Leila A ^a,b   Wahl, Brian ^c   Brown, Shawn T ^b   Privor Dumm, Lois ^c   Wallman Stokes, Cecily ^c   Gorham, Katie ^a,c   Connor, Diana L ^a   Wateska, Angela R ^a   Schreiber, Benjamin ^d   Dicko, Hamadou ^e,f   Jaillard, Philippe ^e,f   Avella, Melanie ^e,f   Lee, Bruce Y ^a,c  

^a Public Health Computational and Operations Research (PHICOR)   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNICEF   (United States)

^e Agency for Preventive Medicine AMP   (France)

^f Agence de Médicine Préventive AMP   (Benin)

Author keywords

Immunization; Simulation modeling; Supply chain; Vial size

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID; VACCINE; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BENIN; DRUG COST; DRUG STORAGE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG PACKAGING; ECONOMICS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; VACCINATION;

BENIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG STORAGE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; VACCINATION; VACCINES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84930570622     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.04.018     Document Type: Article

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