Vaccine Procurement: A Conceptual Framework Based on Literature Review
Ensuring timely access to affordable vaccines has been acknowledged as a global public health priority, as also recently testified by the debate sparked during the COVID-19 pandemic. Effective vaccine procurement strategies are essential to reach this goal. Nevertheless, this is still a neglected re...
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| description | Ensuring timely access to affordable vaccines has been acknowledged as a global public health priority, as also recently testified by the debate sparked during the COVID-19 pandemic. Effective vaccine procurement strategies are essential to reach this goal. Nevertheless, this is still a neglected research topic. A narrative literature review on vaccine procurement was conducted, by retrieving articles from four academic databases (PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, Embase, WebOfScience), ‘grey’ literature reports, and institutional websites. The aim was to clarify key concepts and definitions relating to vaccine procurement, describe main vaccine procurement methods, and identify knowledge gaps and future perspectives. A theoretical conceptual framework was developed of the key factors involved in vaccine procurement, which include quality and safety of the product, forecasting and budgeting, procurement legislation, financial sustainability, and plurality of manufacture, contracting, investment in training, storage and service delivery, monitoring and evaluation. This information can be useful to support policymakers during planning, implementation, and evaluation of regional and national vaccine procurement strategies and policies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b332f810a53245568e919392c4bd6bc92023-11-23T10:54:18ZengMDPI AGVaccines2076-393X2021-12-01912143410.3390/vaccines9121434Vaccine Procurement: A Conceptual Framework Based on Literature ReviewVincenza Gianfredi0Antonietta Filia1Maria Cristina Rota2Roberto Croci3Lorenzo Bellini4Anna Odone5Carlo Signorelli6School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Italian National Health Institute, Viale Regina Elena Rome 299, 00161 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Italian National Health Institute, Viale Regina Elena Rome 299, 00161 Rome, ItalySchool of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milan, ItalySchool of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, ItalySchool of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milan, ItalyEnsuring timely access to affordable vaccines has been acknowledged as a global public health priority, as also recently testified by the debate sparked during the COVID-19 pandemic. Effective vaccine procurement strategies are essential to reach this goal. Nevertheless, this is still a neglected research topic. A narrative literature review on vaccine procurement was conducted, by retrieving articles from four academic databases (PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, Embase, WebOfScience), ‘grey’ literature reports, and institutional websites. The aim was to clarify key concepts and definitions relating to vaccine procurement, describe main vaccine procurement methods, and identify knowledge gaps and future perspectives. A theoretical conceptual framework was developed of the key factors involved in vaccine procurement, which include quality and safety of the product, forecasting and budgeting, procurement legislation, financial sustainability, and plurality of manufacture, contracting, investment in training, storage and service delivery, monitoring and evaluation. This information can be useful to support policymakers during planning, implementation, and evaluation of regional and national vaccine procurement strategies and policies.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/12/1434vaccine procurementEuropereviewvaccineimmunization |
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| title | Vaccine Procurement: A Conceptual Framework Based on Literature Review |
| title_full | Vaccine Procurement: A Conceptual Framework Based on Literature Review |
| title_fullStr | Vaccine Procurement: A Conceptual Framework Based on Literature Review |
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| title_short | Vaccine Procurement: A Conceptual Framework Based on Literature Review |
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| topic | vaccine procurement Europe review vaccine immunization |
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