VPPN Webinar: Dose Per Container: The effects of switching to 5-dose vials on vaccine procurement

Key learning objectives:

To discuss the comparative effects of switching from 10 to 5-dose vials of MR vaccine on vaccine coverage, wastage, dropouts, session size and frequency, storage and distribution and how this applies to other vaccines
To provide first-hand country experiences in shifting to 5-dose vials
To discuss in plenary the decision-making process in changing DPC

Date & Time:	Thursday, 27 August 2020, 2020 09:00 AM Copenhagen time (CET)
Title:	Dose Per Container: The effects of switching to 5-dose vials on vaccine procurement
Presenters:	Wendy Prosser, Senior Technical Officer, Immunization Center, JSI, USA Kongxay Phouphenghack,Head of Vaccine Preventable Disease, Mother and Child Health Centre, Ministry of Health, Vientiene Capital, Lao, PDR and Samphanh Khamsingsavath, Immunization Office, Programme Section, Vientiane, UNICEF
Plenary Key Respondents:	Amos Chweya, Regional Immunization Technical Officer, Immunization Center, JSI, Kenya Bhrigu Kapuria, Health Specialist (Immunization) UNICEF India Lilia Velinova de Boever, Contracts Specialist, Supply Division, UNICEF Copenhagen
Moderators:	Andrea Papan, VPPN, Community of Practice Manager, UNICEF and Loic Sanchez, Supply Officer (Immunization), Supply Division, UNICEF

To participate in this webinar, you must register here.

Additional Resources:

The Decision Support Resource developed by the Dose Per Container Partnership is available as a guide for countries that are considering different vaccine presentations.
K. Krudwig, B.Knittel, A. Karim, N. Kanagat, W.Prosser, G. Phiri, F. Mwansa, R. Steinglass, The effects of switching from 10 to 5-dose vials of MR vaccine on vaccination coverage and wastage: A mixed-method study in Zambia, Vaccine, Volume 38, Issue 37, 2020, Pp. 5905-5913 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X20309129