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. 2021 Dec 3;9(12):1434.
doi: 10.3390/vaccines9121434.

Vaccine Procurement: A Conceptual Framework Based on Literature Review

Vincenza Gianfredi  1 , Antonietta Filia  2 , Maria Cristina Rota  2 , Roberto Croci  1 , Lorenzo Bellini  1 , Anna Odone  3 , Carlo Signorelli  1
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Vaccine Procurement: A Conceptual Framework Based on Literature Review

Vincenza Gianfredi et al. Vaccines (Basel). .

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Europe; immunization; review; vaccine; vaccine procurement.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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