Action Items:
For Thursday
UNICEF/Emily
Equipment, carrier boxes, monitoring, management, loss
Ghana Doctors/Emily
On location, transportation, administration
Gabriel Daniels/Adam
On location, carrier box, administration, monitoring
Yaz/Adam
On location, administration
Design that Matters/Emily
Design in general
Ned Helzter/ Michael
Management, loss, transportation
Amy Smith/Jack
Paolo/Shivani
Contacts
Novartis/ Michael
Packaging, Vials
The Main Questions Loss
What percentage of vaccines is lost across the various stages?
What percentage of vaccines is lost during the last stage?
Where are the losses occurring?
How much are you spending on administering vaccines a year?
Cost of equipment?
Vaccines?
Distribution?
Transportation? Equipment
What are you using to carry the vaccines to remote locations from regional offices? Management
What is your largest concern for vaccine administration?
Why do you feel it is necessary to deliver vaccines to developing countries?
Who makes the decision concerning the amount of money spent on vaccines?
Who makes the decision on where vaccines are distributed? Transportation
What is the most difficult part about transporting vaccines?
How are the vaccines being transported between airport and hospital?
Hospital and regional center?
Regional center and remote location? Carrier Box
Why did you buy that particular carrier box?
Likes or dislike?
How many carrier boxes are taken to remote locations? How much do they carry?
Does the capacity fit your needs?
How long does a carrier box last?
How much would you be willing to pay for a carrier box? On Location
What are the road and living conditions?
What problems do you have with transporting vaccines?
What happens to the vaccine carriers after they are used?
What is the waste involved and where does it end up?
How difficult is administering vaccines? Are you aware when vaccines expire?
Are vaccines accepted culturally? Administration
What is the most difficult part about administering vaccines?
How administer the vaccines?
Are expired vaccines administered?
Are the clinical workers aware?
How are they trained and if they are trained well?
What is the ratio of clinical worker to patients?
Why are a large amount of vaccines being lost during the last stage?
Are the existing products being used effectively?
Why or why not?
Monitoring
Are you aware of where vaccines are being lost during the process?
Is there an effective monitoring system available?
Does it fit your cost constraints?
For monitoring management, what are you interested in knowing and to what extent?
For monitoring on sight, what are you interested in knowing and to what extent?
Packaging
How are vaccines packaged for air delivery?
Vials
How many doses are in a vial?
Waste
Cost
Material