POLIO PLANNING

B.5 SUPPLY CHAIN
Description: Highlights some of the detailed questions to ask about the relationship between GPEI and a
country’s/state’s cold chain system to understand if there are pieces of the cold supply chain that might be "at
risk" during transition
Key questions to understand in-country
supply chain infrastructure
Response
Where is polio vaccine stored centrally in
the country? Is this a government owned
warehouse? Or is it owned by another
party (e.g. UNICEF)?
Please enter information on warehouse storage and who owns these
warehouses
What types of cold chain infrastructure
is purchased with polio funds? How
many? Are these retained by GPEI or
transferred to government?
Please list types and numbers of infrastructure that polio-funds help
to purchase
How else do polio-related funds help
support cold chain (e.g. provide money
for fuel to run generators)? Is this for
polio vaccine only or for other vaccine
types as well?
How else are polio funds used to support the cold chain (e.g. fuel or
electricity)? Is this only for polio or for other vaccines as well?
If polio funds help support supply chain
by providing money for fuel and
electricity, is this only for polio related
needs? Or does this fund the cold chain
more broadly (for example, refrigerators
that house multiple vaccine types)?
Please describe if polio funds are used only for polio vaccines, or if it is
used more broadly in the cold chain
If polio funds help support supply chain
by providing money for fuel and
electricity, of the total money used to
purchase fuel/electricity for cold chain,
what percentage comes from poliorelated
funds?
Please list the percentage of funding for fuel/electricity and
maintenance from polio funding
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