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The cycle of vaccine procurement

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Additional references

For further information and references, please see the documents listed below:

• A WHO guide to good manufacturing practice requirements. Part 1: Standard operating procedures and master formulae (WHO/VSQ/97.01) [2.35 MB]

• French [2184 KB]
• Russian [462 KB]
• Spanish [685 kb]

• A WHO guide to good manufacturing practice requirements Part 2: Validation (WHO/VSQ/97.02) [pdf 240 kb]

• French [415 kb]
• Russian [2218 kb]
• Spanish [545 kb]

• Effective Vaccine Store Management Initiative: Modules 1-4 (WHO / UNICEF) (WHO/IVB/04.16 - WHO/IVB/04.20) [873 kb]

• Getting started with vaccine vial monitors (WHO/V&B/02.35) [157 kb]

• Guide for inspection of manufacturers of biological products (WHO/VSQ/97.03) [273 kb]

• Spanish [401 kb]

• Guideline for establishing or improving primary and intermediate vaccine stores (WHO/V&B/02.34) [397 kb]

• Guidelines for the international procurement of vaccine and sera (WHO/VSQ/98.05) [127 kb]

• Russian [376 kb]

• Guidelines on the international packaging and shipping of vaccines (WHO/V&B/01.05) [73kb]

• Informal consultation of experts on national regulation of vaccines (WHO/V&B/99.08) [73kb]

• Procedure for assessing the acceptability, in principle, of vaccines for purchase by United Nations agencies [pdf 241 kb]

• Regulation of vaccines: building on existing drug regulatory authorities (WHO/V&B/99.10) [116kb]

• French [96 kb]
• Spanish [93 kb]

• Statement on vaccine quality (WHO/VSQ/GEN/96.02 Rev.1) [19kb]

• French [20 kb]
• Spanish [18 kb]

• Surveillance of adverse events following immunization (AEFI) - Field guide for managers of immunization programmes (WHO/EPI/TRAM/93.02 Rev.1) [210kb]

• French [543 kb]

• Temperature monitors for vaccines and the cold chain (WHO/V&B/99.15) [652kb]

• French [1020 kb]

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Last updated: 9 October 2008