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Sixth GAVI
Board Meeting, 17 October 2001, Ottawa, Canada
October 2001
4. Vaccine Vial Monitors
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Discussion
- The adoption of vaccine vial monitors (VVMs) is
a high priority among the GAVI partners; UNICEF and WHO have already
signed on to a policy calling for VVMs on all EPI vaccines.
- The concept of using VVMs on all EPI vaccines,
supported by the public sector, is to provide the health worker
at the peripheral level a standard tool with which to assess vaccine
viability, thereby enhancing quality control.
- WHO indicated that it is working closely with UNICEF
and vaccine manufacturers to resolve outstanding technical issues
on VVMs and that it will be calling a technical meeting for all
interested parties in order to review VVM implementation.
- The Board members from the vaccine industry urged
the GAVI Board to not adopt a global mandate regarding VVMs, recommending
instead that each vaccine be addressed individually taking into
account the supply challenges due to having only one VVM supplier
and the relative stability of the different vaccines.
DECISION
The Board:
4.1 requested that a realistic and yet urgent timeline
be developed for the adoption of vaccine vial monitors eventually
for all EPI vaccines.
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