Useful links for the contract implementation process
UNICEF Strategic Vaccine Procurement Assessment Toolbox - relevant resources
Effective Vaccine Management (EVM) Initiative [website]. Geneva: WHO; 2019 (https://www.who.int/immunization/programmes_systems/supply_chain/evm/en/, accessed 21 January 2019)
Guidelines on import procedures for medical products (QAS/18.773/Rev.1)(UNDER REVIEW). Geneva: WHO; 2019 (https://www.who.int/publications/i?publishingoffices=c09761c0-ab8e-4cfa-9744-99509c4d306b, accessed 21 January 2019).
Good Distribution Practices for Pharmaceutical Products, WHO Technical Report Series, No. 957, Annex 5, 2010. Geneva: WHO; 2010 (https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/medicines/norms-and-standards/guidelines/distribution/trs957-annex5-who-good-distribution-practices-for-pharmaceutical-products.pdf, accessed 01 June 2022).
Interagency document. Guidelines for medicine donations - revised 2010. Geneva: WHO; 2011 (https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241501989, accessed 17 July 2023).
Model guidance for the storage and transport of time- and temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical products. Annex 9, WHO Technical Report Series 961, 2011. Geneva: WHO; 2011 (https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/medicines/norms-and-standards/guidelines/distribution/trs961-annex9-modelguidanceforstoragetransport.pdf?sfvrsn=b80e925f_2, accessed 01 June 2022).
SIGMA. Contract Management, Brief 22. Paris: OECD; 2016 (https://www.sigmaweb.org/publications/Public-Procurement-Policy-Brief-22-200117.pdf, accessed 10 April 2019).
Technical supplements to Model guidance for the storage and transport of time and temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical products. Annex 5, WHO Technical Report Series 992, 2015. Geneva: WHO; 2015 (https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/medicines/norms-and-standards/guidelines/distribution/trs961-annex9-modelguidanceforstoragetransport.pdf?sfvrsn=b80e925f_2, accessed 01 June 2022).
Vaccine donations. WHO UNICEF Joint statement 7 August 2010. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2011 (WHO/VSQ/97.03) (https://iris.who.int/items/b2acff30-0c63-41c7-a346-64d66431f895, accessed 3 April 2019). EN, FR
Visibility for Vaccines (ViVa) [website]. UNICEF: Copenhagen; 2018 (https://www.vivaplatform.org/, accessed 24 January 2019).
WHO. Vaccine Safety basics e-learning course. Module 5: Vaccine safety institutions and mechanisms [online course]. Geneva: WHO; 2003 (https://whoacademy.org/coursewares/course-v1:WHOAcademy-Hosted+H0006EN+H0006EN_Q2_2024), accessed on 22 October 2025).