Useful links for the procurement strategy process

UNICEF Strategic Vaccine Procurement Assessment Toolbox - relevant resources

ADB Procurement Guidelines. Manila: ADB; 2015 (https://www.adb.org/documents/procurement-guidelines, accessed 2 January 2025).

Cashing C. et al. Unleashing the Potential of Strategic Purchasing. Washington: USAID; 2018 (https://www.hfgproject.org/unleashing-potential-strategic-purchasing/,  accessed 29 January 2019).

PAHO. PAHO Revolving Fund [website]. Washington D.C.: PAHO; 2019 (https://www.paho.org/en/revolving-fund, accessed 8 January 2024). 

Procurement process resource guide WHO Medical device technical series. Geneva: WHO; 2011 (https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241501378, accessed 21 January 2019).

Results for Development. Immunization financing: a resource guide for advocates, policymakers, and program managers. Washington D.C.: Results for Development; 2017 (https://www.r4d.org/resources/immunization-financing-resource-guide-advocates-policymakers-program-managers/, accessed 18 January 2019).

UNICEF Auto-Disable (AD) and Re-Use Prevention (RUP) Syringes and Safety Boxes - current price data [website]. Copenhagen: UNICEF; 2019 (https://www.unicef.org/supply/pricing-data, accessed 13 March 2019).

UNICEF Market Influencing [website]. Copenhagen: UNICEF; 2021 (https://www.unicef.org/supply/markets-influencing, accessed 02 December 2025). Contains Market Notes, Market Dashboard and Price Database.

UNICEF Procurement Services [website]. Copenhagen: UNICEF; 2019 (https://www.unicef.org/supply/procurement-services, accessed 13 March 2019).

UNICEF Vaccine Price Data [website]. Copenhagen: UNICEF; 2019 (https://www.unicef.org/supply/pricing-data, accessed 13 March 2019).

UN Procurement Practitioner’s Handbook. Copenhagen: UN HLCM-PN; March 2020 (
https://www.ungm.org/Shared/KnowledgeCenter/Pages/PPH2), accessed 28 April 2026)

WHO guideline on country pharmaceutical pricing policies. Geneva: WHO; 2015 (https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/335692/9789240011878-eng.pdf), accessed on 1 July 2025).

WHO Market Information for Access (MI4A) [website]. Geneva: WHO; 2019 (https://www.who.int/teams/immunization-vaccines-and-biologicals/vaccine-access/mi4a, accessed 13 March 2019).

World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers. Washington D.C.: World Bank; 2016 (https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/178331533065871195-0290022020/original/ProcurementRegulations.pdf, accessed 17 July 2023).