Vaccine procurement strengthening

UNICEF has a pivotal role as a buyer in vaccine markets and supports countries to strengthen their procurement capacity to access an uninterrupted supply of quality-assured vaccines at affordable prices. 

To this end, UNICEF focuses on four key areas to strengthen government’s vaccine procurement capacity while strengthening health systems:

1. Procurement strengthening resource kit: This kit provides governments resources on how to develop a strategic procurement approach via an e-course, as well as a toolbox to assess and strengthen their vaccine procurement processes.
2. Peer-to-peer learning forums: UNICEF brings together procurement practitioners to foster knowledge exchange and best practice sharing to strengthen skills and understanding on diverse vaccine procurement topics.
3. The Vaccine Procurement Practitioners Network (VPPN) is an online community of practice (CoP), as well as a resource portal targeted at professionals and technical experts supporting national vaccine procurement.
4. South-South Triangular Cooperation: UNICEF directly connects low- and lower-middle-income countries with peer countries, as well as upper-middle to high-income countries, multilateral organizations and academia with proven expertise to enable in-depth sharing of best practices and lessons learned to address key procurement challenges.