Effective vaccine management and Oman's healthcare system's challenge to maintain high global standards

Seif S. Al-Abri; Bader Al-Rawahi; Doaa Abdelhady; Idris Al-Abaidani

doi:10.1016/j.jiph.2018.04.015

Effective vaccine management and Oman's healthcare system's challenge to maintain high global standards

Seif S. Al-Abri^*, Bader Al-Rawahi, Doaa Abdelhady, Idris Al-Abaidani

^*Corresponding author for this work

Haematology

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

10 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The prevention of infection through vaccination has been among the most successful public health interventions. Nearly 2.5 million deaths per year globally are saved by immunization against vaccine-preventable disease (VPD) (WHO, 2013) [1]. Oman has experienced a sharp decline in VPDs over the last 40 years due to the introduction of new vaccines and the maintenance of high vaccination coverage of over 99%. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) launched the effective vaccine management (EVM) framework to assist countries to gauge the performance of their immunization supply chains. Oman underwent the assessment in 2016 and scored the best score to date. This report looks at the process of EVM and the challenges for the Oman healthcare system to maintain high global standards.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	742-744
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Infection and Public Health
Volume	11
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2018.04.015
Publication status	Published - Sept 1 2018

Keywords

Effective
Immunization
Management
Oman
Vaccine

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access to Document

10.1016/j.jiph.2018.04.015

Cite this

@article{8adae53da42541e6a76ffaec9376cbd2,

title = "Effective vaccine management and Oman's healthcare system's challenge to maintain high global standards",

abstract = "The prevention of infection through vaccination has been among the most successful public health interventions. Nearly 2.5 million deaths per year globally are saved by immunization against vaccine-preventable disease (VPD) (WHO, 2013) [1]. Oman has experienced a sharp decline in VPDs over the last 40 years due to the introduction of new vaccines and the maintenance of high vaccination coverage of over 99%. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) launched the effective vaccine management (EVM) framework to assist countries to gauge the performance of their immunization supply chains. Oman underwent the assessment in 2016 and scored the best score to date. This report looks at the process of EVM and the challenges for the Oman healthcare system to maintain high global standards.",

keywords = "Effective, Immunization, Management, Oman, Vaccine",

author = "Al-Abri, {Seif S.} and Bader Al-Rawahi and Doaa Abdelhady and Idris Al-Abaidani",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 The Authors",

year = "2018",

month = sep,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1016/j.jiph.2018.04.015",

language = "English",

volume = "11",

pages = "742--744",

journal = "Journal of Infection and Public Health",

issn = "1876-0341",

publisher = "Elsevier BV",

number = "5",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Effective vaccine management and Oman's healthcare system's challenge to maintain high global standards

AU - Al-Abri, Seif S.

AU - Al-Rawahi, Bader

AU - Abdelhady, Doaa

AU - Al-Abaidani, Idris

PY - 2018/9/1

Y1 - 2018/9/1

N2 - The prevention of infection through vaccination has been among the most successful public health interventions. Nearly 2.5 million deaths per year globally are saved by immunization against vaccine-preventable disease (VPD) (WHO, 2013) [1]. Oman has experienced a sharp decline in VPDs over the last 40 years due to the introduction of new vaccines and the maintenance of high vaccination coverage of over 99%. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) launched the effective vaccine management (EVM) framework to assist countries to gauge the performance of their immunization supply chains. Oman underwent the assessment in 2016 and scored the best score to date. This report looks at the process of EVM and the challenges for the Oman healthcare system to maintain high global standards.

AB - The prevention of infection through vaccination has been among the most successful public health interventions. Nearly 2.5 million deaths per year globally are saved by immunization against vaccine-preventable disease (VPD) (WHO, 2013) [1]. Oman has experienced a sharp decline in VPDs over the last 40 years due to the introduction of new vaccines and the maintenance of high vaccination coverage of over 99%. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) launched the effective vaccine management (EVM) framework to assist countries to gauge the performance of their immunization supply chains. Oman underwent the assessment in 2016 and scored the best score to date. This report looks at the process of EVM and the challenges for the Oman healthcare system to maintain high global standards.

KW - Effective

KW - Immunization

KW - Management

KW - Oman

KW - Vaccine

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85047075612&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85047075612&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.jiph.2018.04.015

DO - 10.1016/j.jiph.2018.04.015

M3 - Article

C2 - 29779847

AN - SCOPUS:85047075612

SN - 1876-0341

VL - 11

SP - 742

EP - 744

JO - Journal of Infection and Public Health

JF - Journal of Infection and Public Health

IS - 5

ER -

Effective vaccine management and Oman's healthcare system's challenge to maintain high global standards

Abstract

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this