As cases of COVID-19 reach an all-time high, vaccines are emerging as the most powerful tool that the world has to protect lives and livelihoods, and bring an end to the pandemics. However, the campaigns that will be needed to vaccinate enough people to interrupt transmission will be unprecedented in their speed, size, and logistical complexity. To help MENA countries plan their programs, the World Bank is holding a series of workshops addressing key components of vaccine strategy, including general considerations, financing, costing, supply chain logistics, administration, and distribution. The workshops will feature subject matter experts and senior country officials who will share their nation’s approach to addressing these challenges.
Events
World Bank MENA COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy Workshop Series
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Introduction and Vaccination strategies — Share best practices and lessons learned from current COVID-19 vaccination efforts and provide tools and practical suggestions for planning under extreme uncertainty Vaccine Financing — Give estimates of the total costs for vaccine procurement and distribution and help countries assess key options and trade-offs for mobilizing domestic and external funds Procurement and Distribution Network — Provide overview of procurement landscape & emerging portfolios; discuss key considerations and implications of various distribution network archetypes Supply Chain Readiness — Discuss methods of strengthening and expanding supply chains for emerging portfolios of vaccines; review key tools for planning and monitoring supply chain readiness Administration & Follow-up: The Beneficiary Journey — Examine the journey of the beneficiary, considering digital tools and approaches to support it, with a focus on equity Costing & Human Resources — Review strategies on the COVID-19 vaccine costing process and key costing tools available; consider key levers in increasing health care worker capacity Thinking to the Future — Share reflections and key takeaways from the workshops and bring together leading experts for a forward-looking discussion -
Senior Economist Jorge Coarasa leads a workshop of experts as they share best practices and lessons learned from current COVID-19 vaccination efforts and provide tools and practical suggestions for planning under extreme uncertainty.
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VIDEO Jan 26, 2021Introduction and Vaccination strategies
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Experts give estimates of the total costs for vaccine procurement and distribution and help countries assess key options and trade-offs for mobilizing domestic and external funds
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VIDEOVaccine Financing
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Senior Economist Jorge Coarasa leads a workshop of experts as they provide an overview of procurement landscape & emerging portfolios and discuss key considerations and implications of various distribution network archetypes.
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VIDEOProcurement and Distribution Network
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Experts discuss methods of strengthening and expanding supply chains for emerging portfolios of vaccines and review key tools for planning and monitoring supply chain readiness.
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VIDEOSupply Chain Readiness
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Senior Economist Jorge Coarasa leads a workshop of experts as they examine the journey of the beneficiary, considering digital tools and approaches to support it, with a focus on equity.
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VIDEOAdministration & Follow-up: The Beneficiary Journey
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In this workshop, we review strategies on the COVID-19 vaccine costing process and key costing tools available and consider key levers in increasing health care worker capacity.
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VIDEO Feb 11, 2021COVID-19 Vaccine Costing & Human Resources
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In this workshop we share reflections and key takeaways from the first six workshops and bring together leading experts for a forward-looking discussion.
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VIDEO Feb 16, 2021Thinking to the Future
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The World Bank Middle East & North Africa (MENA) Health, Nutrition & Population (HNP) Global Practice partnered with the Mind, Behavior & Development Unit (eMBeD) in the Poverty & Equity Global Practice on delivering workshop eight. The purpose of this workshop was to hear from global and regional experts on the challenges and solutions for building vaccine confidence as they discussed what countries could do to address vaccine hesitancy.
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VIDEOVaccine Confidence
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Given the limited supply of the COVID-19 vaccines, countries need to deploy different COVID-19 vaccines — either simultaneously or consequently — to meet the demand. However, a diverse vaccine portfolio can have various implementation challenges which need to be considered. This workshop was designed to help MENA countries think through the key strategic issues in deploying multiple vaccines.
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VIDEODeploying multiple vaccine candidates
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The private sector has an important role to play in COVID-19 vaccination. For decision-makers, the key for questions is the what's and the how's to facilitate private sector participation. Workshop ten was focused on the private sector's involvement in the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines by a group of global, regional, and country experts.
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VIDEOPrivate sector participation in COVID-19 vaccination