Some Vaccine Costs Are Hidden Below the Surface

This banner serves as the backdrop for a vaccine presentation game in the project Optimize traveling exhibit—an exhibit featuring supply chain innovations being developed and tested in different countries around the world. The banner illustrates that while vaccine price is a big part of the total cost, there are many other important costs associated with each type of vaccine presentation that are less obvious, including costs for shipping, cold chain maintenance, and training.

Project Optimize country reports

These reports describe partnerships with the ministries of health in Albania, Senegal, Vietnam to demonstrate innovations in the supply chain. These innovations, such as an online immunization registry and remote alarm system in the cold chain, may help meet the demands of an increasingly large and costly portfolio of vaccines.