BMGF Immunization Collaborative Supply Planning Strengthening (ICSPS) Project

The Immunization Collaborative Supply Planning Strengthening (ICSPS) project strengthens the capacity and agency of four countries to apply evidence-based forecasting and supply planning (FSP) decisions. The project also applies alternative FSP approaches and test improvements in vaccine supply and access. A network of immunization stakeholders and partners are involved from global, regional, and country levels, including Ministries of Health, WHO, UNICEF, GAVI, Africa CDC, JSI (with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), VillageReach, CHAI, inSupply, and WI-HER. 

ICSPS will engage with immunization programs and partners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Mozambique and Nigeria and apply lessons learned from VCSP to strengthen current routine immunization data systems and data analysis to provide insights for more agile and responsive vaccine supply decisions, particularly around the timing and quantity of needed shipments. By the end of the project, we hope that these country-level learnings will contribute to global-level resources for forecasting and supply planning through technical support and global guidance.