A Tale of 2 Countries: Implementation of the Cold Chain Equipment Optimization Platform in Guinea and Kenya

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Number of Pieces of CCE in Health Posts in Guinea, by Region and Time Point
Abbreviation: CCE, cold chain equipment.
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FIGURE 2
Frequency of Immunization Services Offered in Health Posts in Guinea (Days per Week), by Time Point^a
^aSample limited to heath posts offering in-facility routine immunization services.
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Number of Pieces of CCE in Each Facility in Kenya, by Study Arm and Time Point
Abbreviation: CCE, cold chain equipment.
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FIGURE 4
Frequency of Immunization Services Offered in Kenya (Days per Week), by Study Arm and Time Point

TABLE.

Cold Chain Equipment Optimization Platform Activities in Guinea and Kenya

	Guinea	Kenya
Date of CCEOP approval	October 2017	March 2017
Amount approved, US$	10.9 million^a	8.2 million^a
Financing by country, %	20	50
Equipment models	3 (2 solar powered and 1 passive vaccine storage device [no power source])	8 (3 solar powered and 5 electric powered)
Deployment 1 priority	Equipping health facilities to expand immunization services by increasing the number of fixed vaccination locales	Replacing^b equipment in facilities with storage gaps in all counties and equipping new facilities in 17 HSS-priority counties
Deployment 2 priority	Replacing equipment in health centers with non-functioning CCE	For those not covered in Deployment 1, continue re-placing equipment in facilities with storage gaps and providing CCE in facilities without it
Time frame
Deployment 1	December 2018–June 2019^a	July–December 2018^a
Deployment 2	November 2021–May 2022 (delayed)	June–December 2021 (delayed)

Abbreviations: CCE, cold chain equipment; CCEOP, Cold Chain Equipment Optimization Platform; HSS, health systems strengthening.
↵a Unpublished data.
↵b In cases where equipment existed and was replaced to address storage gaps, replacement equipment had greater storage capacity than existing equipment.