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��Improving Monitoring & Management of Cold Chain Equipment in Malawi - Pilot feedback

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BY

Blessings Kamanga, Rajab Billy, Gray Phiri & Mphatso Mtenje

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Outline

  • Background
  • Design
  • Pilot Feedback
  • Moving Forward

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Background

  • There have been challenges in knowing the stock levels as well as the status of various cold chain equipment in Malawi
  • Data mostly kept in disperate unstandardized Excel Files
  • Use of DHIS2 Tracker was proposed to be able to register equipment, update operational status and produce some analytics that can aid in decision making at different levels

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Design & Information Flow

CCEs Enrolment

Repeatable CCEs Management Stages

CCEs Status Alert Notification

Registration of New Cold Chain Equipment (CCEs)

CCE Transactions

CCE Operational status

Data Analysis

Dashboard

Alerting and Notifying Malfunction Equipment

eVax Cold Chain Guard Functions

eVax Cold Chain Guard Processes

Analytics

  • Cold-chain Technicians
  • EPI officers
  • Other key stakeholders

Temperature Monitoring

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QR code Pilot Process

3 Weeks

Ntchisi, Lilongwe

105+ Facilities

200+ CCEs

Supportive Supervision

Orientations

Orientations of the cold chain technicians

CCE Registration & Monitoring

CCTs moved around the facilities and health posts to register equipment & kept on monitoring them

National Team Provided Supportive Supervision to resolve any issues on the ground

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Post Pilot

20 Districts

300+ CCEs

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Challenges

  • Data Quality Issues
  • Some were using personal devices which could not load some logic (hence the logic was removed)

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  • Connectivity

- Data bundles were provided but some areas connectivity is still a problem

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Moving Forward

  • Roll out in other districts
  • Integrate with the Nexleaf
  • Put the cold chain equipment monitoring system on reverse billing
  • Continue monitoring and providing supervision

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Dashboard

Demo

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Thanks