Project report #3 : Vaccine supply chain decision support system

Abstract

The project “COVID-19 Network Technology-based Responsive Action” (CONTRA) is funded by the Collaborative and Knowledge-building Projects for the Fight Against Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) program[1] of the Research Council of Norway for the period June 2020 – December 2021 (extended to March 2022). The goal of the project is to contribute to the effectiveness, efficiency, equity, and sustainability of the COVID-19 response, through the development of a generic decision support system (DSS) that pandemic responders can use to help them optimize vaccine roll-out. The DSS is informed by stakeholder-centered understanding of the vaccine rollout system, and developed using mathematical modelling and scenario analysis. The report describes the results of the third work package (WP) in the CONTRA project. The WP3 aims to develop the decision support system by connecting the mathematical model into an intuitive dashboard that should support vaccine allocation decision. Moreover, the report presents the current status of the dashboard and the summary of our meeting with the advisory board members. Based on the current progress and the feedback from advisory board members, the next step in the project will be to complete, test and validate dashboard (components, usability, accessibility, etc.) and finalize DSS documentation. For dissemination of findings, two journal papers have been submitted recently and two other journal papers will be submitted by the end of the project.