Journal of Pharmaceutical Care & Health Systems
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National Immunization Programme, Department of Epidemiology and Infectious Disease Control, Institute of Public Health, Alexander Moisiu Str. 80, Tirana, Albania

Biography

Erida Nelaj, Ph.D., is the Albanian National Immunization Program Manager. She started her career as a biologist in the Vaccine Production and Control Sector in 2000 at the Institute of Public Health, Albania. In 2003, Dr. Nelaj has participated in several pieces of training such as Applied Epidemiology, AEFI, Vaccine management, Pharmaceuticals Cold Chain on Wheels, etc., She has been working on building an Immunization Information System in Albania. Such a system has been piloted and now is in the scale-up phase. Recently she is dealing also with a vaccination campaign against COVID-19.

Publications

• Review   
  Vaccine Vial Monitor Based Vaccine Management: An Albania Experience
  Author(s): Umit Kartoglu*, Erida Nelaj, Iria Preza and Silva Bino
  
  Vaccine vial monitor (VVM) stands out amongst all the temperature monitoring devices and tools, as the only one that has shaped the course of vaccine management practices as well as the vaccine cold chain. Some critical vaccine management approaches that are practiced today, such as multi-dose vial policy, and controlled temperature chain have only been made possible with the help of VVM, and others such as rotating stocks and dispatches have been made more effective. Using the Albania immunization programme as a case, this paper reviews the vaccine management practices from the VVM perspective... View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2376-0419.20.7.207

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