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Biography

Umit Kartoglu is a medical doctor and has a doctorate degree in public health. He is co-founder and CEO of Extensio et Progressio SARL. Umit began his career in Turkey, where he served at all levels of the national health system for over 10 years. Umit brought to life the WHO-UNICEF Effective Vaccine Store Management Initiative; Ludwig Rajchman Public Health Award for his research on shake test to differentiate aluminum adjuvanted vaccines affected by freezing. He is the author of four books and many manuscripts published in peer-reviewed journals.

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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