A mathematical model for vaccine cold chain network design considering social sustainability

Authors : Nur Hivda YILDIZ, Nadide AKTAŞ, Neslihan DEMİREL

Pages : 376-385

Doi:10.28948/ngumuh.1180457

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Publication Date : 2023-04-15

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Breakages that may occur in the cold chain cause serious economic, environmental, and social costs, as well as a substantial risk for human and public health. Therefore, it is necessary to design an effective, robust, and strong vaccine cold chain network. Sustainable Development Goal 3 titled “Good Health and Well Being” emphasizes children\`s health and specifies reducing the mortality rate for under five ages. In this study, we consider the Expanded Programme on Immunization insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(EPI); vaccine cold chain in Türkiye and develop a linear programming model for a multi-product, multi-period, multi-stage vaccine cold chain network in light of Sustainable Development Goal 3. The study aims to maximize fully immunized children for up to five years and propose a framework for a vaccine cold chain network design. The proposed model is applied to a real case. Finally, various scenario analyzes are applied to show the results of the model under different conditions.
Keywords : Genişletilmiş bağışıklama programı, Doğrusal programlama, Ağ tasarımı, Sosyal sürdürülebilirlik, Aşı soğuk zinciri