A mathematical model for vaccine cold chain network design considering social sustainability-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

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

Published:2023-01-16 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:2564-6605
Container-title:Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi
language:tr
Short-container-title:NÖHÜ Müh. Bilim. Derg.

Author:

YILDIZ Nur Hivda¹,AKTAŞ Nadide¹^ORCID,DEMİREL Neslihan¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Kayseri University

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 (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.

Publisher

Omer Halisdemir Universitesi

Subject

General Economics, Econometrics and Finance

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