Ulaanbaatar
New facility put into operation at Central Storage for Vaccine and Biopreparations
Society
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. On August 26, Prime Minister L.Oyun-Erdene, Deputy Prime Minister S.Amarsaikhan, and Minister of Health S.Enkhbold became acquainted with the operations of the National Center for Communicable Diseases.
Prime Minister L.Oyun-Erdene first became acquainted with the operations of the Central Storage for Vaccine and Biopreparations at the National Center for Communicable Diseases. Previously, the center had a single storage facility with a capacity of storing 600 thousand doses of vaccines. Thus, at the request of the Government of Mongolia, the construction of a new facility for the Central Storage for Vaccine and Biopreparations was carried out and completed in three months through the ‘COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Project’ being implemented by the World Bank and in the framework of the technical assistance provided by UNICEF.
With a total area of 1,686 square meters, the new storage facility is designed to store COVID-19 and routine vaccines. Alongside being equipped with modern advanced technology and solutions, the facility is energy efficient and fully meets international safety standards.
Resilient against earthquakes up to 8.0 magnitude, the facility’s blueprints were jointly developed by ‘Tatakh Khuch’ and ‘Urnul Project’ LLC, while its construction was carried out by ‘Moncon Construction’ LLC. Furthermore, the installation of the storage equipment was done by ‘Setunari’ LLC, with UNICEF leading the construction project in general.
With the new storage facility put into operation, it becomes possible for Mongolia to receive the necessary amount of COVID-19 and routine vaccines as well as its corresponding medical tools for the country’s total population, to correctly store them as per the standards, and to transport and distribute vaccines nationwide.
Throughout the years, UNICEF has provided consistent support to Mongolia such as support and assistance for the supply of routine vaccines and the protection of maternal and child health as well as public health. The previously-used storage facility was also built with technical and financial support from UNICEF in 2008.
With the new facility of the Central Storage for Vaccine and Biopreparations, it has now become possible to receive a minimum of 2-3 million doses of vaccines at once and keep a supply of temperature-sensitive vaccines at various temperature settings such as +2 to +8°C, -15 to -25°C, and -70 to -80°C.
