Ranking of Factors Affecting Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution Using BWM Method

Totakura Bangar Raju (), Vikas Kumar, Syed Aqib Jalil and Senthilkumar Sivakumar
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Totakura Bangar Raju: University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
Vikas Kumar: University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
Syed Aqib Jalil: University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
Senthilkumar Sivakumar: University of Petroleum and Energy Studies

A chapter in Advances in Best-Worst Method, 2022, pp 238-251 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract COVID-19’s Infection and the mortality rates pushed the governments to impose lockdowns that caused huge economical losses. This pandemic also changed our social and personal life and causes severe psychological problems. Continuous mutations of the COVID-19 virus and unabated transmission rate made it unsustainable to continue the lockdowns. Discovery of suitable vaccine brings a glimmer of hope to the race against this virus. However, the real task is to manufacture, distribute and vaccinate the world’s entire population within a reasonable time. Considering the state of healthcare infrastructure and vaccine cold storage facilities, this is going to be a challenge. This paper collected the opinion of 17 decision makers representing the various levels of Covid-19 vaccination programme such as vaccine manufacturer and vaccine administrator. Then, Best Worst Method, a Multi-Criteria Decision Making method was applied to understand the critical factors for the success of this vaccination programme in India. This method elicited consistent pairwise comparisons from the decision makers. Results signify the immediate need to scale up the investment in the vaccine cold storage and the need to reduce vaccine wastage for the success of this vaccination programme.

Keywords: COVID-19; Vaccine; BWM; MCD; Distribution; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-89795-6_17

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