In response to countries’ urgent need for having an updated cold chain inventory data during  COVID-19 pandemic, the WHO developed a web-based application called the equipment inventory and gap analysis (IGA) in 2020. It was officially launched in December 2021. IGA is a real-time, dynamic, simple, and practical tool for updating countries cold chain equipment inventory using simplified web-based and mobile-based data collection platforms.  It works both on computers, and Android or iOS (apple devices). There is also an offline version for data collection for use in areas without internet connectivity.  The tool can be customized by countries to address their specific needs and objectives. Countries have full ownership of their data, which is stored in a cloud server. It is available in different UN official languages and can be further translated to other languages.

For more information, contact castroma@who.int

The access credential is as follows:

Username: admin

Password: demo@iga4

Note: Both are case-sensitive. If the password doesn’t work, please send message to Mojtaba Haghgou mojtaba05@hotmail.com with copy to Maricel de Quiroz Castro castroma@who.int.