Maintaining of Vaccine Cold Chain Process and Associated Factors: A Cross Sectional Study to Know Health Professional's Knowledge in West Guji Zone, Southern, Ethiopia.

Abstract Introductions: To meet immunization goals, two things must happen: effective vaccines must be delivered through a well-controlled cold chain environment, and maximum utilization must be accomplished. In both developed and developing countries, there is a lack of knowledge about cold chain management. Maintaining vaccine effectiveness is currently one of the most challenging problems facing African immunization initiatives, particularly Ethiopia. But there is very less data related to cold chain management in this part of the world done before. Methods and materials: An institution based cross sectional study was been conducted. A total of 502 participants those that serve in federal health care facilities in, West Guji zone, Oromia, Southern Ethiopia were included. A semi-structured questioner was used to process the results. Epi Info was used to enter and clean data and the files were exported to SPSS. Using a logistic regression model with a 0.05 degree of significance, the adjusted odds ratio with its 95 percent confidence interval was incorporated to recognize the relationship and classify related variables. Conclusion: In previous studies in Ethiopia, health professional’s awareness of cold chain management remained limited. Knowing the available Knowledge among health workers in vaccination centers in and around West Guji zone is critical, particularly in this pandemic where a COVID-19 Vaccine is urgently needed. This study is being conducted to identify this region of the world’s preparedness for managing the possible vaccine that will be available in the coming days.