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Producing Standardized Country‑Level Immunization Delivery Unit Cost Estimates

To plan for the financial sustainability of immunization programs and make informed decisions to improve immunization coverage and equity, decision-makers need to know how much these programs cost beyond the cost of the vaccine. Non-vaccine delivery cost estimates can significantly influence the cost-effectiveness estimates used to allocate resources at the country level. However, many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) do not have immunization delivery unit cost estimates available, or have estimates that are uncertain, unreliable, or old. We undertook a Bayesian evidence synthesis to generate country-level estimates of immunization delivery unit costs for LMICs. Key Points for Decision Makers - Immunization delivery costs are a necessary component of high-quality cost-effectiveness models, and are also used to inform resource mobilization for immunization programs. - Our study provides estimates produced via meta-regression analyses that can help improve resource mobilization and planning in situ

Document Type

Article / Report

Categories

  • Forecasting, Planning and Budgeting

Tags

  • Pooled procurement
  • Vaccine markets
  • PATH
  • Vaccine vial monitors
  • Vaccine prices
  • Pricing
  • Vaccine production n
  • VPPEF
  • Procurement
  • Resource mobilization
  • Affordability
  • Vaccine security
  • Self-procurement
  • Supply chain
  • Cost-effectiveness
  • Supply planning
  • UNICEF
  • Demand quatification
  • Financing
  • Vaccine coverage
  • Vaccine market dynamics
  • GAVI
  • Immunization planning
  • Jordan
  • New vaccine introduction
  • Organizational Leadership

Topic References

  • Forecasting, Planning and Budgeting

Added by: Andrea Papan

Added on: 5th October 2020

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