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| Resource | COVID-19 Vaccine Introduction and deployment Costing tool (CVIC tool) |
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| Purpose | The CVIC tool supports credible COVID-19 vaccination costing to facilitate a dialogue with stakeholders, while maintaining sensitivity to protect essential health services. |
| Content | The CVIC tool provides a structured and comprehensive estimation of incremental operational and selected capital costs of introducing and deploying COVID-19 vaccines, in alignment with the National Deployment and Vaccination Plan (NDVP). This is essential for resource mobilization, budgeting, and delivery strategy refinement and optimization. The tool has been pre-populated with data from global databases and provides a total cost estimate over an immunization programme over the period of 2021-2023, after which COVID-19 vaccination is expected to be integrated into national immunization plans. Countries can customize the priority target populations based on WHO SAGE guidance and select multiple delivery strategies and vaccine products. The tool is available in all six UN working languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish) and Portuguese. Guidance on the use of the CVIC tool can be referred to its user manual and its e-learning course at OpenWHO. |
| Use | National immunization program managers, health ministries, and financial planners can use the tool to develop detailed budgets for COVID-19 vaccination campaigns and secure funding from donors or governments. |
| Contraints/Limitations | The tool’s accuracy depends on the quality of the input data. Rapidly changing variables, such as vaccine prices and logistical challenges, may affect cost estimates. |
| Example criteria this resource could address | Estimating the financial resources needed for COVID-19 vaccine deployment, identifying cost drivers for vaccination campaigns, supporting funding applications. |
| If available, notes on the development process | Developed by WHO in collaboration with partners to provide a standardized approach for COVID-19 vaccine costing. Technical support on the use of the CVIC tool is available. The WHO Costing Team can be reached through [email protected]. Given the rapidly evolving situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, the CVIC tool may have to be updated at some points. In order to make sure all users of the tool will be informed of any update, we highly encourage all users to download and use the latest version and fill in the 'download tracker' available at the link below. Once we have any update of the tool, we will update you through email. |
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| Link to access the resource | index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=651&id=16645 |