Immunization financing indicators from the WHO/UNICEF JRF

Cross-posted from the February 2012 Global Immunization News issue. Many thanks. 29/02/2012 from Claudio Politi, Oumar Sagna and Daniela Urfer, WHO/HQ New data on immunization financing are available based on the WHO/UNICEF Joint Report Form (JRF) reported by countries. Indicators on government financing immunization include the availability of a specific line item in the national budget for purchasing vaccines used in routine immunization; the availability of a specific line item in the national budget for purchasing injection supplies used in routine immunization; percentages of expenditure for routine immunization financed by government; percentages of expenditure for vaccines used in routine immunization financed by government. Immunization financing indicators have been analyzed for the period 2008-2010 together with an overview of the past decade. The analysis 2008-2010 provides immunization financing indicators in multiple formats: global aggregates; comparison across WHO regions; summaries for each WHO region; and summary for GAVI eligible countries. Annexes include detailed country data. Analyses, global trends and maps are presented in the WHO Immunization Financing website. For more information, click here.