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Examining the cost implications of providing immunization services through a range of strategies in a safe manner during COVID-19.
HOW YOU CAN USE THIS MATERIAL:Country stakeholders should use these findings to facilitate discussions at the country-level to inform country planning and resource mobilization efforts.
OVERVIEW:This study, conducted by researchers from ThinkWell and the Harvard T.H.
… ContinuedLearning how PATH’s Vaccine Cost Calculators can help provide an easy way for country-level decision-makers to assess and compare the costs of specific vaccines.
HOW YOU CAN USE THIS MATERIAL:Country-level decision-makers should use these cost calculators to assess and compare the costs of certain vaccination programs and determine the cost effectiveness and feasibility of introducing the vaccines in their country.
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Zoom Webinar
PATH, in collaboration with TechNet-21, the East African Community (EAC) Immunization Group, and the Vaccine Procurement Practitioners Network (VPPN), are delighted to invite you to join a webinar on using PATH’s Vaccine Cost Calculators to inform immunization decision-making. Webinar title: Using PATH’s Vaccine Cost Calculators to inform immunization decision-making Date and Time: Thursday, 21 January from 09:00-10:00 CET Description: For country-level policymakers, the opportunity to introduce a new … Continued
Using methods related to collecting and analyzing primary data from a sample of health facilities to assess costs of routine immunization services.
HOW YOU CAN USE THIS MATERIAL:Country immunization program staff and their teams can use this practical guidance to assess the costs of routine immunization services, including the delivery costs of those services,
… ContinuedComparing the overall costs, impact, and cost-effectiveness of both ROTARIX® and ROTAVAC® rotavirus vaccines.
HOW YOU CAN USE THIS MATERIAL:Country-level decision makers can learn from the experience of Palestine switching from ROTARIX® and ROTAVAC® to determine which vaccine offers the greatest impact and cost-effectiveness in their setting.
OVERVIEW:The Palestinian Ministry of Health (MOH) introduced the rotavirus vaccine ROTARIX® in its routine immunization program in 2016.
… ContinuedLearning how PATH’s Vaccine Cost Calculators can help provide an easy way for country-level decision-makers to assess and compare the costs of specific vaccines.
HOW YOU CAN USE THIS MATERIAL:Country-level decision-makers should use these cost calculators to assess and compare the costs of certain vaccination programs and determine the cost effectiveness and feasibility of introducing the vaccines in their country.
… ContinuedThe Teaching Vaccine Economics Everywhere (TVEE) training workshop will now be available online and is open to participants free-of-charge. Health economists from universities around the world have developed an online course to strengthen skills related to economics and financing of national immunization programs and to improve the sustainability of vaccine delivery in low and middle-income … Continued
Assessing the incremental costs of implementing electronic immunization registry and stock management systems in immunization programs in Tanzania and Zambia.
HOW YOU CAN USE THIS MATERIAL:For countries interested in implementing or improving electronic immunization registry and stock management system interventions, they can use the data contained in this study to estimate the incremental costs and ensure these costs are included in the immunization budget.
… ContinuedThis article originally appeared on Gavi’s website. The Decade of Vaccine Economics (DoVE) Project, carried out by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) for nearly ten years, has computed the return-on-investment for vaccines preventing ten infectious diseases in 94 low- and middle-income countries, including 73 countries that have received support from … Continued
Examining the return on investment from immunization programs against ten pathogens for ninety-four low- and middle-income countries for the period 2011–30.
HOW YOU CAN USE THIS MATERIAL:Country policymakers and other decision makers in funding agencies can use the ROI estimates from this study to contribute to resource mobilization efforts for their national immunization programs.
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