In 1999, the USAID-funded Partnerships for Health Reform Project, in collaboration with the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Health (MOH) conducted four in-depth country case studies on the costs and financing of immunization services. This paper reports on one of those, the case study conducted in Cote d’Ivoire.
The following year, Abt Associates Inc. under contract with the Children’s Vaccine Program at PATH, expanded upon the earlier analysis to assist the Ivoirian immunization coordinating committee to prepare an application for funding from the Global Children’s Vaccine Fund. This fund, administered by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations, provides funding for Hepatitis B and Hib vaccines.
The study gathered data by: reviewing records, conducting key informant interviews, and observing directly how the program operates. The study examined: the cost-effectiveness of the immunization strategy to find cost savings and the mix of sources of financing for the program to analyze sustainability and assistance needs. The analysis also allows the Ivoirian authorities and their international partners to know what additional resources are needed to achieve more equitable coverage with both the traditional EPI and newer vaccines and to add safer immunization technologies to the program.
Learning Objectives: 1. Recognize the elements and application of an immunization financing protocol for country level analyses. 2. Articulate how the protocol can be used to enhance the planning, financing and sustainability of country immunization programs. 3. List the lessons learned and findings from using the protocol in Cote d’Ivoire
Keywords: Immunizations, Assessments
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