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NINTH GAVI BOARD MEETING Dakar, 18-19 November 2002
2 GAVI Progress Report
Paper (PDF - 448K)
Discussion
- The Board noted the remarkable progress that has been made in the first phase of GAVI toward reaching broad consensus on goals and utilizing new and existing systems to encourage increased focus on immunization. In the next operational phase, optimal systems for building upon this progress may look different. There is a big difference between strategies to introduce new vaccines or increase access, and maintaing that increased access.
- The definition of good vs. poor performance needs to be examined. Is a country which set modest goals and surpassed them a good performer? Is a country which set too ambitious goals and did not achieve them a poor performer? While it is too soon to draw real conclusions, it is good to look at which countries are 'above the line' and which countries are 'below the line' and to ask whether whether introduction of new vaccines is having a negative impact on provision of basic services. This analysis will be strengthened when countries can be tracked over several years and patterns may emerge.
DECISIONS
The Board:
- 1.1 Recommended that measurement of GAVI's progress should link the financial and other support being provided, and the programmatic impact of this support in countries.
- 1.2 Requested the Secretariat to provide a report on which countries had built immunization into their poverty alleviation strategies.
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