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Fifth GAVI Board Meeting, 21-22 June 2001, London, England
June 2001
Financing
Task Force update, including financial sustainability and user fees
DECISIONS
The Board:
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approved
the proposed definition of financial
sustainability , as follows:
Although self-sufficiency
is the ultimate goal, in the nearer term, sustainable financing is the
abilitiy of a country to mobilize and efficiently use domestic and
supplementary external resources on a reliable basis to achieve target
levels of immunization performance;
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approved a
statement to describe the position of GAVI partners on
user fees , as follows:
In the absence of compelling country or
regional data unequivocally document their value, user fees should not
be levied in publicly financed national immunization services;
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acknowledged the need for continued work to develop a database of
immunization financing in countries. This database would include
information on immunization funding sources, expenditures and gaps,
and would help to guard against replacement funding by the Vaccine
Fund. The workplan being proposed by the FTF would require an
additional $300,000 over the next six months.
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