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Immunization Financing Options Resource Kit
The
Immunization Financing Options Resource Kit, a series of short,
user-friendly briefing sheets that outline options for financing
national immunization services, has been prepared by the
Financing Task Force for the GAVI Alliance.
Introduction & Overview and Comparison of Financing Options (1595kb)
Financing
options presented in color-coded briefing sheets are as follows:
For
domestic public financing options : (715kb)
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General
revenues (central level)
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General
revenues (subnational level)
For
external financing options : (1776kb)
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Project
grants from bilateral or multilateral agencies
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Debt
relief proceeds through HIPC ll
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Sector-wide approach (SWAp)
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National
budget support
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Vaccine
Fund
For "mixed"
external and domestic financing options : (363kb)
For
domestic private financing options : (kb)
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User fees
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Cross-subsidies
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Health
insurance
For
financing instruments : (kb)
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National
trust funds
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Revolving
funds (including PAHO and VII)
In addition,
supplementary briefing sheets (kb) cover the key concepts of:
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Essential
immunization services
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Costing of
national immunization programs
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Economics
of vaccine production
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Differential pricing
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Sources of
additional information
Background
documents are also available here .
ACKNOWLDEGMENTS
Immunization
Financing Options: A Resource for Policymakers has been prepared
principally by Ruth Levine (The World Bank), Sarah England (World Health
Organization), and Violaine Mitchell (GAVI Financing Task Force) on
behalf of the Financing Task Force of the Global Alliance for Vaccines
and Immunization (GAVI). This document and the background papers
prepared for this report have been generously supported through the
contributions of the Children's Vaccine Program at PATH, United States
Agency for International Development through its Partnerships for Health
Reform (PHR) project, The World Bank, and World Health Organization. The
authors are grateful to the numerous individuals who have provided
helpful comments and contributions especially Amie Batson, Alan Brooks,
Richard Bumgarner, Brenda Candries, Grace Chee, Brandao Co, Laura
Cooley, Sarah Glass, Christy Hanson, Keith Feldon, Pirrko Heinonen,
Marianne Hooper, Jim Jones, Miloud Kaddar, Daniel Kress, Patience
Kuruneri, François Lacapere, Steve Landry, Ann Levin, Xingzhu Liu, Julie
Milstien, Osman Mansoor, Germano Mwabu, Prosper Nyandagazi, Aviva Ron,
Bryn Sakagawa, Sally Stevenson, Walter Vandersmissen, and Scott Wittet.
The judgments made herein do not necessarily reflect the views of the
partners of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization nor The
World Bank's Board of Executive Directors or the countries they
represent. The many contributors to this document may not endorse every
point, and they bear no responsibility for any errors that remain.
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