Cost of human papillomavirus vaccine delivery at district and health facility levels in Zimbabwe: A school-based vaccination program targeting multiple cohorts.

ABSTRACT:

Background

After a pilot project in 2014-15 Zimbabwe introduced the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine nationally in 2018 for girls aged 10-14 years through a primarily school-based vaccination campaign with two doses administered at 12-month intervals. In 2019, a first dose was delivered to a new cohort of girls in grade 5 of girls age 10 years if out-of-school (OOS), along with a second dose to the 2018 multiple cohorts. Additional effort was made to identify and mobilize OOS girls by Village Health Workers (VHWs) in the community. Zimbabwe reported 1,569,905 doses of HPV vaccine administered during the 2018 and 2019 campaigns. This analysis evaluated the cost of Zimbabwe's national HPV vaccine introduction.

Methods

A retrospective, incremental, ingredients-based cost anal

SUBMITTER: Hidle A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10495254 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature