Cost of integrated immunization campaigns in Nigeria and Sierra Leone: bottom-up costing studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To improve the efficient use of scarce resources, low- and middle-income countries and development partners are increasingly encouraged to deliver multiple vaccines and other interventions in a single integrated campaign. However, little is known regarding the cost of delivering vaccines through integrated campaigns, and the extent to which efficiencies are achieved. To fill this evidence gap, we estimated the cost of integrated immunization campaigns in Nigeria and Sierra Leone, and the potential savings from integration.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective ingredients-based costing study from a payer perspective of a campaign held in 2019 in Sierra Leone with measles-rubella vaccine and oral polio vaccine, during which nutrition supplements were also offered in

SUBMITTER: Boonstoppel L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11529071 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature