Costs of delivering COVID-19 vaccine in Botswana during the height of the pandemic: a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The development, distribution and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines following the outbreak of the global coronavirus pandemic in February 2020 is the largest global immunization action in history. To assist with planning and resource mobilization efforts, a global-level model was used to estimate expected COVID-19 vaccine delivery costs employing data from the literature on childhood and adult flu vaccine delivery. However, country-level studies were needed to validate these estimates, learn lessons for future pandemics, and plan for forthcoming COVID-19 vaccination of priority groups.

Methods

We tested several methodological innovations to estimate total costs and costs per dose of COVID-19 vaccine delivery in Botswana. Costs incurred by all government sectors, paras

SUBMITTER: Vaughan K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11921734 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature