Achieving universal immunization coverage and reaching every child with life-saving vaccines will require the implementation of pro-equity strategies, especially in poorer countries. Gavi-supported countries continue to implement report strategies that aim address challenges improve equity. This paper summarizes first mapping these from country reports. Thirteen were purposively selected emphas...

Background It is estimated that in some cases up to 50% of vaccines are wasted by not being administered, where these supply chain inefficiencies may be contributing to the deaths of 1.5 million children each year from vaccine-preventable diseases. The GAVI Alliance partners and Secretariat, WHO, UNICEF, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are currently designing a supply chain strategy to ...

Background The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed the Total System Effectiveness (TSE) framework to assist national policy-makers in prioritizing vaccines. The pilot was launched in Thailand to explore the potential use of TSE in a country with established governance structures and accountable decision-making processes fo...

Since December 2005 the GAVI Alliance (GAVI) Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) window has offered predictable funding to developing countries, based on a combined population and economic formula. This is intended to assist them to address system constraints to improved immunization coverage and health care delivery, needed to meet the Millennium Development Goals. The application process invit...