I ntroduction of Haemophilus influenzae type B (HiB) containing pentavalent vaccines (a combination vaccine which protects against five killer diseases-diphtheria , pertussis, tetanus, hepatitis B and Haemophilus in-fluenzae type B) in the Universal Immunization Program (UIP) was a far sighted decision taken in 2009 by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. This decisio...

The COVID-19 pandemic has precipitated large declines in childhood vaccination coverage and, consequently, substantial increases the number of zero-dose children. To effectively respond to these declines, it is necessary direct resources for recovery. We mapped active external financing immunisation and primary healthcare 20 countries with highest numbers children promote transparency donor coo...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had global consequences, both from a health and economic perspective. African continent, although affected at relatively low level in terms of official deaths infections, not been spared. While many expected the COVAX program—a joint initiative between World Health Organization, Gavi (formerly Global Alliance for Vaccines Immunization), Coalition Epidemic Preparedness ...

BACKGROUND The need for timely and reliable information about global health resource flows to low-income and middle-income countries is widely recognised. We aimed to provide a comprehensive assessment of development assistance for health (DAH) from 1990 to 2007. METHODS We defined DAH as all flows for health from public and private institutions whose primary purpose is to provide development...

BACKGROUND Other studies have demonstrated that the impact and cost effectiveness of rotavirus vaccination differs among countries, with greater mortality reduction benefits and lower cost-effectiveness ratios in low-income and high-mortality countries. This analysis combines the results of a country level model of rotavirus vaccination published elsewhere with data from Demographic and Health ...

Background As countries expand immunisation programmes to include new vaccines and ensure increased coverage and equity, existing and potential constraints exist within the supply chain systems to manage an estimated four-fold increase in vaccine volume per fully immunised child and a five-fold increase in the cost of vaccines to fully vaccinate a child from 2010 to 2020. To address existing an...

Innovative finance is now considered essential to mobilize the trillions projected as required meet sustainable development goals. The International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm), which issues vaccine bonds, an emblematic example of innovative in global health and development. Since its launch 2006, IFFIm has played a leading role developing social bonds funding health, securing ove...