Estimating the costs of the vaccine supply chain and service delivery for selected districts in Kenya and Tanzania

Highlights • Estimated the costs of Kenya and Tanzania's vaccine supply chain and immunization delivery. • Supply chain costs per dose were higher at the lower levels of the supply chain. • We found large variances in estimated costs across the facilities. • Human resource costs account for the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Vaccine 2015-05, Vol.33 (23), p.2697-2703
Hauptverfasser: Mvundura, Mercy, Lorenson, Kristina, Chweya, Amos, Kigadye, Rosemary, Bartholomew, Kathryn, Makame, Mohammed, Lennon, T. Patrick, Mwangi, Steven, Kirika, Lydia, Kamau, Peter, Otieno, Abner, Murunga, Peninah, Omurwa, Tom, Dafrossa, Lyimo, Kristensen, Debra
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Estimated the costs of Kenya and Tanzania's vaccine supply chain and immunization delivery. • Supply chain costs per dose were higher at the lower levels of the supply chain. • We found large variances in estimated costs across the facilities. • Human resource costs account for the largest share of total costs at the service delivery levels. • Costs for providing immunization services are higher than supply chain costs.
ISSN:0264-410X
1873-2518
DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.03.084