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2025 IHEA Congress

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Over the course of our two-day pre-congress session, we welcomed 141 attendees from 32 countries and enjoyed in-depth presentations and rich discussion. Take a look below at materials from both the pre-congress and immunization economics-related congress presentations.

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Pre-congress report

Read the report on our pre-congress and learn about the key takeaways from discussions.

Report

Pre-congress presentations

Find background on speakers, information on their research, and links to their presentations.

Presentations

Main congress presentations

We curated a list of immunization economics related presentations from the main IHEA congress.

Presentations

Pre-congress photos

Browse photos from our two-day pre-congress session!

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About

Since 2019, the Immunization Economics Community of Practice has organized a biannual pre-congress meeting ahead of the International Health Economics Association (IHEA) World Congress. The pre-congress brings the community together to showcase the latest research findings and methodological advancements, discuss implications for policy and practice, facilitate peer-to-peer learning, foster partnerships, and align on research priorities relevant to support immunization programs in low- and middle-income countries.

The session this year convenedacademic institutions, NGOs, multinational organizations, policymakers, program managers, and private sector representatives. 

Priority themes

This year, the pre-congress meeting focused on the following priority topics:

  • Economics of reaching zero-dose children: Comparing the cost and cost-effectiveness and equity tradeoffs of different interventions aimed at reducing zero-dose prevalence in various settings, including integrated and mixed strategies or novel approaches such as drone delivery or extended hours and weekend sessions, improved microplanning, EIR for identification, demand-side interventions, as well as financing and sustainability of zero-dose interventions (day 1: all day).
  • Financing, sustainability, and donor transitions: Managing financial constraints in light of donor transitions and limited resources, prioritization of and advocacy for immunization programs, improving resource allocation and public financial management, and prevention of backsliding in middle-income countries (day 2: morning).
  • Vaccine portfolio optimization and prioritization: Optimization of immunization delivery strategies and vaccine portfolios, the value of combination vaccines, priority setting and improving the use of economic evidence in decision-making processes, and improving efficiency, including through integration with other maternal and child health services (day 2: afternoon).

Have questions?

Please don’t hesitate to contact us at immunizationeconomics@thinkwell.global.