This study protocol describes the generalized approach for COVID-19 vaccine delivery costing studies, discussing scope, methods, and expected outputs. Due to the diverse range of vaccine roll-out modalities, this protocol will require tailored research approaches in the setting that it is used [ThinkWell, 2021].
Examples of data collection templates used in bottom-up costing studies in the DRC (in French), Mozambique (in Portuguese) and Uganda (in English). Includes tools at various administrative levels from implementation to national level [ThinkWell, 2023].
The template captures both the set-up and monthly recurrent costs of running sites, and generates a total budget and budget per dose broken down by different cost categories. You can download the template in either English or French below, and a live video demo can be viewed here. [UNICEF, 2022].
The COVID-19 Vaccine Introduction and deployment Costing tool (CVIC tool) estimates the incremental costs of delivering COVID-19 vaccines [WHO, 2022].
A report estimating the cost of delivering COVID-19 vaccines to 70% of target populations in 133 low- and middle- income countries from the COVAX Readiness and Delivery Working Group on Delivery Costing, authored by experts from UNICEF, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Dalberg, and the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health [2022].
A report, authored by experts from UNICEF, WHO, Gavi, Gates Foundation, Harvard, ThinkWell, and the World Bank, estimating the costs of delivering COVID-19 vaccines to approximately 20% of the population in the 92 Advance Market Commitment (AMC) countries [2021].
This online platform uses per-dose delivery cost estimates and the country target population information to get the total cost of COVID-19 vaccination for better financing, planning, and implementation of vaccination programs by policymakers and funders [The Center for Policy Impact in Global Health, 2021].
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