The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation financed EPIC--a coordinated set of immunization costing and financing studies in 2012-2014 in six countries (Benin Ghana Uganda Zambia Moldova and Honduras). These phase 1 studies collected data at central, subnational, and facility-level and were notable for their rigor in terms of sample design and comprehensiveness of resource use measurement.
In EPIC phase 2, the team from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in coordination with expert advisory panel carried out the work that extends the work of the individual EPIC country studies by conducting analysis of data pooled from all sites; fostering the community of practice; and assessing opportunities to improve the availability and value of immunization cost and financing information.
EPIC-2 study team, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Stephen Resch
Principal investigator. Deputy director, Center for Health Decision Sciences.
NICK MENZIES
Co-investigator. Assistant Professor of Global Health.
CHRISTIAN SUHARLIM
Imm Economics Director of Public Affairs. EPIC-3 Project manager. Research Associate.
Lucy o'keeffe
Research Assistant
Emma Clarke
Doctoral Student
Allison Portnoy
Doctoral Student
Isabelle Feldhaus
Doctoral Student
EPIC-2 Expert advisors
Logan Brenzel
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Damian Walker
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
MEAD OVER
Center for Global Development
SANTIAGO CORNEJO
GAVI Alliance
ROBERT STEINGLASS
John Snow, Inc
MELANIE BERTRAM
World Health Organization
VIVIAN VALDMANIS
University of the Sciences
EPIC-2 study team, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Stephen Resch
Principal investigator. Deputy director, Center for Health Decision Sciences.
NICK MENZIES
Co-investigator. Assistant Professor of Global Health.
SEBASTIEN HANEUSE
Co-investigator. Associate Professor of Biostatistic
CHRISTIAN SUHARLIM
Project manager. Post-doctoral Research Associate.
CLAUDIA RIVERA
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
ZACH WARD
Programmer / analyst
FANGLI GENG
Research assistant
Cristina Munk
Research assistant