SESSION I: NEW ANALYSES OF POOLED EPIC DATA
Introduction to EPIC immunization costing studies, methods, resources, and community of practice
Presenter: Stephen Resch
The costs of providing routine immunization services in six countries: variation and cost determinants
Presenter: Nick Menzies
Cost shares analysis of routine immunization programs in six countries
Presenter: Fangli Geng
Discussion: Estimating the cost of scaling up immunization
Presenter: Nick Menzies
The efficient production of immunization services: results from the EPIC study
Presenter: Nick Menzies
Consolidated financing analysis of EPIC countries
Presenter: Logan Brenzel
Stakekolder perspective
Focus group discussion, making sense of EPIC data
Moderator: Chris Suharlim
Reports by: Francis Mwansa, Jessica Gu, Diane Coraggio, Meghan O’Connell, Zach Ward, Cristina Munk
SESSION II: NEW STUDIES ON IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM COSTING, FINANCING, AND DELIVERY
Cost of routine immunization in Brazil
Presenter: Cristiana Toscano
Cost of delivering routine immunization services in India
Presenter: Susmita Chatterjee
Immunization costing exercise in three districts on Ethiopia
Presenter: Damen Haile Mariam
Socioeconomic inequity in access to and expenditures on immunization services in Anambra, Nigeria
Presenter: Florence Sibeudu
Cost comparison of introducing new vaccines in Rwanda, take-aways in costing tools implementation
Presenter: Ann Levin
SESSION III: COUNTRY-LEVEL USAGE OF IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM COST DATA
Incorporating costing study results to enhance program performance: a Zambian case study
Presenter: Carl Schutte, Anthony Kinghorn
Using Reaching Every Child (REC) Micro-Planning Tool to Estimate Immunization Budgets in Tanzania
Presenter: Nassor S. Mohamed
Implementation lessons from Nigeria, Kenya, and Tanzania: budget allocation to expenditure tracking
Presenter: Jessica Gu
Feasibility of routine cost monitoring system in Kenya
Presenter: Ulla Griffiths
Provider payment mechanisms and implications for sustaining the provision of quality services
Presenter: Donald Shepard
Rewarding immunization coverage and completion: From cost function to contract design
Presenter: Mead Over
Panel Discussion: Sustainable institutional Linkage and improving immunization program implementation
Moderator: Stephen Resch
Panelist: Lora Shimp, Collins Chansa, Charlotte Zikusooka, George Gotsadze, Frank Nyonator, Penelope Kalesha
SESSION IV: IMPROVING FUTURE IMMUNIZATION COSTING STUDIES
On the design and analysis of costing studies in low-and-middle income countries
Presenter: Claudia Rivera, Sebastien Haneuse
Survey tools to estimate cost of treatment and productivity loss for vaccine preventable diseases
Presenter: Diane Coraggio, Grace Morgan, Sachiko Ozawa
Panel discussion: The future of immunization costing and efficiency studies: where do we go next?
Moderator: Ulla Griffiths
Panelist: Stephen Resch, Mercy Mvundura, Logan Brenzel, Cara Janusz