Rapid stocktaking and support to revising the cMYP

Report developed by Mott MacDonald. Repost at immunizationeconomics.org courtesy of UNICEF

Background

The aim of this stock-taking exercise is to assess the extent to which cMYPs are fit for purpose, to understand better what the planning needs for immunisation are, to learn the lessons from experience in the use of cMYPs to date and to identify best practices with a view to identifying next possible steps. The exercise was carried out between August 2016 and April 2017 and comprised 14 country case studies, 12 country desk reviews, interviews with a number of regional and global stakeholders, a review of available literature and data and quantitative analysis of available cMYPs.

cMYP context

To support countries in the development of a holistic immunization plan, WHO and UNICEF developed and rolled-out guidelines to help countries prepare a comprehensive multi-year plan (cMYP) for immunization more than 10 years ago. These step-by-step guidelines include a costing and financing tool that helped countries to assess current and future program cost, financing, and funding gaps.

The main aim of cMYPs is to bring together immunisation financial and programmatic elements into a single, comprehensive plan thus reducing duplication and transaction costs. They are intended to support planning processes, be aligned with regional and global priorities, reflect national priorities and resource availability and be credible inputs to national budgeting processes. They are intended to be technically rigorous and up to date, live documents which help drive improvements in immunisation performance.

cMYPs have evolved over the last decade and a half in response to an increasingly complex operational and financing landscape for immunisation. They have, over time, attempted to combine programmatic and financing components into a single approach and, through incremental updates over time, respond to changing events.