The health systems in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are very diverse and complex, addressing a wide variety of health needs and priorities and comprising multiple actors and sources of health financing and health service delivery mechanisms. Immunization is a key public health priority in the region and it has grown in complexity along with the overall health system. Because there is limited understanding of the role of the private sector in immunization, the UNICEF Regional Office for MENA contracted MK International Consulting Inc (MKIC) to design and conduct a study on the role and contributions of the private sector to immunization in the 20 countries in the region. The private sector includes any non-public or non-state, for-profit or non-profit service providers, pharmacies, vaccine and vaccine-related product manufacturers and their representatives, distributors, associations and groups involved in advocacy and social mobilization related to immunization.
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