UNICEF, the International Budget Partnership (IBP), and the Institute for Economic and Social Research University of Indonesia (LPEM) have released the report of a study conducted to illuminate the financial barriers and challenges encountered in ensuring the availability and delivery of routine vaccines, considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as examining the non-budgetary causes of declining immunization coverage in Indonesia.
Researchers used a quantitative and qualitative approaches with a specific focus on three selected districts in East Java Province (Banyuwangi, Madiun City, and Sampang) during the period 2019-2021.
The study found that the response to the COVID-19 pandemic had a profound impact on national budgets in the year 2020-2021, resulting in a noticeable reduction of funds allocated to routine immunization programs. Budget deviations at the subnational level were influenced by a combination of external factors such as pandemic-related mobility restrictions and internal factors including the capacity of local health offices and delays in budget disbursement.
Read the report for the full findings and recommendations.
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