New analysis of National Immunization Strategy roadmap, costing, budgeting and financing from UNICEF

UNICEF has released an analysis of National Immunization Strategy (NIS) roadmap, costing, budgeting, and financing from NIS developed in 2021-2023 was conducted with the overall objective to understand requirements for NIS especially from financial perspective, with lessons learnt from countries that have completed their NIS using NIS.Cost application. Specific objectives of this analysis were as follows.

• To collate the NIS roadmap, costing, budgeting, and financing information from the country NIS.Cost application for NIS developed between 2021 and 2023.
• To review and summarize strategic objectives, interventions and activities developed within the roadmap for the country NIS.
• To estimate the key unit costs for the country NIS (per capita, per child immunized, per EPI component) and compare the unit costs across countries using selected indicators.
• To review and summarize the budget section of the country NIS and compare across countries based on key budget parameters.
• To analyze the available financing and financing gaps within the country NIS and compare them across countries.
• To develop recommendations based on the lessons learnt from the analysis.

For the full quantitative and qualitative findings, read the report here.