Policymakers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) regularly apply economic principles to health care decision-making. To do this well requires greater expertise in applied health economics. Teaching Vaccine Economics Everywhere (TVEE) focuses on capacity-building in applied vaccine economics, cost-effectiveness, and finance.
A professional team of health economists from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Wits University School of Public Health, Indian Institute of Hospital Management Research (IIHMR) University, Aga Khan University, Mahidol University, University of Ouagadougou, and Makerere University have developed a series of customized training workshops to strengthen skills related to economics and financing of national immunization programs and improve the sustainability of vaccine delivery in LMICs.
To sustain the impact of the trainings, TVEE has created a global network of professionals who apply economic principles to vaccine policymaking.
Health Economics for Vaccines: Economics can be helpful when understanding decisions related to supply, demand, and choices under uncertainty. Focusing on publicly provided goods such as vaccines, in this module, we will review key principles to help inform decisions that drive vaccine supply and demand.
Costing in Vaccine Planning and Programming: Costs and costing information are important and useful inputs to immunization program. In this learning module, will look at the cost profiles of various immunization programs and activities and learn how to cost, analyze, report, and use results for policy decisions.
Economic Evaluation of Vaccines and Vaccination Programs: Economic evaluation studies help determine what, when, and how to introduce new vaccines and optimize implementation strategy. We will introduce the theory, methods, and application of economic evaluation, focusing on decision analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis.
Immunization Financing, Resource Tracking, and Affordability: Effective immunization programs require financing of various components, including vaccine procurement and supply chains. In this module, we will learn the fundamentals of immunization financing and its sources, how to finance data systems, and how to use the analysis for policy change.
Program Evaluation: This module introduces the fundamental principles of program evaluation for vaccine programs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including design, implementation, and analysis. Participants will develop skills to apply monitoring and evaluation (M&E) frameworks for vaccine programs.
Systems: The primary goals of this course are to identify each of the components of a vaccine supply chain, understand the complexities of the supply chain, and learn how each component interacts with each other.
Take the global capacity building course, available in English and French.
