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. 2020 Jul;5(7):e002951.
doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002951.

Fairer financing of vaccines in a world living with COVID-19

Itamar Megiddo  1 , Justice Nonvignon  2 , Richmond Owusu  2 , Kalipso Chalkidou  3   4 , Abigail Colson  5 , Mohamed Gad  3 , Petra Klepac  6   7 , Francis Ruiz  3   4 , Alec Morton  5
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Fairer financing of vaccines in a world living with COVID-19

Itamar Megiddo et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2020 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: health economics; health policy; health systems; immunisation; public health.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: This material has been funded by UK aid from the UK government; however, the views expressed do not necessarily reflect the UK government’s official policies.This commentary was produced as part of the International Decision Support Initiative (https://idsihealth.org/), a global initiative to support decision makers in priority setting for universal health coverage.

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DTP-HepB vaccination cofinancing in Ghana and comparator countries. (A) Donor–country model suggested cofinancing split of domestic country and donor cofinancing of the DTP-HepB vaccine (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and hepatitis B) in Ghana using costing evidence from Levin et al.; (B) Actual split of domestic country and Gavi financing based on Gavi country progress reports between 2006 and 2016 (no data were available for 2015). (C) Per cent of Gavi contribution towards cofinancing compared with GNI per capita for comparator countries between 2012 and 2016, for different year and country observations and the size representing total funds for the vaccine. DTP-HepB, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and hepatitis B; GNI, gross national income.
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