Estimating the costs of achieving the WHO-UNICEF Global Immunization Vision and Strategy, 2006-2015

• Main Authors: Lara J Wolfson (Author), François Gasse (Author), Shook-P (Author), Patrick Lydon (Author), Ahmed Magan (Author), Abdelmajid Tibouti (Author), Benjamin Johns (Author), Raymond Hutubessy (Author), Peter Salama (Author), Jean-Mari (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To estimate the cost of scaling up childhood immunization services required to reach the WHO-UNICEF Global Immunization Vision and Strategy (GIVS) goal of reducing mortality due to vaccine-preventable diseases by two-thirds by 2015. METHODS: A model was developed to estimate the total cos...