Immunization financing

Benin summary indicators


Baseline costing indicators 2001
GDP per capita1 $304
Population2 $7,425,464
Surviving infants2 284,539
DTP-3 coverage3 85%
Total health expenditure per capita (current $)4 $14.7
Total spending on routine immunization5 $1,228,141
     - per DTP-3 immunized child $5.1
    - per capita $0.17
    - as a % of overall health expenditure 1.1%
Total spending on the NIP (including campaigns)5 $4,933,440
    - as a % of overall health expenditure 4.5%

Future resource requirements, financing and gaps5 2004-2010
Avg. annual resource requirements $5,837,089
    - % new-underused vaccines 58.1%
    - per DTP-3 targeted child $19.8
Avg. annual secure funding $4,868,764
    - % from government 11.4%
    - % from GAVI-Vaccine Fund 51.0%
    - % from other donors 37.6%
Avg. annual probable funding $768,493
Avg. annual funding gap (secure and probable funding) $199,832
    - % of resource requirements 3.4%
    - per DTP-3 targeted child $0.7

Sources:

  • World Development Indicators - World Bank for GDP
  • United Nations Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, World Population Prospects the 2002 Revisions
  • WHO-UNICEF Coverage Best Estimates
  • WHO - World Health Report 2003, 2004 and 2005
  • Immunization Financing Database. Immunization specific spending is reported.
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