Immunization financing

Democratic Republic of the Congo summary indicators


Baseline costing indicators 2002
GDP per capita1 $93
Population2 $52,705,824
Surviving infants2 2,308,426
DTP-3 coverage3 64%
Total health expenditure per capita (current $)4 $3.7
Total spending on routine immunization5 $5,646,901
     - per DTP-3 immunized child $3.8
    - per capita $0.11
    - as a % of overall health expenditure 2.9%
Total spending on the NIP (including campaigns)5 $31,164,760
    - as a % of overall health expenditure 16.1%

Future resource requirements, financing and gaps5 2005-2010
Avg. annual resource requirements $49,356,622
    - % new-underused vaccines 54.9%
    - per DTP-3 targeted child $21.5
Avg. annual secure funding $11,118,468
    - % from government 8.2%
    - % from GAVI-Vaccine Fund 53.1%
    - % from other donors 38.7%
Avg. annual probable funding $36,147,660
Avg. annual funding gap (secure and probable funding) $2,090,494
    - % of resource requirements 4.2%
    - per DTP-3 targeted child $0.9

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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