Immunization financing

Mauritania summary indicators


Baseline costing indicators 2001
GDP per capita1 $345
Population2 $2,724,097
Surviving infants2 103,852
DTP-3 coverage3 72%
Total health expenditure per capita (current $)4 $8.8
Total spending on routine immunization5 $1,254,701
     - per DTP-3 immunized child $16.8
    - per capita $0.46
    - as a % of overall health expenditure 5.2%
Total spending on the NIP (including campaigns)5 $2,997,384
    - as a % of overall health expenditure 12.5%

Future resource requirements, financing and gaps5 2004-2009
Avg. annual resource requirements $3,617,952
    - % new-underused vaccines 7.4%
    - per DTP-3 targeted child $35.3
Avg. annual secure funding $1,439,693
    - % from government 54.0%
    - % from GAVI-Vaccine Fund 20.6%
    - % from other donors 25.5%
Avg. annual probable funding $143,882
Avg. annual funding gap (secure and probable funding) $2,034,377
    - % of resource requirements 56.2%
    - per DTP-3 targeted child $19.9

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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