Immunization financing

Zambia summary indicators


Baseline costing indicators 2001
GDP per capita1 $311
Population2 $10,419,430
Surviving infants2 400,000
DTP-3 coverage3 78%
Total health expenditure per capita (Current $)4 $17.1
Total spending on routine immunization5 $1,707,502
     - per DTP-3 immunized child $5.5
    - per capita $0.16
    - as a % of overall health expenditure 1.0%
Total spending on the NIP (including campaigns)5 $2,981,984
    - as a % of overall health expenditure 1.7%

Future resource requirements, financing and gaps5 2003-2006
Avg. annual resource requirements $9,512,690
    - % new-underused vaccines 55.2%
    - per DTP-3 targeted child $21.1
Avg. annual secure funding $4,637,622
    - % from government 4.6%
    - % from GAVI-Vaccine Fund 79.8%
    - % from other donors 15.6%
Avg. annual probable funding $3,074,263
Avg. annual funding gap (secure and probable funding) $1,800,805
    - % of resource requirements 18.9%
    - per DTP-3 targeted child $4.0

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
  • Immunization Financing Database. Immunization specific spending is reported.
Share