Planning and financing
Multi-year planning is a key management tool for national immunization programmes. To support countries in the development of their immunization plans, WHO and UNICEF have published guidelines on developing a comprehensive multi-year plan (cMYP) for immunization. These step-by-step guidelines include a costing and financing tool that will help countries to assess current and future programme costs. As managers complete each step in the process, they should ensure that the plan meets national and global goals, responds to national policies and priorities, and generates estimates of resource requirements.
Following years of implementation of cMYPs, and making use of the lessons learnt, updated guidance will be released in 2022 for developing a National Immunization Strategy (NIS).
Sustainable financing for immunisation is fundamental to the achievement of universal immunization and the IA2030 objectives. Sustainable financing for immunisation refers to the allocation and use of resources to support the achievement of immunisation goals within the framework of overall health financing. It addresses issues of effective, efficient and equitable use of resources.