Table 2.
Economic Costs per Fully-immunized Girl (US$) in a Scaled-up Regional School based HPV vaccination Programme
| Cost items | Source Data (Mwanza Vaccine Project, Tanzania) [21] | Gavi vaccine price (US$ 4.5) [23] | Lowest public sector price (US$ 13) [23] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | |
| Social Mobilization/IEC | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.44 |
| Training | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.26 | 0.44 | 0.26 | 0.44 |
| Procurementa | 18.7 | 19.4 | 12.46 | 13.11 | 29.46 | 30.11 |
| Vaccination | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.39 | 3.87 | 4.39 | 3.87 |
| Cold Storage | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.18 | 0.26 | 0.18 | 0.26 |
| Waste Management | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Admin/Supervision | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.44 | 1.14 | 0.44 | 1.14 |
| Total | 25.3 | 26.6 | 18.16 | 19.26 | 35.16 | 36.26 |
aVaccine procurement cost was modified to reflect the cost of two doses at US$4.5 per dose instead of three doses at US$5 as per original study