Table 4. Documented Stakeholders and Institutions Involved in Priority Setting for New Vaccines in Uganda by Level of Decision-Making .

Organization/Institution	Level of Decision-Making	Stakeholders Involved	Roles
HIPAC, GAVI, UNICEF, WHO, USAID, JICA, PATH, AFENET	Global, National	Development assistance partners	Funding, Technical and logistic support
MoH General	National	Government officers (National and sub-national)	Policy direction for prioritizing and monitoring new vaccines
MoH-EPI program and the Maternal Health Technical Working Group	National	Government officers, representatives from the civil society and the academia	Develops policy documents and recommendations to the MoH; and CMYPs for GAVI
UNAS and UNITAG	National	Government officers, Academics, Pediatricians, Vaccinologists, Civil Society, Economists, Politicians, WHO health systems representative, technical advisors	Technical support to provide objective and evidence based recommendations to the MoH for new vaccines
District	Sub-national	Local government officers	Implement routine and new vaccine regimens
Public	National and sub-national levels	Public	Provide input on acceptability of new vaccines

Abbreviations: MoH‏, Ministry of Health; WHO, World Health Organization; UNICEF, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund; GAVI, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization; USAID, United States Agency for International Development; HIPAC, Health Interagency Policy Advisory Committee; EPI, Expanded Program on Immunization; UNAS, Uganda National Academy of Science; UNITAG; Uganda National Immunization Technical Advisory Group; CMYPs, comprehensive multiyear plans for immunization; JICA, Japan International Co-operation Agency; AFENET, African Field Epidemiology Network.