Table 2.
Categories of costs included in the financial expenditure analysis
| Financial cost category | Cost description |
| System design and development | |
| System design and development (EIR which is being used) | Design and development of the EIR in each country; includes testing the EIRs. |
| Learning costs | Design and development of first version of EIRs in each country which were later shelved. |
| Other costs | |
| Back entry costs | Costs to enter previous immunisation records of each child from the paper immunisation registers into the electronic immunisation registry. |
| Peer learning and printing of guidelines (Tanzania only) | Printing of guidelines and a visit to Zambia for peer learning exchange. |
| Labour costs | |
| BID initiative staff | BID initiative staff time, including in-country staff time for all project-related activities such as system testing, deployment, supervision and management of the project. |
| Intervention rollout costs by region/province | |
| Hardware* | Tablets and covers, chargers and quick response code/barcode scanners for health facilities. |
| Meetings | Meetings with government officials to get their buy-in and to plan for implementation in their region/province; includes meetings associated with developing the rollout strategy for the region/province. |
| Training | Training of staff responsible for rolling out the interventions to the health facilities. |
| Deployment | Per diems, lodgings and transport associated with deployment of the EIR to the health facilities and district immunisation offices. Transport includes vehicles purchased (one for each country) and expenditures for fuel and maintenance of these vehicles; also includes hiring other vehicles used for the deployment. |
| Recurrent costs by region/province | |
| Internet connectivity | Access to internet for uploading data and transferring data to higher levels. |
| Data hosting | Server for EIR data. |
| Supportive supervision | Per diems and transport costs for BID initiative staff or Ministry of Health staff to provide supportive supervision to health facilities after deployment of interventions. |
| Printing | Printing of barcodes used on immunisation cards. |
*Includes equipment replacement at a rate of 5% as noted over the project period, which is included in the equipment procurement costs.
BID, Better Immunisation Data; EIR, electronic immunisation registry.