Table 1.
Overview of data sources.
| Name or Source | Explanation/ Definition | Data collected through source (examples) |
|---|---|---|
| National/ international reports | Budget report, Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly, and Children [MoHCDEC], Ministry of Education (BEST report), EPI – DMT report, National Bureau of Statistics, Bank of Tanzania, World Bank, World Health Organization | Number of schools, number of schoolgirls, number of girls aged 14 years, annual population growth rate, proportion of in-school girls, salary scales, microplanning, sensitization, number of districts, number of health facilities in Tanzania, annual discount rate, annual exchange rate, HPV coverage, and drop-out rates |
| Costing workshop | Different stakeholder groups (e.g. MoHCDEC, Immunization and Vaccines Development (IVD) program, WHO, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), international development partners) met during three workshops to estimate future HPV vaccination costs using the C4P tool | Vaccines and supplies, proportion of vaccinations delivered by a selected strategy, national supervision, supervision costs, allowances (supervision), cold chain, training, proportion of HPV-related training workshop time |
| Interviews with national/regional stakeholders and health facility personnel | Interviews were conducted by research staff during field visits | Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit car costs, training, supervision costs, school delivery approaches, regional microplanning report, regional training costs, vaccine distribution costs |
| Ring fencer questionnaire/ observations | Trained staff employed by the DoRIS study to ensure that girls who were included in the trial did not receive an additional dose through the national program. Ring fencers observed the work of regular nurses in health facilities and schools | Salary categories, travel times to schools, vaccination times at schools and health facilities per vaccinee, average number of vaccinations delivered at schools, supervision visits, teachers’ and nurses’ allowances, average number of vaccinators per school visit |