Health economics and vaccine financing in the eastern Mediterranean region: A needs assessment
The findings highlight the need to strengthen the integration of health economics and vaccine financing into immunization programmes and policy decision-making across the EMR, irrespective of income level. Tailored capacity-building, technical support, and cross-sectoral collaboration, particularly with academia, are essential.
Authors
- Palwasha Anwari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6989-0791)
- So Yoon Sim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3267-1867)
- Gerald Etapelong Sume (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-1719)
- Philipp Lambach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0105-8899)
- Quamrul Hasan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7855-2963)
- Nathalie Vande Maele
- Diana Kizza
- Maarten Jansen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2852-1513)
- Raymond Hutubessy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9286-5065)
- Karene Hoi Ting Yeung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9225-7935)
- Wedyan Meshreky
Institutions
- United Nations Children's Fund (US)
- World Health Organization (CH)
- World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Vaccine
- Published
- 2025-09-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.127780
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00