2023 IHEA Pre-Congress
The Immunization Economics Special Interest Group (SIG) kicked off 15th IHEA World Congress on Health Economics by organizing a two-day pre-congress session on July 8-9 attended by over 150 participants from 42 countries. The session brought together early-career to seasoned researchers from academic institutions, NGOs, and multinational organizations to exchange knowledge on the latest research methods and approaches in immunization costing, financing, economics, and decision-making. Look back at the presentations and posters below.
The following research priorities emerged from presentations and discussions at the pre-congress:
The cost, cost-effectiveness, and efficiency of reaching zero dose children in different contexts, including targeted local interventions, campaigns, but also strengthening the PHC system.
Integration of services, even beyond health, as opposed to the incremental cost of adding immunization services, and lessons learned from the C19 pandemic around this.
Cost, cost-effectiveness, and investment cases of new vaccines will remain necessary as they enter the market or as their recommended schedules change.
The rate of return of investing in stockpiles of vaccines (such as those of yellow fever and cholera vaccines, Ebola, etc.)
Increased focus on developing economic evidence for subnational level stakeholders and implementers.
Evidence around budget execution and practical experiences at national and subnational levels, and identifying best practices in improving the use of evidence in planning, budgeting, and decision-making.
Presentations, speakers and posters
Use the buttons below to view the presentations, posters and speaker bios from the pre-congress. The agenda featured a mixture of plenary and breakout sessions discussing the latest thinking and findings in immunization costing, financing, economics, and decision-making.
You can also view immunization economics related presentations and posters from the main IHEA congress using the button below.
Photos
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