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Table 4 Vaccine delivery components costs* by vaccination strategy, Nigeria, 2019

From: The cost of implementing measles campaign in Nigeria: comparing the stand-alone and the integrated strategy

Cost categories

Measles target population (9–59 months)

Stand-Alone

Integrated

Stand-Alone

Integrated

Integrated

Integrated

Yobe

Plateau

Kano

Kaduna

Kwara

Kaduna + Kwara

970,946

1,099,512

2,940,912

2,439,351

528,102

2,967,453

Vaccination personnel

       
 

Vaccination Personnel

$ 167,436

$ 121,127

$ 501,654

$ 245,237

$ 63,828

$ 309,065

 

Total number of vaccination team

1,295

458

3,921

1,016

220

1,236

 

Costs per vaccination team

$ 129.33

$ 264.39

$ 127.93

$ 241.28

$ 290.07

$ 249.96

 

Costs per 1,000 targeted children

$ 172.45

$ 110.16

$ 170.58

$ 100.53

$ 120.86

$ 104.15

 

Number of units/vaccination team per 100,000 targeted children

133

42

133

42

42

42

 

Transport allowance for collection of payment

$ 23,304

$ 12,474

$ 70,356

$ 26,325

$ 6,184

$ 32,509

 

Total number of vaccination team

1,295

458

3,921

1,016

220

1,236

 

Costs per vaccination team

$ 18.00

$ 27.23

$ 17.94

$ 25.90

$ 28.10

$ 26.29

 

Costs per 1,000 targeted children

$ 24.00

$ 11.34

$ 23.92

$ 10.79

$ 11.71

$ 10.96

 

Number of vaccination team per 100,000 targeted children

133

42

133

42

42

42

Supervision

       
 

National Supervision

$ 31,150

$ 17,655

$ 75,984

$ 45,839

$ 32,233

$ 78,072

 

Total number of supervisors

36

18

90

47

33

80

 

Costs per national supervisors

$ 865.27

$ 980.82

$ 844.26

$ 975.30

$ 976.75

$ 975.90

 

Costs per 1,000 targeted children

$ 32.08

$ 16.06

$ 25.8

$ 18.79

$ 61.04

$ 26.31

 

Number of supervisors per 100,000 targeted children

0.000037

0.000016

0.000031

0.000019

0.000062

0.000027

Implementation Materials

      
 

Implementation Materials - State Level

$ 539

$ 191

$ 1,633

$ 423

$ 92

$ 515

 

Number of vaccination teams

1,295

458

3,921

1,016

220

1,236

 

Costs per implementation materials

$ 0.42

$ 0.42

$ 0.42

$ 0.42

$ 0.42

$ 0.42

 

Costs per 1,000 targeted children

$ 0.56

$ 0.17

$ 0.56

$ 0.17

$ 0.17

$ 0.17

 

Number of implementation materials per 100,000 targeted children

133

42

133

42

42

42

Transport and logistics

       
 

Team and supplies transportation

$ 158,413

$ 123,589

$ 464,990

$ 189,351

$ 71,905

$ 261,256

 

Number of wards and vaccination teams

1,473

783

4,405

1,271

414

1,685

 

Costs per wards and vaccination teams

$ 107.57

$ 157.81

$ 105.55

$ 148.93

$ 173.67

$ 155.01

 

Costs per 1,000 targeted children

$ 163.15

$ 112.40

$ 158.11

$ 77.62

$ 136.16

$ 88.04

 

Number of supplies and team’ transport per 100,000 targeted children

152

71

150

52

78

57

 

Waste Management

$ 1,746

$ 4,786

$ 5,288

$ 10,567

$ 2,320

$ 12,887

 

Total syringes

1,197,380

1,355,929

3,626,762

3,008,232

651,261

3,659,493

 

Costs per syringes

$ 0.0015

$ 0.0035

$ 0.0015

$ 0.0035

$ 0.0036

$ 0.0035

 

Costs per 1,000 targeted children

$ 1.80

$ 4.35

$ 1.80

$ 4.33

$ 4.39

$ 4.34

 

Number of syringes per 100,000 targeted children

123,321

123,321

123,321

123,321

123,321

123,321

 

Pen Markers (unit)

$ 4,334

$ 1,562

$ 13,054

$ 3,427

$ 756

$ 4,183

 

Number of vaccination teams

1,295

458

3,921

1,016

220

1,236

 

Costs per vaccination teams

$ 3.35

$ 3.41

$ 3.33

$ 3.37

$ 3.44

$ 3.38

 

Costs per 1,000 targeted children

$ 4.46

$ 1.42

$ 4.44

$ 1.40

$ 1.43

$ 1.41

 

Number of vaccination team per 100,000 targeted children

133

42

133

42

42

42

 

Total costs per State

$ 386,924

$ 281,383

$ 1,132,958

$ 521,170

$ 177,317

$ 698,487

 

Costs per 1,000 targeted children

$ 398.50

$ 255.92

$ 385.24

$ 213.65

$ 335.76

$ 235.38

 

Budget impact Stand-Alone state

$ -138,443

 

$ -440,718

   
  1. Source: Operational budget 2019 measles follow-up and meningitis A catch-up campaign
  2. *Costs are related to implementation of measles SIA. Measles target population: 9 to 59 months
  3. In Bold positive effect on the cost category of the integrated campaign
  4. Costs are converted from Nigerian naira (NGN) into United States Dollar (USD) using a UN exchange rate of 360.13 NGN for 1 USD (as at October 2019)
  5. The comparison of the actual costs with the budgeted costs for the campaigns has shown no significant budget variances; Calculations presented are based on budgeted costs