Immunization funding across 28 European countries.
Pascaline FaivreGoran BencinaRosanne CampbellSibilia QuiliciNicolas DaubyGoran TešovićPaolo BonanniRosybel DruryPublished in: Expert review of vaccines (2021)
Immunization funding represents a small proportion of total healthcare spend in Europe (median 0.3%). In the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic, demographic changes, and the potential introduction of new vaccines; the need for adequate financing of immunization programs will be important, to establish resilient immunization systems and provide sustainable protection of the population against vaccine-preventable diseases.