Sabin Vaccine Institute [to 2 July 2016]
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June 22, 2016
Third Sabin Vaccine Institute Colloquium on Sustainable Immunization Financing
Dates: 19-21 July, 2016
Venue: Hotel Yak & Yeti, Kathmandu, Nepal
Participants: Members of Parliament; Ministry of Finance officials; national immunization program managers, Health Planning/Budget Directors from the Ministry of Health from the 21 partner countries of the Sabin Vaccine Institute’s Sustainable Immunization Financing Program, as well as global immunization partners.
Countries: Armenia, Cambodia, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Georgia, Indonesia, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

Background
Vaccines are an essential public good that governments provide to their citizens. Vaccine costs are rising, often faster than public immunization budgets are expanding. Many countries currently eligible for external financial support are graduating or will soon graduate from this support. These countries must therefore depend on domestic sources to maintain or improve their immunization programs. Over the past few years, many countries have worked to increase domestic funding for national immunization programs. Their efforts have helped build institutional capacity to run vaccination services in the long term and will ultimately enable countries to achieve financial independence, speed up economic growth and save millions of lives. At a three-day colloquium in Kathmandu, Nepal, sponsored by the Sabin Vaccine Institute, senior representatives from 21 countries will assess their progress to date and discuss key priorities for achieving immunization goals by the Decade of Vaccines target year 2020…