Background: Few studies have systematically examined the efficiency of routine infant immunization services. Using a representative sample of infant immunization sites in Benin, Ghana, Honduras, Moldova, Uganda and Zambia (316 total), we estimated average efficiency levels and variation in...

Background: This presentation deals with the methodological aspects of costing HIV/AIDS treatment programs in developing country settings. Empirical information on the cost of providing antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV/AIDS is needed to allow accurate program planning and budgeting. Although...

The Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) has made considerable progress towards immunizing the world's women and children, preventing 3.2 million child death episodes per year from measles, neonatal tetanus, and pertusis, as well as 440,000 cases of paralytic poliomyelitis. Vaccinations...