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Volume 27, Number 8—August 2021
Perspective

Considerations for Establishing Successful Coronavirus Disease Vaccination Programs in Africa

Victor WilliamsComments to Author , Bassey Edem, Marianne Calnan, Kennedy Otwombe, and Charles Okeahalam
Author affiliations: University of the Witwatersrand School of Public Health, Johannesburg, South Africa (V. Williams, K. Otwombe); Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia (B. Edem); University Research Co., LLC, Manila, the Philippines (M. Calnan); University of the Witwatersrand Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Johannesburg (K. Otwombe); University of the Witwatersrand Graduate School for Business Administration, Johannesburg (C. Okeahalam)

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Table 2

Sources of financing for administering COVID-19 mass vaccination programs*

Type Domestic External
Public
 Tax revenues (national or subnational) for current spending Project grants from bilateral or multilateral agencies
Tax revenues (national or subnational) for repaying domestically or internationally held debt Grant portion of development loans
Budget support
Social health insurance (compulsory)
 Debt relief proceeds
Sectorwide approaches
Private User fees (out of pocket, direct employer payment) Vaccine fund
Cross-subsidies Project grants from philanthropic institutions
Health insurance Contributions (often in-kind) from vaccine manufacturers

*COVID-19, coronavirus disease.

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