New CARE Case Studies on COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery

CARE published two new case studies regarding COVID-19 vaccine delivery challenges in Nepal and Malawi. The articles and studies below explain these difficulties in detail.

The True Cost of Delivering COVID-19 Vaccines: Nepal – Although Nepal has a strong vaccination system – 96% of children received their routine vaccinations in 2019 – vaccinating the Nepalese population against COVID-19 costs over $18 per person, nearly 5 times more than current global estimates for delivery costs. Nepal has identified 4 main constraints to its COVID-19 vaccine delivery: the number and capacity of frontline health workers responsible for delivering the vaccines, the quality of information and tracking systems for vaccination recording and reporting, public awareness about the safety and efficacy of vaccination, and targeting and delivery strategies to reach poor and disadvantaged communities.

CARE Malawi COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Situation – To ensure the 1.26 million COVID-19 vaccine doses Malawi has go to the people who need them most, we must invest more in communication, engagement, and delivery. Malawians have told CARE that they need expanded mobile vaccination programs, greater investment in recurring logistical costs like fuel for delivery vehicles, investments in frontline health workers and other support staff, more widespread vaccine education programs, and better coordination and planning to make vaccine deliveries most effective.