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Financial Resource Requirements for
2008-2012
Full report (pdf) English.
French will be available soon.
May 2008
Between February and May 2008, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative received
new
contributions totalling
nearly US$ 40 million for activities for
2008 and 2009. These funds are a
critical injection of cash into the intensified polio eradication
effort, which was launched in February 2007 at a stakeholder
consultation, convened by the World Health
Organization's (WHO) Director-General Dr Margaret Chan.
The intensified effort
resulted in important progress achieved in 2007 towards the goal of eradicating
polio. Of particular note:
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curbing
transmission of type 1 poliovirus globally (widely regarded as the
more dangerous of the two remaining serotypes, due to its higher
paralytic attack rate and propensity for geographic spread), with an
81% decrease over previous year - 2007 is the year with the
lowest-ever recorded incidence of type 1 polio;
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reducing type 1
transmission in some of the most historically-important type 1
reservoirs, notably western Uttar Pradesh, India, where no type 1
has been reported in over a year;
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reducing the number
of 'missed' children in northern Nigeria;
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restricting polio
transmission in the four remaining endemic countries (Nigeria,
India, Pakistan and Afghanistan) to specific, geographically-limited
areas; and,
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successfully
stopping originally-imported poliovirus transmission in 24 of 26
countries re-infected in 2003-2006.
In
November 2007, the Advisory Committee on Poliomyelitis Eradication (ACPE)
- the independent advisory body to the Global Polio Eradication
Initiative - at its annual meeting, reviewed and commended the
epidemiological progress from 2007. The ACPE endorsed the Global Polio
Eradication Initiative strategic priorities to stop transmission
of type 1 polio globally by end-2008, and type 3 polio globally by
end-2009, by further intensifying the eradication effort in
2008-2009.
These recommendations
for a further intensification of the eradication effort have significant
budgetary implications, increasing the previous 2008-2009 budget by 60%.
For 2008-2009, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative faces a global
funding gap of US$ 490 million, of which US$ 135 million is needed in
2008. With the near-term feasibility of polio eradication re-affirmed by
the ACPE, critical to success will be the urgent role of development
partners, to commit multi-year funding to protect the gains of 2007 and
set the stage to finally stop transmission of wild poliovirus in 2009.
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2008-2009 Funding Gap = US$
490 million |
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US$ 135 million needed for 2008, US$ 355 million needed for
2009
Pie Chart
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"As an international
community, we have few opportunities to do something that is
unquestionably good for every country and every child, in perpetuity.
Polio eradication is one of these opportunities." Dr
Margaret Chan, Director-General, World Health Organization, addressing
an urgent stakeholder consultation on polio eradication on 28 February
2007.
Financial and
Activity Charts (PDF
format)
Country-level
external funding requirements for 2008-09
Supplementary Immunization Activity schedule
2008-09
Surveillance costs for
2008
Annual expenditures and forecast
1988-2012
Donor contributions
since 1985
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Summary of
external financial resource requirements by major category of
activity
2008-2012
(all figures are in US$ millions)
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Activity
Category |
2008 |
2009 |
2008-2009 |
2010-2012 |
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Oral polio
vaccine |
248.74 |
182.34 |
431.07 |
- |
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NIDs/SNIDs
operations* |
232.70 |
171.64
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404.34 |
- |
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Emergency response/ mOPV evaluation |
45.00 |
45.00
|
90.00 |
95.00 |
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Surveillance |
60.56 |
57.89
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118.45 |
138.87 |
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Laboratory |
8.18 |
8.26
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16.44 |
20.61 |
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Technical
assistance** |
93.40 |
81.79
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175.19 |
191.78 |
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Certification
and containment |
- |
5.00
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5.00 |
30.00 |
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Product
development for OPV cessation |
8.45 |
8.45
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16.90 |
15.00 |
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Vaccine for post-eradication era
stockpile (product development and bulk) |
- |
49.22
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49.22 |
- |
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Subtotal |
697.02 |
609.59
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1306.61 |
491.26 |
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Contributions |
564.51 |
255.10
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819.61 |
- |
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Funding gap |
132.51 |
354.49
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487.00 |
491.26 |
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Funding gap
(rounded) |
135.00 |
355.00
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490.00 |
490.00 |
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* Operations costs include manpower and
incentives, training and meetings, supplies and equipment,
transportation, social mobilization and running costs.
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** Technical assistance includes the cost of
human resources deployed through UN agencies.
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