Toward political economy of sustainable financing for immunization in the World Health Organization African Region through a systems thinking lens

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There is an urgent need for countries in Africa to allocate more domestic financial resources to immunization so that national immunization programmes can attain self-reliance in line with World Health Organization's Immunization Agenda 2030. However, resource allocation is fundamentally a political process because other competing needs exist. Political economy analysis (PEA) can guide policy influencers in their engagement with decision makers to tilt their interest in support of sustainable immunization financing. PEA can provide a deeper understanding of the potential constraints and facilitators of a policy direction to expand the fiscal space for immunization using domestic resources within the context of a country's socioeconomic and political realities. To further advance the usefulness of PEA for decision making, a systems thinking lens should be applied to account for the inherent complexity of the social systems involved in resource allocation and implementation. Several methods and tools of systems thinking already exist and can be employed. Causal loop diagrams, when incorporated in a PEA of sustainable financing for immunization can aid the identification of feedback loops which can be used as leverage points for intervention.

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2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:136

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International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 136(2023) vom: 27. Nov., Seite 158-161

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Englisch

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Adamu, Abdu A [VerfasserIn]
Essoh, Téné-Alima [VerfasserIn]
Jalo, Rabiu I [VerfasserIn]
Wiysonge, Charles S [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 27.10.2023

Date Revised 14.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1016/j.ijid.2023.09.017

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NLM362708738