4th Global Meeting on Implementing New and Under-utilized
Vaccines, 23-25 June 2010 Workgroup 4. Introduction of more than
one new vaccine at a time With an increasing number of safe and
efficacious vaccines becoming available, countries are faced
with an array of choices about how to optimize their vaccine
introduction processes and budgets. The proactive planning for
the introduction of multiple vaccines has the potential to
generate economies of scale, logistical efficiencies, and more
cohesive public health policies resulting from combining the
multiple data collection efforts, decision-making processes, and
vaccine introduction efforts. However, there may be programmatic
costs and/or challenges inherent in combining multiple vaccine
introduction and immunization planning activities that are not
yet well understood or documented. Despite such challenges, low-
and lower– middle-income countries are proposing to introduce
multiple vaccines over shorter timelines and within a single
planning period. The obje