Leverage Factor

We also consider non-GAVI expanded immunization coverage programs to see if they produce similar results.

Project Cost Real world outcome Outcome estimates Economic value in Western terms Leverage Factor
GAVI Alliance expanded and newer immunization work (the primary funder of GAVI Alliance is the Gates Foundation which in 2010 announced $10b over 10 years for vaccines estimated to save 8.7m children's lives) $10b 8.7m children's lives saved - $22t 2,000
GAVI Alliance basic immunization (WHO report on GAVI Alliance 2000-2006) $1.1b 2.3m children's lives saved - $6t 5,000
Basic immunization in the developing world (Disease Control Priorities Project, pg 401) $1.17b 3.07m children's lives saved - $7.7t 6,000
Expanded immunization coverage program (Solutions to the World's Biggest Problems, Bjorn Lomborg, 2007, pp. 325) $1b/yr 1m child lives/yr - $2.5t/yr 2,500
Immunization against the six original WHO Expanded Progam on Immunization diseases (Priorities in Healthcare, The World Bank, 2006, pp. 78) $205/death averted in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia 1 child life saved - $2.5m 12,000

Leverage Factor

2,000 - 12,000