Are there specific elements or approaches that make a GAVI-funded program likely to succeed?
We put our emphasis on countries’ achieving specific milestones and then give them complete freedom as to how they accomplish this. They can use the money they get from us however they want. What is interesting is that they have all decided to get money down to the district level as quickly as possible, because that is the only way to get increased coverage. What are some examples of specific countries or diseases where GAVI-funded programs have been particularly successful? One example is Tanzania, which was very systematic in its approach. They decided to take districts that were performing poorly, but where they thought something could be done about it. The GAVI money went for per diems to the health workers and for bicycles and petrol, so that health providers could do better outreach. In Ghana, they decided to spend the money on computers for health facilities, so they could improve their record system and implement performance incentives for high-performing sites. And in Kenya, t
