Economic evaluation of childhood pneumococcal conjugate vaccination programs in Qinghai and Hainan provinces, China

This research, conducted by Prof. Dan Wu from Nanjing Medical University and collaborators, was published in BMC Global and Public Health and focuses on the feasibility of the pay-it-forward strategy in increasing vaccine uptake.The commentary highlights that the pay-it-forward approach demonstrates scalability and cross-cultural adaptability, with the potential to be integrated with digital tools and government immunisation programs to promote equitable vaccine access and advance the goal of universal health coverage.

This research was conducted by Prof. Xinyu Zhang and team from Duke Kunshan University and published in BMJ Global Health, collected quantitative data from China’s Ministry of Finance on national immunisation programme (NIP) funding and overall public health expenditure. It also incorporated semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders to systematically analyze the current financing landscape and challenges of China’s NIP. Based on the findings, the study offers policy recommendations to optimize the financing mechanisms, aiming to provide scientific evidence to support the improvement of China’s immunisation system.

This research was conducted by Prof. Qian Long, Yu Wang and team from Duke Kunshan University and published in Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics., It examines the administration of non-National Immunization Program (non-NIP) vaccines among children under six in rural Henan, based on a survey of 1,051 participants. The findings reveal that over a quarter of children had not received any non-NIP vaccines, with high costs and inadequate physician-caregiver communication being the main barriers.