Supply financing

Reliable financing can avoid stock-outs of critical vaccines, medicines and nutrition supplies.

A toddler in the lap of a woman while they hold a package of medicines.

Assuring that funding and financing are available at the right time of the procurement cycle can save children’s lives and improve the affordability and availability of essential supplies.

As governments increasingly rely on their own domestic budgets to fund supply purchases, UNICEF and partners have developed solutions to support these countries’ increasing reliance on sustainable financing for essential supplies. These solutions can help to stretch the purchasing power of governments’ finite budgets.

Capacity strengthening

The Vaccine Independence Initiative and the Middle-Income Countries’ Financing Facility are two complementing mechanisms for supply financing through UNICEF. These initiatives are aimed at financially supporting countries encountering challenges in the procurement of critical health supplies. Both initiatives work towards closing gaps in global health inequity and are useful for countries experiencing issues related to cash flow and advanced payment. 

 

The Vaccine Independence Initiative (VII)

Middle-Income Countries' Financing Facility

Financing sources for manufacturers

A database with potential financing options and sources that target small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with the aim of generating financial and social impact return.

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