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Table 5 Sum total of excess wastage at individual health center level and by delivery strategy

From: Impact of the introduction of new vaccines and vaccine wastage rate on the cost-effectiveness of routine EPI: lessons from a descriptive study in a Cameroonian health district

Antigen

Accepted wastage rate

Excess wastage (doses)

Cost of excess wastage

  

Fixed

Outreach

Fixed

Outreach

Global

Percentage

BCG

50%

148

0

6,660

0

6,660

1.1

OPV

25%

121

17

7,381

1,037

8,418

1.4

Penta

5%

165

145

230,505

202,565

433,070

72.7

Measles

25%

137

219

12,056

19,272

31,328

5.3

YFV

25%

137

219

44,662

71,394

116,056

19.5

Total

708

600

301,264

294,268

595,532

100