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Estimated financial cost of materials per vaccine dose (syringes, needles, safety box) (in USD)

Cost of syringes: UNICEF procurement 0.028$ to 0.065$ depending on supplier and product / PAHO RF procurement 0.028$ to 0.048$ depending on supplier and product. ^{Go to footnote 11}

Cost of safety boxes: UNICEF procurement, a box of 25 safety boxes (each with a 5-liter capacity) is about $20.26, resulting in approximately $0.81 per safety box. Each 5-liter safety box can hold around 100 syringes, leading to a disposal cost of approximately $0.008 per syringe. ^{Go to footnote 22, Go to footnote 33}

Sources

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UNICEF (2025). Auto-disable (AD) syringe price data. Available at: https://www.unicef.org/supply/documents/auto-disable-ad-syringe-price-data (accessed 30 June 2025).
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UNICEF (2025). Safety boxes price data. Available at: https://www.unicef.org/supply/documents/safety-boxes-price-data (accessed 30 June 2025).
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UNICEF (2025). Syringe and safety box bundles price data. Available at: https://www.unicef.org/supply/documents/syringe-and-safety-box-bundles-price-data (accessed 30 June 2025).