Globally, the estimated cost per person vaccinated ranges between countries. In 2018, the reported cost of delivering a maternal vaccine ranged from $0.55 to $0.64 for LICs, $1.25 to $6.55 for MICs, and $5.76 to $39.87 in HICs. The UNICEF price estimate for delivering birth dose vaccines (BCG and the HepB vaccines) is $2.34, and this gives an estimate of delivery costs for nirsevimab as a birth dose. Go to footnote 1, Go to footnote 2
In addition to these costs, the direct cost of the vaccines and mAb per dose will need to be included (currently unknown for LMICs).
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Procter SR, Salman O, Pecenka C, Gonçalves BP, Paul P, Hutubessy R, et al. (2020). A review of the costs of delivering maternal immunisation during pregnancy. Vaccine. 38(40):6199. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.07.050.
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UNICEF (2024). Costs of fully vaccinating a child. New York: United Nations Children’s Fund (https://www.unicef.org/media/161751/file/Standard%20costs%20of%20fully%20vaccinating%20a%20child_UNICEF_2024.pdf.pdf, accessed 20 June 2025).
