Analysis on financing impact to the National Expanded Program for Immunization in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region

Objective To investigate the actual financing of National Expanded Program on Immunization(NEPI)of governments at provincial,city and county level,provide scientific basis for the further support of NEPI.Methods This cross sectional investigation covered provincial level,14 prefectures,85 counties according to the requirement of MOH,NDRC,MOE,MOF and SFDA.Result Total NEPI financing in 2008 is 188.15 million Yuan in Guangxi,156.21 million Yuan from central government,18.77 million from provincial government,8.01 million from city and county government,which accounts for 83.02 percent,10.24 percent and 6.74 percent respectively.5.16 million funding from charge.Total expense is 176.31million,the balance is 11.84 million Yuan.Comparison with 2007,the funding of NEPI increased by an additional 38.50 percent.The NEPI financing each child is 230.20 Yuan in Guangxi,among 230.20 Yuan,6.33Yuan was from charge.Conclusion The governments,particularly central government financing are the main resource of NEPI funding,the situation of EPI relied on charging is radical changed in prefecture and county level,but the NEPI is not yet financing from government completely.