Aid withdrawal: an event study of mortality, vaccine coverage and DALY following transitioning from Gavi support
Kit Ming Isabel Yan, Jinfeng Liu, Ishwara Hegde, Eran Bendavid · 2026
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Kit Ming Isabel Yan, Jinfeng Liu, Ishwara Hegde and Eran Bendavid measure what happens when countries graduate out of Gavi vaccine aid. Gavi funds shots for many poor countries, and its support phases out as incomes rise. Using Gavi's own entry rules as a natural experiment, the study tracked vaccine cover, child deaths and healthy years lost from 2000 to 2021.
After aid withdrawal, the share of children with no basic vaccines rose by about two points. Infant deaths rose by about eight per thousand births, and under-five deaths by about seventeen per thousand. The harm peaked during the fast phase-out years, then faded. The authors urge slower, better tailored exits from aid.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Kit Ming Isabel Yan, Jinfeng Liu, Ishwara Hegde, Eran Bendavid |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |