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Background: With the active collaboration of development partners and governments, there have been progressive increases in immunization coverage in Nigeria, but the challenges of sustaining these gains is yet to addressed.   It is within this context that EU-PRIME[1] assisted to facilitate the establishment of an enduring and sustainable immunization financing system in Nigeria, with particular reference to the EU-PRIME focal States.  At the Local Government Area level, effective resource mobilization is constrained by lack of detailed cost estimate of immunization services in Nigeria.  This study was therefore, commissioned by the EU-PRIME in collaboration with the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) to determine the cost of a fully immunized child in Nigeria. The outcome of the study would provide evidence on resource needs, availability and gaps; which are required for planning an appropriate and sustainable immunization financing strategy beyond the lifespan of the EU-PRIME Project.  The objectives of the study are to:

1. Determine the total cost per fully immunized child in Nigeria.
2. Develop cost projections for routine immunization at federal, EU-PRIME focal states[2] and LGAs from 2007 to 2010.
3. Analyse the current and anticipated financing of routine immunization at all levels against projected costs, determining funding gaps and their implications for routine immunization at national, EU-PRIME focal states and the LGAs.