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Cancer Vaccines Move From ‘Far-fetched’ to Reality
The significant differences in cost of treatment versus vaccination make the HPV and hepatitis B vaccines highly cost effective in the developing world. And while there have been improvements in global vaccine coverage in the past decade, disparities still result from competing health priorities, limited resources, poor health systems, inadequate monitoring and supervision, among other things.
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What Will Make Vaccines Work Better in Developing Countries?
For Mohommad Mustakim, the risk of diarrhea is everywhere. The 4-year-old and his family live in a crowded slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where open sewage and poor sanitation increase the spread of diarrhea-causing viruses and bacteria.
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Nigeria to Partner With Cuba on Vaccine Production
Nigeria’s National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) is to partner with Cuba in producing vaccines against killer diseases, Professor Lucy Ogbadu, the Director-General of the agency has revealed.She said on Monday in Abuja that it was disheartening that Nigeria had not been able to produce vaccines against typhoid and other killer diseases.
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Medecins Sans Frontieres Files to Block Pfizer Patent on Pneumonia Vaccine in India
The charity Medicins Sans Frontieres has formally opposed U.S. firm Pfizer Inc's application for an Indian patent on a highly effective pneumonia vaccine, saying it could deprive many developing nations of cheaper copies of the drug.
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African Health Ministers Sign Declaration to Increase Use of Vaccines
Health ministers from 20 African countries last week signed a declaration to increase the use of vaccines in preventing of infectious diseases in a bid to close immunisation gap by 2020.
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Viewpoint: How the “Free Market” in Vaccines Is Neither Free nor Fair
Take a look at the World Health Assembly’s action plan on tackling the barriers to global vaccination, and time and time again, the almighty dollar comes up.
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African Nations Join Forces To Negotiate For Cheaper Vaccines
African nations have a signed a declaration to partner in negotiations with multinational drug manufacturers for cheaper vaccines to ensure that immunization is accessible to all children on the continent.
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Why the world is stockpiling unapproved vaccine
The non-profit organization Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, bought 300,000 doses of the most promising Ebola vaccine from Merck in January. But the shot hasn't been approved by any country yet.
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