| Autor: |
Oumy Baala Thiongane |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Medicine Anthropology Theory, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2405-691X |
| DOI: |
10.17157/mat.8.1.5228 |
| Popis: |
Based on an analysis of the Meningitis Vaccine Project (MVP), a public-private partnership (PPP) set up to introduce the MenAfriVac® vaccine in African countries, this article examines the failures of an accelerated disease control programme that targeted a highly infectious disease. I argue that the integration of MenAfriVac® into the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Expanded Programme on Immunisation had the effect of reinforcing inequalities in access, in particular during epidemic emergencies. I will also show how vaccine shortages during an outbreak in Niger led to political tensions and to the emergence of a parallel and unregulated ‘black market’ of vaccines. |
| Databáze: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
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