Global health initiatives as a 'Drunken Boat'. The meningitis vaccines project case study

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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Thiongane, Oumy
Format:	article biblioteca
Language:	eng
Subjects:	S50 - Santé humaine, santé publique, vaccination, méningite, programme d'aide, partenariat public-privé, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6349, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_15123, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_12495, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_92326, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5c380cd6, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_166,
Online Access:	http://agritrop.cirad.fr/599186/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/599186/1/GH%20The%20Drunken%20Boat_MAT_Thiongane.pdf
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