Journal article
Establishing a regional network of academic centers to support decision making for new vaccine introduction in Latin America and the Caribbean: The ProVac experience
The Pan American Health Organization\'s ProVac Initiative, designed to strengthen national decision making regarding the introduction of new vaccines, was initiated in 2004. Central to realizing ProVac\'s vision of regional capacity building, the ProVac Network of Centers of Excellence (CoEs) was established in 2010 to provide research support to the ProVac Initiative, leveraging existing capacity at Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) universities. The authors describe the process of establishing the ProVac Network of CoEs and its initial outcomes and challenges.
Authors
Languages
- English
Journal
Vaccine
Volume
Suppl. 3
Type
Journal article
Categories
- Vaccines & delivery devices
Tags
- New vaccine introduction
