Journal article
Improving access to vaccines through tiered pricing
Immunisation is now widely recognised as one of the most efficient, successful, and cost-effective health investments in history, but despite a substantial effort over the past 50 years, nearly one in five deaths of children younger than 5 years is still caused by a vaccine-preventable disease. With more than 22 million children in the world still unimmunised against common but life-threatening diseases (as measured by a vaccine containing a third dose of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis [DTP]), almost all in developing countries, there is clearly still a long way to go.
Authors
Languages
- English
Publication year
2014
Journal
The Lancet
Volume
9936
Type
Journal article
Categories
- Service delivery
Diseases
- Diphtheria
Organisations
- Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
Tags
- Coverage monitoring
- Planning, budgeting and financing