Why won’t you let us access vaccines at your discounted prices, so we can vaccinate the most vulnerable kids? Dear GAVI, MSF VACCINES SHOULDN’T BE BIG BUSINESS IN POOR COUNTRIEs Tell GAVI to OPEN THEIR PRICES TO NGO S
Dear GAVI
Mar 27, 2016
In 2001, it cost $1.37 to fully vaccinate a child against six diseases. While 11 vaccines are included in today’s vaccines package, the total price has risen to $38.80, largely because two expensive new vaccines – against pneumococcal disease and rotavirus – have been added, which make up three-quarters of that cost. They are only produced by Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), and Merck. Newer vaccines are significantly more expensive: vaccinating a child against measles costs $0.25, while protecting a child against pneumococcal diseases costs, at best, $21.
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Why won’t you let us
access vaccines at your
discounted prices, so
we can vaccinate the
most vulnerable kids?
Dear GAVI,
MSF
VACCINES SHOULDN’T BE BIG BUSINESS IN POOR COUNTRIEs
Tell GAVI to OPEN THEIR PRICES TO NGOS
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