Global health Initiatives as a 'Drunken Boat
The Meningitis Vaccines Project Case Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3658128 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Oumy Thiongane (0000-0003-3397-9684, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, corresponding author), Oumy Baala Thiongane |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-12 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-14 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medicine Anthropology Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2405-691X • E-ISSN: 2405-691X |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Library (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.17157/mat.8.1.5228 |
| OpenAlex | W3170363601 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 7 |
Based on an analysis of the Meningitis Vaccine Project (MVP), a public-private partnership (PPP) set up to introduce the MenAfriVac(R) 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(R) 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
Disease · Disease control · Economic growth · Economic shortage · Economics · General partnership · Outbreak · Political science · Public health · Vaccination · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · Medicine · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research · Virology
| Citations per year | 0.75 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |