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DPT Vaccine
Costs of scaling up vaccination in poor countries are examined
May 10th, 2006
Researchers examine the costs of scaling up vaccination in the world's poorest countries in a recent issue of Health Affairs. "We examine the relationship between country-level average costs and coverage levels for diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus (DTP) vaccines," stated scientists in the United States. "Coverage data are from the World Health Organization, and cost data are from financial sustainability plans filed with the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) by forty countries from 2000 to 2003." "In this data set, average costs are lower for countries that vaccinate more children," said David Bishai at Johns Hopkins University...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2006-05-10)
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