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Access to the Power of Vaccines

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Mhealth, Center for Strategic and International Studies, International Vaccine Access Center, GAVI Alliance, India, Bangladesh, Nigeria, World Health Organization, Vaccines, Johns Hopkins, Public Health, Decade of Vaccines, Bill Gates, Global Health, Pneumococcal, Impact News
Dr. Orin Levine

Several major announcements have been made in recent weeks about the expansion of vaccine access to the world's poor.

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Unexpected Returns

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hib, Langata Health Center, Children?S Vaccine Initiative, Gettysburg College, Kenya?S National Immunization Program, GAVI Alliance, Nairobi, Pneumococcal, Facebook, Orin Levine, School for International Training, U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Kenya, World News
Dr. Orin Levine

In 1986, as a sophomore at Gettysburg College, I accompanied my dad, a pediatrician and vaccine researcher, on a two-week trip to Rwanda. I was insta...

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The Difference a Year Can Make

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rwanda, Kenya, Gambia, World Health Organization, Pace, Pfizer, GAVI Alliance, Pneumococcal, Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine, Vaccines, Paul Kagame, World News
Dr. Orin Levine

Minister of Health Richard Sezibera administers first dose of pneumococcal vaccine in the developing world in Rwanda, April 2009 Almost exactly...

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A Great Deal for the World's Poorest Children

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pharmaceutical Companies, Global Health, GAVI Alliance, Advance Market Commitment, Pneumococcal, Vaccines, Africa, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, World News
Dr. Orin Levine

If you were a Minister of Health in Africa with less than $10 per person to spend on all health care, would you be able to justify $100 per dose for a vaccine, no matter how staggering the disease impact?

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Bill Gates Can't Do it Alone

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hib, Unicef, Millennium Development Goals, Johns Hopkins, Jessica Shearer, Donors, Who, Bill Gates, GAVI Alliance, Pneumococcal, Vaccines, World News
Dr. Orin Levine

The ability to provide predictable financing to procure new, life-saving vaccines is the one unique donor role in the complex vaccine process.

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How Long Does It Take To Buy a Life-Saving Vaccine?

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Gambia, JW Lee, Health Policy, Africa, The Lancet, Pneumonia, Who, Pneumococcal, Vaccines, Gavi, The Gates Foundation, Paho, Impact News
Dr. Orin Levine

Procurement challenges and differences on pricing policies continue to vex our efforts to get vaccines to the world's neediest children.

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A Bad Outlook for a Bad Disease

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hib, Meningitis, Brad Pitt, Bacterial Meningitis, Meningococcal, GAVI Alliance, Pneumococcal, Vaccines, Impact News
Dr. Orin Levine

For the first time, meningitis will get a slice of the pie. The pie in this case is the pie chart issued each year by the WHO, in which they estimate the proportion of child deaths due to each disease syndrome.

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