Immunization funding across 28 European countries

Funding gap for immunization across 94 low- and middle-income countries

Novel vaccine development and production has given rise to a growing number of vaccines that can prevent disease and save lives. In order to realize these health benefits, it is essential to ensure adequate immunization financing to enable equitable access to vaccines for people in all communities. This analysis estimates the full immunization program costs, projected available financing, and r...

Prevalence of hepatitis A across various countries in the Middle East, African and Eastern European countries

A review of national public funding programmes in European countries.

A survey of publicly funded research specifically targeting alternatives to animal testing was conducted over 2006/2007. Responses were received from 16 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom). The responses were compiled by national agencies or nati...

Innovativity: a Comparison across Seven European Countries

Aggregate Risk Sharing Across US States and Across European Countries

The paper analyzes risk sharing across US States and across European countries. The empirical literature on this subject has failed to recognize that, as long as agents can borrow and lend, risk sharing should be measured with respect to shocks to the overall level of wealth, and not to current income. The contribution of this paper is to build an appropriate empirical measure of risk sharing f...