Vaccines for low-income countries

Comment on Editorial; Best Research for Low Income Countries

Achieving a practical and productive balance in collaborative research between partners from high and lower income countries (North-South Collaborations) requires seeking win-win solutions. This issue requires time to engage each other and to understand each participant’s research priorities and to identify areas of mutual interest. In SACTRC’s experience, key elements include; building researc...

The non-specific effects of vaccines in low income countries.

100 person-years among children who did not receive DTP (risk ratio 2.03, 95% CI 1.17 to 3.52). 4 I know of no other study of the introduction of DTP in a high-mortality area that has suffi cient power to test the effect on total mortality. The current EPI vaccines target tuberculosis , diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and measles, which are not the main causes of death in children. The ma...

The Impact of Vaccines in Low- and High-Income Countries

Vaccination has become the most effective public health measure for the control of infectious diseases after the provision of clean drinking water. The history of vaccination is marked with great hopes and some disappointments. In particular, the second half of the 20th century witnessed the development of remarkable vaccination projects. There is a possibility that polio and measles may be era...

Willingness-To-Pay for Vaccines in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review

Objective: Willingness-To-Pay (WTP) values, which provide monetary measures of community preferences for vaccines, could help policy makers set priorities for the use of health resources in lowand middle-income countries. We conducted a systematic review of published studies of WTP for vaccines. Methods: A systematic search of MEDLINE and SCOPUS through December 2013 and selection process, foll...

Demand for Children in Low Income Countries