The future of routine immunization in the developing world: challenges and opportunities

Vaccine costs in the developing world have grown from < US$1/child in 2001 to about $21 for boys and $35 for girls in 2014, as more and costlier vaccines are being introduced into national immunization programs. To address these and other challenges, additional efforts are needed to strengthen 8...

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Autores principales: Shen, Angela K, Fields, Rebecca, McQuestion, Mike
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Global Health: Science and Practice 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4307855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25611473
http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00137
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description Vaccine costs in the developing world have grown from < US$1/child in 2001 to about $21 for boys and $35 for girls in 2014, as more and costlier vaccines are being introduced into national immunization programs. To address these and other challenges, additional efforts are needed to strengthen 8 critical components of routine immunization: (1) policy, standards, and guidelines; (2) governance, organization, and management; (3) human resources; (4) vaccine, cold chain, and logistics management; (5) service delivery; (6) communication and community partnerships; (7) data generation and use; and (8) sustainable financing.
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spelling pubmed-43078552015-01-27 The future of routine immunization in the developing world: challenges and opportunities Shen, Angela K Fields, Rebecca McQuestion, Mike Glob Health Sci Pract Commentary Vaccine costs in the developing world have grown from < US$1/child in 2001 to about $21 for boys and $35 for girls in 2014, as more and costlier vaccines are being introduced into national immunization programs. To address these and other challenges, additional efforts are needed to strengthen 8 critical components of routine immunization: (1) policy, standards, and guidelines; (2) governance, organization, and management; (3) human resources; (4) vaccine, cold chain, and logistics management; (5) service delivery; (6) communication and community partnerships; (7) data generation and use; and (8) sustainable financing. Global Health: Science and Practice 2014-12-02 /pmc/articles/PMC4307855/ /pubmed/25611473 http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00137 Text en © Shen et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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