Global Access to Vaccines: Deployment, Use and Acceptance
Jon Kim Andrus and Ciro A. de Quadros
from: AIDS Vaccine Development: Challenges and Opportunities (Edited by: Wayne Koff, Patricia Kahn and Ian D. Gust). Caister Academic Press, U.K. (2007)
Abstract
Rapid introduction of a safe and effective HIV vaccine will be critical for curbing the global HIV epidemic and the massive number of deaths from AIDS. The slow "trickle-down" process by which new vaccines from developed countries have historically been introduced into developing nations must be circumvented once an effective HIV vaccine is licensed. This article examines some of the obstacles that impede widespread access to vaccines, and then draws upon the lessons learned to formulate a set of recommendations for achieving rapid global access to a future AIDS vaccine read more ...
