The politics of international health
Subtitle: the Children's Vaccine Initiative and the struggle to develop vaccines for the third world
By: by William Muraskin.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Albany, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Children's Vaccine Initiative; Vaccination of children -- Developing countries; Vaccines
Description: "Tracing the history of the Children's Vaccine Initiative (CVI), this book examines its successes and failures in promoting the development of both new and improved vaccines for the Third World. The CVI has achieved many successes, including making vaccination a top international public sector priority. Most of its failures have stemmed from the often bitter competition between the fledgling Initiative and the notoriously tort-conscious and inefficient World Health Organization (WHO) over their respective roles in championing vaccines."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-247) and index.