Global health initiatives as a 'Drunken Boat'. The meningitis vaccines project case study

Thiongane Oumy. 2021. Global health initiatives as a 'Drunken Boat'. The meningitis vaccines project case study. Medicine Anthropology Theory, 8 (1) : 1-12.

Résumé : Based on an analysis of the Meningitis Vaccine Project (MVP), a public-private partnership (PPP) set up to introduce the MenAfriVac® vaccine in African countries, this article examines the failures of an accelerated disease control programme that targeted a highly infectious disease. I argue that the integration of MenAfriVac® into the World Health Organization's (WHO) Expanded Programme on Immunisation had the effect of reinforcing inequalities in access, in particular during epidemic emergencies. I will also show how vaccine shortages during an outbreak in Niger led to political tensions and to the emergence of a parallel and unregulated 'black market' of vaccines.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : santé publique, vaccination, méningite, programme d'aide, partenariat public-privé

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Afrique au sud du Sahara

Mots-clés complémentaires : Programme de lutte

Mots-clés libres : Vaccine, Global health, Meningitis, Public Private Partnership

Classification Agris : S50 - Santé humaine

Champ stratégique Cirad : CTS 4 (2019-) - Santé des plantes, des animaux et des écosystèmes

Auteurs et affiliations

• Thiongane Oumy, CIRAD-BIOS-UMR ASTRE (FRA) - auteur correspondant

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/599186/)

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