Since the beginning of our work in avian flu, equitable access to vaccines and anti viral medications has been a major advocacy point for CARE. It's encouraging to see this press release, that WHO will give grants to six developing countries to establish in-country manufacturing capacity for influenza vaccine. The countries are Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Thailand and Viet Nam.
Another great point about this, it will boost production capabilities of seasonal flu shots as well.
It's a great step forward, but it will take 3-5 years for production to start locally!
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2007/np18/en/index.html
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