By Imran Ali Teepu ISLAMABAD, July 18: The National Institute of Health (NIH) imported substandard and unregistered vaccines and syringes for its Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) from July 2005-09, evading Rs882 million in taxes by giving an impression that it was assisted and sponsored by the UN, Dawn has learnt. A 30-page report probing […]
UNICEF publishes vaccine prices for first time
By Lynne Taylor For the first time, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has published the prices it pays manufacturers for vaccines. UNICEF is the world’s biggest buyer of children’s medicines, and vaccines is its largest procurement activity, worth $757 million last year. The new policy brings it into line with other procurement agencies such […]
First African country introduces GSK's pneumococcal vaccine
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced the incorporation of its pneumococcal vaccine into the Kenyan national immunisation programme. Kenya is the first African country to receive pneumococcal vaccines through the innovative financing mechanism known as the Advance Market Commitment (AMC), which is designed to bring heavily discounted vaccines to children living in the world’s poorest countries. At a […]
Two million Ugandan children targeted for polio immunizations
Press Release by UNICEF Posted 19 November 2020 KAMPALA, – In response to the polio case detected in the Bugiri district in mid-October, the Ministry of Health, WHO and UNICEF will begin the first round of supplemental polio immunizations from Saturday November 20 to Monday November 22. “Over two million children up to age 5 […]
