Global health Initiatives as a ‘Drunken Boat’: The Meningitis Vaccines Project Case Study

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 th...

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Main Author: Oumy Baala Thiongane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh Library 2021-04-01
Series:Medicine Anthropology Theory
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Online Access:http://www.medanthrotheory.org/article/view/5228