PAHO’s vaccine system hampers African efforts

Efforts to make newer and more costly vaccines widely available to the poorest in Africa are being hampered by a long-standing system that makes vaccines affordable to middle-income Latin American countries, reports the Financial Times.
The Pan American Health Organization’s (PAHO) revolving fund, which began in 1979, negotiates substantial discounts with manufacturers on prices in richer [...]

Director of PAHO blogs about annual meeting, public health and innovation

The Director of the Pan-American Health Organization (Mirta Roses) stated in her blog that this year’s PAHO assembly would focus particularly on matters related to innovation and research.  ”Proposals for action to strengthen vital and health statistics, as well as the link between public health, innovation, and intellectual property, are part of our integral efforts to [...]

Pan-American stakeholders speak out on innovation and public health

As the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) meets this week in Washington D.C., so too did a group of key healthcare stakeholders from across the Americas.  As part of their meeting this week, PAHO delegates will be reviewing the World Health Organization’s draft strategy on improving access to medicines and healthcare in developing countries.  While patients, providers, [...]