Jun 10, 2011
My guest on this show is Amanda
Glassman, research fellow and director of CGD’s Global Health
Program. I recorded this Wonkcast with her last week, just ahead of
the first pledging session for the Global Alliance for Vaccines and
Immunizations (GAVI).
GAVI is a coalition of private foundations and donor country
governments who work to increase the availability of vaccines, a
highly cost-effective health intervention that is chronically under
provided. Among other mechanisms, GAVI buys the vaccines at
discount by purchasing in bulk, then passes the savings onto poor
countries and expanding coverage. Over the past 10 years, GAVI
estimates it has saved 5 million children from vaccine
vaccine-preventable diseases, an accomplishment which Amanda
considers to be remarkable.
Read a full show summary on the Wonkcast site:
cgdev.org/wonkcast.