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NINTH GAVI BOARD MEETING
Dakar, 18-19 November 2002
8 Yellow Fever
Paper (Word - 265K)
Discussion
- The Board noted with concern that yellow fever has re-emerged as a disease of considerable public health importance in West and Central Africa and agreed that a major constraining factor for the control of this disease has been the very limited global availability of vaccine.
- While GAVI and the Vaccine Fund currently provide yellow fever vaccine to countries for routine infant use, it would be well within the GAVI priorities of decreasing mortality from vaccine-preventable diseases to provide support for a strategy more suitable to control of yellow fever.
DECISIONS
The Board:
- 1.1 Approved the proposal to establish a vaccine stockpile of yellow fever vaccine for preventive campaigns and emergency response activities.
- 1.2 Requested the Vaccine Fund to provide an estimated US$ 3 million per year - for an initial period of three years (US$ 9million) - to establish a yellow fever stockpile, with performance and impact to be assessed prior to extension.
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