Model Developed to Improve Combination Vaccine Accessibility Worldwide

Model Developed to Improve Combination Vaccine Accessibility Worldwide

Science Daily

Combination vaccines for young children are commonly used in industrialized nations because they provide protection for multiple diseases in one single injection. However, combination vaccines are prohibitively expensive for developing countries and may not available until several years later, or when market prices are more affordable.

As a result, the choice of vaccines used by developing and industrialized countries to immunize children against similar pediatric diseases is rapidly diverging.

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