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The Children's Vaccine Initiative Continuing Activities (1995) / Chapter Skim
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TRENDS IN THE GLOBAL VACCINE SITUATION
Pages 29-30

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... and the WHO to commission an analysis of the commercial aspects of global vaccine supply.38 The analysis focused on the firms that sell vaccine to UNICEF.39 Among its many findings, the study revealed that vaccine manufacturing is a largely fixed-cost activity (Box 5~. That is, to a greater extent than in many other sectors, production efficiency in the vaccine business rises dramatically with increasing volume.
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... Agency for International Development in 1992, the initiative is a revolving fund that helps countries purchase childhood vaccines using local currency. UNICEF then uses these monies to administer its programs in the purchasing country.
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