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In the last 20 years, the market for vaccines has changed dramatically, affecting the availability and prices of the products your immunization programme relies on. Understanding these changes will help ensure that you have sufficient supplies of vaccine and can plan for adequate funding.
In this section of Immunization Financing, you will be able to:- Describe why some vaccines are easily available and relatively affordable while others are expensive and often unavailable,
- Explain why prices for vaccines are rising,
- Define why prices for the same vaccines vary so much from country to country and change so much over time,
- Explain why new vaccines often are expensive,
- Identify whether higher-priced vaccines are better quality than lower-priced vaccines,
- Ensure you are buying high-quality vaccines; and
- Identify what you and your government can do to obtain the lowest vaccine prices possible while maintaining high quality.
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