Writing for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Thomas Ginsberg explains the new $1.5 billion program sponsored by Canada, Britain, Italy and Norway which will create an Advance Market Commitment for Vaccines Against Neglected Diseases.
From the article:
The advance-market program, requiring a long-term financial commitment by donor countries, is being organized under the auspices of the Group of Seven wealthy nations with the help of the GAVI Alliance, a nonprofit group created by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Ruth Levine, program director of the Center for Global Development, a Washington-based nonprofit organization, said the program should appeal to the Bush administration's "values, such as being oriented toward the market and in tune with making less-developed countries viable for business."
