A review of WHO resources and contributions for strengthening and expanding health inequality monitoring for the advancement of health equity can also be found in the International Journal for Equity in Health .
Rotavirus vaccines made available for use in humanitarian crisesHealth partners welcome landmark pricing agreement through Humanitarian Mechanism, urging more manufacturers to follow suit
1934
2021年3月4日 | 新闻稿 | 日内瓦/伦敦/纽约
4 March 2021 | News release | Geneva/London/New York
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Save the Children, UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) welcome the opportunity to make rotavirus vaccine available to more children living in humanitarian crises thanks to a landmark pricing agreement with the manufacturer, GSK.
Children living in refugee camps, displaced communities or in other emergency situations now have a better chance of being protected against severe diarrhoeal disease with these lower price rotavirus vaccines.
1937
腹泻是五岁以下儿童的一个主要死因。
Diarrhoea is one of the leading causes of death among children under five.
1938
该协议利用了2017年启动的多伙伴人道主义机制。
The agreement makes use of the multi-partner Humanitarian Mechanism, launched in 2017.
Rotavirus vaccine is the second vaccine to be accessed through the scheme, which depends on manufacturers making their vaccines available at their lowest price for use in emergencies - across countries of all income levels.
1940
过去已经提供的第一种疫苗为肺炎球菌疫苗。
The first to be made available was the pneumococcal vaccine.