title: Global immunization against AIDS: economic considerations.
abstract: Many knowledgeable people believe that the only real hope for halting the AIDS pandemic rests with safe and effective HIV vaccines that are delivered through a global immunization programme. When such vaccines become a reality, the size of potential target populations for HIV vaccines may well be over 100 million. The costs associated with such a large vaccination programme probably reach the multi-billion dollar level. An international consideration of financing strategies should begin in the near future in order to avoid a repetition of the lag between vaccine availability and widespread use that accompanied the introduction of hepatitis B vaccine.
authors.affiliation: Genetics Institute, Cambridge, MA 02140.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Petricciani
mesh_terms: D016915:AIDS Vaccines / Q000191:economics* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000191:economics* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization / Q000191:economics*; D007391:International Cooperation
chemical_list: D016915:AIDS Vaccines