Vaccines
Vaccines are one of the most significant public health achievements of the last century. Their value extends beyond narrow health effects for vaccinated people to generating social and economic benefits.
Realising the Broader Value of Vaccines in the UK
8 January 2020
Many health technology assessment (HTA) agencies limit their assessment of vaccines to individual health benefits and the costs associated with vaccine administration and the disease avoided.…
How Should the World Pay for a COVID-19 Vaccine?
1 July 2020
This year’s OHE lecture addresses the question: how should the world pay for a COVID-19 vaccine? Adrian Towse, Emeritus Director of OHE and Senior Research Fellow…
Meningococcal Vaccines: An International Comparison of Decision-Making Processes, Frameworks and Methodologies. Are Values Missing?
3 January 2020
Meningococcal disease is a life-threatening infection and can result in severe sequelae. Recent scientific and technical advances have led to the discovery and implementation of novel…
The Publicly Funded Vaccines Market in the UK
1 October 2010
This research reviews how vaccines other than for travel or influenza are evaluated, procured and delivered in the UK. It includes observations as to whether and…
The Publicly Funded Vaccines Market in Australia
1 October 2010
This research reviews how vaccines other than for travel or influenza are evaluated, procured and delivered in Australia. It includes observations as to whether and how…
The New Global Economics of Vaccines: Will the Scientific Potential Be Realised?
1 January 2007
For the purposes of defining the economic and policy issues facing the vaccine industry, the comments made here are based largely on the experience in the…
Childhood Vaccination: Current Controversies
1 July 1984
The historical roots of immunisation can probably be traced back to ancient Greek and Chinese civilisations and the observation that adults who survived an attack of…
Immunisation for Everyone – The Polio Experience
1 September 1979
In the richer nations of Europe and North America the gaining of control over the common infectious illnesses was a long, gradual process. It was initiated…
Vaccination
1 September 1974
During the past century the life expectancy at birth of the average Englishman has risen from 40 to around 70 years. Whereas it is likely that…