To replace this outdated vaccine with cell culture based rabies vaccine. Furthermore, Fermi type rabies vaccine has been produced by the Institute for over four decades both for human and animal use and it is still in use in the country. The Institute also produced smallpox and typhoid fever vaccine in early 1950. For instance, during cholera epidemics in the 1960s, the Institute used to produce a parenterally administered killed whole cell vaccine. In the Ethiopian context, EPHI has previous experience in producing bacterial and viral vaccines. Moreover, the capacity to produce vaccines locally will create job opportunities for young Ethiopians in addition to generating hard currency by supplying to neighboring countries. If we are able to produce these essential vaccines locally, we can avoid not only importing with hard currency but also minimizing the usual shortage in the event of epidemics. Countries like Cuba showed us that this approach is feasible for developing countries where there is commitment from government.Īccording to 2008 data from FMoH, Ethiopia is investing more than 48 million US dollar, at the minimum estimation for the purchase of essential vaccines annually. This leads to shortage and high cost of vaccines for use in developing countries where the need is very dire.Local capacity to produce these vaccines will have a significant contribution to minimize the impact of epidemics. And there are very few vaccine manufacturers to meet the global demand. Research for developing vaccines is carried out mainly in developed countries. However, mass vaccination with the vaccine in the developing country is impractical or of limited use because vaccination is usually started too late because of the obstacles in this region to allocating vaccine supplies and logistic resources faster than the spread of the epidemic. Vaccination offered the best chance to avoid the disease: only individuals who lack antibodies against the circulating virulent strain develop a disease. Of the major infectious disease that can easily prevented with vaccination are rabies, yellow fever, meningitis, cholera, tetanus, typhoid fever and Diphtheria. Development and deployment of vaccines to prevent infectious diseases in developing countries have therefore become a high priority in the global health agenda. Moreover, infectious disease are now appreciated to be major causes of the poverty and economic under development that characterize the world’ poorest countries. Infectious diseases are thought to account for nearly 25% of all deaths worldwide, and extract a disproportionate toll in developing countries. Vaccine and Diagnostics Production Research Scientific and Ethical Review Office (SERO).Bacteriology, Parasitology and Zoonosis.Ethnobotanical Medicinal Plants Photo Gallery.Research Articles on Ethiopian Medicinal Plants.
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