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Why Sweden funds a vaccine institute in Korea and not Oslo-based CEPI

News May 24, 2020 / By: Ann Danaiya Usher

The International Vaccine Institute, based out of Seoul, has a mandate to develop vaccines for diseases that kill more than 4 million people every year in the world’s poorest countries. Over two decades, Western donors – with the exception of Sweden – have ignored the institute, which remains the “poor cousin” of the vaccine world.

IVI photo A girl is vaccinated with oral cholera vaccine.jpg — Oral cholera vaccine in Mozambique (Photo: IVI)

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Special report

Why Sweden funds a vaccine institute in Korea and not Oslo-based CEPI

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