The purpose of Developing Countries
Vaccine Manufactures Network (the “Association”) is exclusively charitable
within the meaning of Public Societies Registration Act, 1935. Within this
general guidelines DCVMN works to increase the availability and improve the
quality of vaccines produced in the developing world.
The specific purposes of the DCVMN include the following:
To provide a consistent and sustainable supply of quality
vaccines at an affordable price to developing countries.
To combat infectious diseases especially those of the developing
world, by strengthening the capacity of vaccine and vaccine related product
manufactures, and potentially other health technology producers, in developing
countries.
To encourage continuation of Research and Development efforts to
meet the emerging vaccine needs in the developing world.
To produce and deliver quality vaccines and other health
technologies effectively on a long term basis for national immunization
programmes.
To improve the access of such manufactures to technologies
necessary to improve the quality of vaccine and vaccine related product and
other health technologies currently being produced and to prepare for the
transfer and production of newly developed health technologies.
To develop innovative models of ownership of health related
intellectual property that will better protect at risk populations.
To provide technical assistance to developing countries
manufactures in all aspects of production and distribution of vaccines, vaccine
related products and other health related technologies.
To assist developing countries manufactures in
obtaining financing for production
To facilitate the exchange of ideas and experience among
developing countries health technology developers and producers and their
counterparts in the developed world.
To promote the participation of developing country vaccine and
other health technology manufactures international strategic planning and
decision making related to vaccine and health technology development and
production and disease control policy.
To educate the broader public health community and
the general public concerning these matters.
To encourage continuing Research and Development efforts of full
members to meet the emerging vaccine needs in the developing countries.
To foster the development of Prospective Full members and
Associate members of the Association to attain the status of WHO
pre-qualification.
The purposes of the Association are
carried through the provision of technical assistance, training and research in
vaccine production, informational programmes aimed at educating the public
about the availability of safe and effective vaccines from developing world
manufactures, and related workshops.
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