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dc.contributor.author | Walwyn, David Richard![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Nkolele, Adolph T.![]() |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-10T07:01:57Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-07-10T07:01:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.description | It is acknowledged that this article draws substantially on a previous publication (Walwyn DR, Nkolele AT. An evaluation of South Africa’s public–private partnership for the localisation of vaccine research, manufacture and distribution. Health Research Policy and Systems. 2018;16(1):30). However, the content has been adapted for a South African reader and expanded to include the policy analysis. | en_ZA |
dc.description.abstract | Established in 2003 as a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) covering vaccine research and development, manufacturing and supply, the Biovac Institute has grown from an initial base of 24 staff and a revenue of R188 million to an organisation of 250 people and an annual revenue of R1.8 billion (as of January 2018). The institute earns a premium on the procurement cost of a broad range of vaccines required by the National Department of Health (NDoH), the net value of which reached R1.14 billion over the period 2010–2014 and was used to finance the institute’s operations, including vaccine distribution and quality control. In this study, we have evaluated the value-for-money of the partnership within a context of tension between health and industrial policy. According to the respondents in the qualitative survey, its principal benefit has been the uninterrupted supply of vaccine and the ability to respond quickly to vaccine shortages. The main disadvantages appear to have been the slow establishment of vaccine manufacturing, and initially a limited ability to negotiate highly competitive vaccine prices. Overall, it is concluded that the institute has delivered value-for-money and met the objectives of both industrial and health policy. However, the experience appears not to have convinced the NDoH of the value of such initiatives. | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Graduate School of Technology Management (GSTM) | en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian | am2019 | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | http://www.tandfonline.com/oemd | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Walwyn, D.R. & Nkolele, A.T. 2018, 'Coordinating health and industrial policy in South Africa; a case study of the vaccine public-private partnership', South African Family Practice, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 42-51. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 2078-6190 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2078-6204 (online) | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/70650 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | Medpharm Publications, NISC (Pty) Ltd and Cogent, Taylor and Francis Group | en_ZA |
dc.rights | © 2018 The Author(s). Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0]. | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Vaccines | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Cost-benefit analysis | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Local manufacture | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Health security | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Public private partnership (PPP) | en_ZA |
dc.title | Coordinating health and industrial policy in South Africa : a case study of the vaccine public-private partnership | en_ZA |
dc.type | Article | en_ZA |