Nation plays bigger role in global health
From exporting low-cost, effective vaccines to sending doctors to combat outbreaks of disease, China is increasingly benefiting the world with its enhanced medical capacities and expertise, according to an international health expert. this, Berkley hailed China’s
Seth Berkley, CEO of the efforts to move on from Global Alliance for Vaccines being an alliance recipient of and Immunization, said Chivaccines to being a key supnese vaccines are “significantplier. ly cheaper” than those made The nation’s Japanese by many other countries. encephalitis vaccine became
The Chinese-made vacavailable on the global marcine for Japanese encephaliket after the World Health tis, for example, is up to 95 Organization endorsed ChiDongguan, one of the major percent less expensive than na’s vaccine regulatory body production centers in Guangthose produced in the West, in 2011. Two years later, the dong province, was ranked the he said. product became the first emptiest city on the mainland
Transmitted by mosquiprequalified Chinese vaccine during the Spring Festival holtoes, Japanese encephalitis to be licensed for use on chilidays, which ended on Thursis the leading cause of viral dren. day. encephalitis in Asia and the “We’re seeing huge potenNearly 70 percent of the Western Pacific. tial for China to supply the city’s residents left Dongguan
With an average price of global public vaccine market — known as a migrant city — 42 cents a dose, the live via WHO prequalification, to spend the Lunar New Year attenuated vaccine made by including for emergency with family members, accordthe Chengdu Institute of Biooutbreaks such as yellow ing to 360 Big Data Center. logical Products is providing fever and Ebola,” Margaret Located in the middle of the lifesaving protection to milChan, director-general of the prosperous Pearl River Delta, lions of children in low-inWHO, said last month. Dongguan joined three other come countries, including During the Ebola outGuangdong metropolises in Laos, Nepal and Cambodia, breaks, China sent 1,200 the top five. under the alliance’s promedical workers to affected Foshan, Guangzhou and gram, Berkley said. regions. Chinese experts also Shenzhen had more than 60
The alliance has committrained more than 13,000 percent of their residents leave ted to using 27.7 million doslocal medics to treat patients for the holidays. es of the vaccine. In light of in nine countries in Africa. Changsha, capital of Hunan
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in West Africa received training from China to treat Ebola patients.