By addressing regional needs and focusing resources on priority pathogens, the WHO aims to build a more equitable strategy for vaccine development.
Vaccine development is traditionally driven by financial return opportunities for investors, disease outbreaks, and a specific focus on emerging diseases. However, a new systematic, transparent, and inclusive approach aims to prioritize pathogens based on socioeconomic and public health criteria.
The list comprises 17 priority pathogens, with five classified as priorities in all regions and six identified as critical in specific areas. This approach ensures that pathogens with a significant regional health impact are not overlooked, even if they do not pose a global threat. Policymakers and immunization stakeholders from each WHO region were called upon to evaluate eight prioritization criteria. Experts identified the factors they considered most relevant when deciding which vaccines to introduce and use.For each criterion, five levels of evaluation were established, ranging from very low to very high.
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