Article ID: CBB049448868

Vaccine development as a ‘doable problem’: The case of the meningococcal A vaccines 1962–1969 (2019)

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During the period from 1962 to 1967, the development of a meningococcal A vaccine could be considered as feasible despite all the drawbacks of working with cerebrospinal meningitis A. In this paper, I analyse why and how this programme for vaccine development was put into place, and in particular how the problem was perceived as feasible. Deploying the concept of Doable Problems developed by Joan Fujimura, I examine the complex range of factors that led to the outcome of the trial in Yako in 1967. Thus I show how the different protagonists were mobilized and their work organized at different levels in order to produce and test a vaccine. Indeed, a number of elements seemed to stand in the way of successfully producing a vaccine, but the collaboration of the different actors under the aegis of the WHO provides interesting lessons about the management of this kind of project. Seen in a wider historical context, this approach could provide ideas and lessons for approaching current questions in vaccination from a new perspective.

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Authors & Contributors
Berg, Anne Hagen
Deer, Brian
Wolinsky, Steven M.
Weightman, Gavin
Ren, Jie
Porras, María Isabel
Concepts
Vaccines; vaccination
Public health
Disease and diseases
Medicine and society
Medicine
Smallpox
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
19th century
18th century
20th century, early
Meiji period (Japan, 1868-1910)
Places
United States
Europe
China
India
Great Britain
Netherlands
Institutions
World Health Organization (WHO)
UNICEF
European Association against Poliomyelitis
World Bank
Catholic University of Ireland (Dublin)
Royal Belfast Academical Institution
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