Uganda, Feb. 23 -- Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (Gavi) has introduced a scheme that will give a grant of $1m (Shs3.8b) to any vaccine manufacturing company both local and internationally setting up a manufacturing plant in the country.

Gavi is an international organisation created in 2000 to improve access to new and underused vaccines for children in the world's poorest countries.

Speaking at the opening of the third edition of the Uganda Health Pharmaceutical Healthcare Expo in Kampala, Health Minister Ruth Aceng, said Gavi had provided an incentive to boost the capacity of low-developing countries in the area of manufacturing particular vaccines

"Gavi is interested in boosting least developed countries' capacities i...