Recent news stories have painted a dire picture of efforts to combat malaria – from drug-proof cases seen in the UK to the rise of especially fit multidrug-resistant parasites in the Mekong.

The BCG vaccine supply crisis is worsened by the concentration of production in few companies. And low profit margins make it an unattractive venture for other laboratories which have the capacity to produce it, appoints Pillay. The oligopoly of the global vaccine industry is even more concentrated: Sanofi Pasteur, Merck, Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline add up to around 80% of the global sales.

UN Women, in collaboration with UNAIDS, created this comprehensive online resource to provide up-to-date information on the...