World's poorest children among first to receive new life-saving pneumococcal vaccines
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 15:21
in Health & Medicine
Millions of infants and young children in the world's poorest countries will receive potentially life-saving vaccines that help protect against pneumococcal disease, including pneumonia -- the world's biggest childhood killer, thanks to new agreements made with two major pharmaceutical firms, the GAVI Alliance announced today.