Donors from around the world have pledged $4.3bn for a programme that aims to vaccinate 250 million of the world’s poorest children against life threatening diseases, principally pneumonia and diarrheal diseases. With $1bn coming from the Bill Gates Foundation.
Check out Bill Gates talking on Aljazeera.
In the past it took 20years for vaccines to be affordable in developing countries, now, by changing the business model these important medicines are now being made available to everyone. “For the first time in history all kids get great vaccines.”
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