GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced the incorporation of its pneumococcal vaccine into the Kenyan national immunisation programme. Kenya is the first African country to receive pneumococcal vaccines through the innovative financing mechanism known as the Advance Market Commitment (AMC), which is designed to bring heavily discounted vaccines to children living in the world’s poorest countries. At a […]
Pneumococcal vaccines on their way to more than 40 developing countries
NAIROBI, 14 February 2011 – Hundreds of infants in Kenya received their first shots against pneumococcal disease today at a special event to celebrate the global roll out of vaccines targeting the world’s biggest child killer — pneumonia. Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki joined parents, health workers, ambassadors and donors in Nairobi to witness children being […]
Pneumonia vaccine 'to save thousands of lives'
By Fergus Walsh Medical correspondent, BBC News 23 January 2011 New vaccine could save thousands of lives. A new vaccine against pneumonia is being rolled out in Africa which estimates suggest could save more than half a million lives a year globally. The Gavi Alliance, a global health partnership of public and private sectors for […]
GAVI and WHO: Vaccine Accountability Demanded
Lee and Harmer’s editorial marking 10 years of Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI)1 was published before discussion of a controversial press release issued by the World Health Organization jointly with GAVI and others in 2007 after the Bangladesh study on Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib) vaccination.2 3 4 The press release suggested that […]