Via BBC News :
" The global economic crisis must not be allowed to interfere with the delivery of new vaccines to the developing world, a global health body has warned.
The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisations (Gavi) says it needs more than $4bn (£3bn) by 2015.
This would enable it to continue existing programmes and roll out new vaccines against diarrhoea and pneumonia.
But there are fears donors may want to cut back in the current climate.
Many developing countries now have, with foreign assistance, built up the infrastructure so that routine immunisations can now be offered to up to 80% of the world's poorest children.
Saving money
Gavi, a public-private partnership which draws together organisations including the World Health Organization and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as the vaccine industry, is now trying to secure funding for 15 countries to add further vaccines to those existing programmes."
" The global economic crisis must not be allowed to interfere with the delivery of new vaccines to the developing world, a global health body has warned.
The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisations (Gavi) says it needs more than $4bn (£3bn) by 2015.
This would enable it to continue existing programmes and roll out new vaccines against diarrhoea and pneumonia.
But there are fears donors may want to cut back in the current climate.
Many developing countries now have, with foreign assistance, built up the infrastructure so that routine immunisations can now be offered to up to 80% of the world's poorest children.
Saving money
Gavi, a public-private partnership which draws together organisations including the World Health Organization and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as the vaccine industry, is now trying to secure funding for 15 countries to add further vaccines to those existing programmes."
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