Kenya marks the global roll-out of pneumococcal vaccine against the world’s leading cause of child death

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 Foundation light up Seattle to “End children being immunised as part of the Government of Kenya’s formal introduction of pneumococcal vaccine in its routine immunisation programme for all children. “Today’s introduction of the pneumococcal vaccine in Kenya is an historic step towards improved health for Vaccine Against the World’s Leading children in Kenya and in other developing countries,” said Kenya’s Minister for Public Health and Sanitation Beth Mugo. “The global introduction of pneumococcal vaccination is a milestone in global health and will help us reduce child mortality.” Pneumococcal disease currently takes the lives of over a million of people every year – including...