17 May A Lifeline for Children in Africa
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John Wecker, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Blog
At the end of African Vaccination Week, last week, top health officials in Sudan held a press conference in which they announced their intention to introduce, on a nationwide scale, a vaccine against rotavirus – the most deadly cause of severe and fatal diarrhea.While this news story did not garner international headlines, it should have. The vaccine announcement heralds a lifeline that will hopefully soon extend to children across the African continent.