14 Feb Pneumococcal vaccine rolls out in developing world
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A new pneumococcal vaccine designed for the developing world will roll out in health centres across Kenya next week as part of a global plan that could prevent more than seven million childhood deaths by 2030.
Kenya is the fifth country worldwide and the second in Africa to introduce the vaccine as part of its routine immunization schedule. More than 40 developing countries, including some of the poorest in the world, are expected to follow suit by 2015.