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Title: Kenya is the First African Country to Receive Pneumococcal Vaccine.
Post by: Admin on February 24, 2011, 07:16:15 PM

A vaccine to protect children against pneumococcal diseases has been launched in Africa as part of an international programme to bring the vaccine to poor countries – Kenya is the first African country to receive it. Medécins Sans Frontières (MSF) is contributing to this national effort by starting to vaccinate children in its Kenyan projects.

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Read the article (http://www.msf.org/msf/articles/2011/02/pneumoccal-vaccine-is-launched-in-africa.cfm)