More affordable pneumonia vaccine can protect more kids

Facts about pneumonia vaccine - January 2020

Facts about pneumonia vaccine - January 2020

Facts about pneumonia vaccine - January 2020

Facts about pneumonia vaccine - January 2020

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In June and July 2016 MSF has been conducting vaccination campaigns in several refugee camps and settlements in Greece, targeting more than 4,600 children under fifteen years of age. This campaign aims at protecting refugee children with 10 antigens and preventing diseases such as pneumonia, which is the leading cause of childhood death. MSF calls on Pfizer and GSK to drop the price of the pneumonia vaccine (PCV) for governments and humanitarian organizations in emergency contexts.

Photograph by Sophia Apostolia

Press release |

14 November 2016

Vaccines

MSF welcomes Pfizer’s pneumonia vaccine price reduction for children in humanitarian emergencies

In New York, on Word Pneumonia Day 2015 (Nov 12), MSF volunteers attempted to deliver more than $17 million of fake cash - the equivalent of one day of profits from the pneumonia vaccines for Pfizer globally - to Pfizer's CEO Ian Read. The same day, MSF launched a global petition to ask Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to reduce the price of the pneumococcal vaccine to $5 dollars per child (for all three doses) in developing countries. Photograph by Edwin Torres

Photograph by Edwin Torres

Press release |

11 November 2016

Vaccines

Breaking news: Pfizer drops the price of the pneumonia vaccine for humanitarian organizations

Dr Ilaria Moneta discusses patients with colleagues in the pediatric ward of the MSF-supported Bangassou hospital. Photograph by Sandra Smileyv

Photograph by Sandra Smiley

Feature story |

07 November 2016

Vaccines

What's it like to have pneumonia?

6 min

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Photograph by Magali Deppen

Press release |

13 January 2016

Vaccines

Central African Republic

Central African Republic (CAR): MSF launches vaccination campaign of unprecedented scale

Research article |

02 September 2015

Vaccines

Impact of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Administration in Pediatric Older Age Groups in Low and Middle Income Countries

Sudanese refugees began streaming across the border into South Sudan in June 2011 when conflict erupted between the Khartoum government and the rebels of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) in Sudan’s South Kordofan State. At the height of the crisis in Yida camp last summer, high mortality rates were reported among young children admitted to MSF’s hospital with respiratory tract infections, such as pneumonia, one of the leading causes of death. Photograph by Yann Libessart

Photograph by Yann Libessart

Feature story |

24 April 2015

Vaccines

EthiopiaSouth Sudan

Pneumonia in Ethiopia: The absurdity of dying of a disease that is preventable

3 min

A Fair Shot: Bringing down the price of vaccines

Video |

24 April 2015

Vaccines

A Fair Shot: Bringing down the price of vaccines

MSF vaccinate 50,000 children against pneumonia in Gambella, Ethiopia

Video |

24 April 2015

Vaccines

Ethiopia

MSF vaccinate 50,000 children against pneumonia in Gambella, Ethiopia