Doctors Without Borders criticizes Gates-backed global vaccine strategy
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Daniel Berman, MSF’s (Doctors Without Borders) deputy director for access, cited a recent initiative to distribute a new $7-per-dose pneumococcal vaccine in DR Congo in the middle of a measles outbreak. Why, Berman asked, are donors and health agencies pushing this new, expensive vaccine in Congo if Congolese children still aren’t getting a 30-cent measles vaccine?
The approach appears aimed more at supporting drug industry desires to promote new products than at finding the most efficient and sustainable means for fighting the diseases of poverty, he said… more…Humanosphere http://ow.ly/aWiKc
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