Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Save the Children, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced a rotavirus vaccine would become available to more children living in humanitarian crises.
Thanks to a landmark agreement with the vaccine manufacturer GSK, children living in refugee camps, displaced communities, or other emergencies now have a better chance of being protected against severe diarrhoeal disease with these rotavirus vaccines.
GSK has committed to supply the Rotarix vaccine at its lowest global price.
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