Vaccinations Distribution Will Save 8 Million Children By 2019
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In 2010, Melinda Gates announced a $10 billion effort by her foundation that takes direct aim at providing more vaccinations for poor people around the world. Melinda Gates predicted the delivery of vaccines for rotavirus and diarrheal disease (which kills half a million children each year) and pneumococcal disease (which affects two million children each year) will vastly improve. The foundation’s donation and involvement from partner organizations and countries, Gates said at the time, would “prevent the deaths…of over 8 million children in the next nine years.” The Bill & Melinda Gates foundation often focuses on the easiest path to solving a problem and the vaccinations they are providing help address some of the most avoidable diseases that can be targeted with vaccinations. Melinda Gates is making sure the next prediction comes true…
