Kenya is among 12 countries that will benefit from access to Rotavirus vaccine at the lowest price for use in emergencies. Rotavirus is a life-saving vaccine to protect children against severe diarrhoeal diseases. This becomes the second vaccine to be accessed through the Humanitarian Mechanism after it was launched in 2017. The first one was the pneumococcal vaccine that protects children against pneumonia, another leading cause of childhood deaths during emergencies. Additional commitments from manufacturers are sought to make more vaccines available through the Mechanism, including typhoid, human papillomavirus and other pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccines.

Source: The Star March 12, 2021 13:45 UTC