This is the fourth in a series of commentaries contributed by the Pneumococcal Awareness Council of Experts (PACE). PACE is working to ensure that existing safe and effective vaccines for pneumonia—the world’s leading childhood killer—reach all of the children who need them.
Zulfiqar Bhutta is the Founding Chair of the Division of Women & Child Health at Aga Khan University in Pakistan and a member of the Pneumococcal Awareness Council of Experts (PACE).
Heavy media coverage of the recent MDG Summit in New York has meant that many people who don’t keep close tabs on global health issues are now aware of the realities facing the world’s poorest people. The Summit highlighted the need for many things, including immediate action and a longer-term plan to ensure sustainable access to food, clean water, sanitation, medical care, immunization and housing in the developing world.
From my base in Pakistan, this sums up exactly what we need
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