Gates in €37m vaccine spend

BILL GATES’ foundation and Abu Dhabi’s crown prince are donating $50 million (€37m) each to vaccinate children in Afghanistan and Pakistan against polio and other diseases.

Gates in €37m vaccine spend
Fri, 28 Jan, 2011 - 00:00

Sheik Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation say two-thirds of the funds will go toward a pair of vaccines against pneumonia, diphtheria, whooping cough and other ailments afflicting young children in Afghanistan.

The rest will be given to the World Health Organisation and UNICEF to provide polio vaccines in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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