Médecins Sans Frontières does not deny the rationale of the Advance Market Commitment: a new vaccine against pneumococcal disease is desperately needed. Over a million people, mostly children, die each year of pneumonia, bloodstream infections and meningitis caused by pneumococcal bacteria. But why is it so expensive?

Tido von Schoenangerer, Director of Campaign for Essential Medicines at MSF.
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