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Public hospitals to immunise children against pneumonia

Mothers and their children at a hospital. Photo/FILE

Kenya plans to roll out a vaccine against pneumonia this month in all government hospitals to reduce the rate of child deaths by over 70 per cent by the end of the year.

The vaccine is an initiative of the Global Alliance for Vaccination and Immunisation (Gavi), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri).

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