United Nations Children's Fund Child Vaccine

The United Nations Children's Fund says breakthrough prices have been achieved with six vaccine suppliers who offered to price pentavalent vaccine at an 84 cents a dose average - half the price that the agency currently pays.The pentavalent vaccine is a combination of five vaccines in one: diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenza type b (the bacteria that causes meningitis, pneumonia and otitis). The new pricing will also be accessed by governments and will generate over 366 million US Dollars in savings for donors. More from Shanelle Hall, Director, Supply Division at the United Nation's Children's Fund...