Challenges
Polio, malaria, rotavirus, HIV – these diseases hit the poorest people on earth the hardest, with millions of new infections each year. On top of the sheer human suffering involved, the economic impact of this disease burden on affected countries is severe.
But poor countries simply can’t afford the high cost of creating new vaccines to prevent these diseases, and companies from developed countries won’t invest in vaccines that have little market value.
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