Bill Gates wants to vaccinate the world

Bill and Melinda Gates intend to vaccinate all the world's children against severe pneumonia and meningitis caused by the pneumococcal bacterium

At the ISPPD-7 international conference on the pneumococcal bacterium that took place last week in Tel Aviv, a discussion was held on the Gates Foundation's strategy regarding dealing with the bacterium. Dr. Douglas Holtzman, a senior physician at the Gates Foundation who spoke at the discussion stated that: "The foundation's strategy regarding the pneumococcal bacterium is an aspiration to reduce the number of children in developing countries who are sick and dying from severe pneumonia, meningitis, influenza and measles. The approach reflects the attempt to prevent the diseases from their discovery, development and the supply of vaccines. In order to ensure the preservation of health and the saving of the lives of children and toddlers who have developed pneumonia, the foundation also invests in the creation of diagnosis and treatment strategies. The foundation's research activity is designed to close and reduce knowledge gaps in order to create better activity against pneumonia and improve the financial investment so that the vaccines can reach those who need them."

Dr. Richard Adegbola, Head of the Division of Bacterial Diseases at the Gates Foundation added that: "The Foundation's activity is based on two main guiding principles. The first states that the lives of all human beings are equally equal throughout the world and the second states that whoever is given much of what is expected of him should give back. Since the foundation was founded until today, it has donated more than 10 billion dollars for these purposes. The Gates Foundation funds vaccines and research into diseases in the third world. The activity reduced the number of children who do not receive a vaccine from 34 million to 13 million. In addition to the development of medicines and vaccines, the purpose of the activity is to bring about a significant price reduction in the medicine and health market by financing the development processes."

About 1,300 doctors, from 68 different countries around the world, are participating in the international conference on the pneumococcal bacterium - ISPPD-7, which was organized by the initiative of Prof. Ron Dagan, director of the unit for infectious diseases in children, from the Soroka Medical Center and the Faculty of Health Sciences, at Ben Gurion University. The conference focuses on the pneumococcal bacterium and pneumococcal diseases and deals with the various aspects of dealing with the bacterium as well as the interaction with other diseases such as swine flu, which creates a deadly combination. The conference, produced by Kens Group, brings together the best researchers, doctors and foundations working in the field for an in-depth discussion of the latest innovations in research on the bacterium, plans to eradicate it from the world and the continued use of advanced technologies to improve vaccines.

Every year around 2 million deaths occur in the world as a result of the pneumococcal bacteria