President meets Pneumococcal vaccine sponsors

NYARUGENGE - President Paul Kagame yesterday held talks with Julian Lob Levyt, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GAVI (Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization). The audience that took place at the State House in Kiyovu was also attended by Jim Connolly who represented the Wyeth vaccines, Orin Levine from Pneumo ADIP and Rwanda’s Minister of Health, Dr. Richard Sezibera. Rwanda is the first developing country  to introduce a pneumococcal vaccine into its national immunisation programme.