Canada, Italy, Norway, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recently committed 1.5 billion US dollars to launch the first Advance Market Commitment (AMC) to help speed the development and availability of a new vaccine which is expected to save the lives of 5.4 million children by 2030. The AMC pilot represents the first step in a historic effort to create a market for life-saving vaccines for children in the world’s poorest countries. [click link for full article]