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Nature 449, 170-172 (13 September 2007) | doi:10.1038/449170a; Published online 12 September 2007

Neglected Diseases A prescription for drug delivery

Rebecca Affolder1, Ivone Rizzo2, Craig Burgess2, Abdallah Bchir2 & Julian Lob-Levyt3

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Improvements in basic infrastructure are the key to saving millions of lives each year, say Julian Lob-Levyt and his colleagues.

One-quarter of all child deaths result from diseases that could be prevented by vaccination. But the introduction of new and underused vaccines into the world's poorest countries is hampered by inadequate infrastructure and a lack of guaranteed finance.