Such price reductions have and will continue to play a crucial role in saving the lives of millions of children and achieving the Millennium Development Goal of reducing child mortality by two-thirds. To date, GAVI has helped countries immunize more than 13 million children against pneumococcal disease and five million children against rotavirus, with plans to strengthen its efforts in countries where immunization coverage is below 70%.
降价在拯救数百万儿童生命和实现将儿童死亡率降低三分之二的千年发展目标方面起到了关键作用并将继续扮演重要角色。到目前为止，GAVI帮助各国的1300多万儿童接种了肺炎球菌疾病疫苗，500多万儿童接种了轮状病毒疫苗，并提出了在接种率低于70%的国家强化行动的计划。