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Starting with developing nations in the northern hemisphere first, the WHO (World Health Organization) is moving to deploy up to 150 million doses of donated H1N1 vaccine to poorer nations over the coming months.
WHO's head of vaccine research, Dr. Marie-Paule Kieny, is urging that Health Care Workers in developing countries be prioritized to receive the vaccine.
This from the BBC.
Poorer nations get swine flu jabs
About 100 developing nations will begin receiving donations of the vaccine against swine flu as early as November, the World Health Organization says.
Millions of doses of the vaccine against H1N1 are being donated by pharmaceutical companies.
A group of rich nations have also pledged to donate 10% of their vaccine purchases to poorer countries.
The latest figures reported to the WHO suggest more than 4,500 people worldwide have died from swine flu.
But most of the hundreds of thousands of people who have contracted the illness around the world have experienced only mild to moderate symptoms.
Countries including China, Australia and the United States are reported to have begun mass vaccination programmes after scientists worked flat out to develop a vaccine.
