The international health group Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, funded by Microsoft founder Bill Gates , recently launched a five-year drive to get cervical cancer vaccines to poor countries.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Scientists at MVP - a partnership between the World Health Organization and the Seattle-based Program for Appropriate Technology in Health - believe their vaccine could help to save thousands of lives each year.

BBC: Meningitis A vaccine hope

Cambridge Biostability, with support from Britain's Department for International Development and the Programme for Appropriate Technology in Health, an American not-for-profit group, is working on a sugar-glass version of a combined shot against five nasty childhood diseases, including diphtheria and meningitis.

ECONOMIST: Vaccines