"In many ways, this project is all about the environment -- not just in how we preserve our historic skyline, but how we prevent the serious problem of urban sprawl into the countryside, " he says.

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"The problem we had as parents was that much of the open countryside was out of bounds, " Mr Laister said.

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The problem is one of delivery: getting the vaccines out into the countryside in poor nations.

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