Or at least that's what Merck hopes to do by donating its rotavirus vaccine to Nicaragua so that it can inoculate all its newborns for the next three years. Rotavirus infections cause gastroenteritis and result in the deaths of 600,000 children under the age of 5 annually.
Merck hopes that the results in Nicaragua will entice other countries (there are at least 100 countries that have severe rotavirus problems) to buy its vaccine.
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