PD Alliance in Motion: Pfizer and Club PK Team up

A cool campaign and initiative by motorcycle riders and Pfizer to help vaccinate the children in different parts of our country, it will be a long road trip to fight these pneumococcal diseases, read the news here as our blogger reporter Sef covers the press briefing of Pfizer last week.

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Pneumococcal disease describes a complex group of illnesses caused by the Streptococcus pneumoniae or streptococcus bacterium, and includes deadly pneumococcal disease or IPD such as Pneumonia with bacteremia, sepsis and meningitis, and non-invasive illnesses such as acute otitis media, and sinusitis. (More news below)

That is why the leading pharmaceutical company Pfizer is partnering with a renowned team of motorcycle riders for a special mission—one that can save the lives of thousands of Filipino children. The initiative, dubbed “PD Alliance in Motion”, will bring together doctors, vaccine experts and riders from the elite Club PK, as they embark on a road trip spanning far-flung areas in the country to vaccinate children against pneumococcal disease (PD), the leading vaccine-preventable cause of death worldwide.

Through the “PD Alliance in Motion” initiative, over 1,300 children in the country are expected to receive the broadest coverage pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the world that protects against the 13 most common pneumococcal strains. Thousands more children are likewise poised to be protected from pneumococcal disease through herd immunity, a form of indirect protection wherein immunized children prevent the spread of disease to the unvaccinated.

For more information on the PD Alliance in Motion and how you can help, visit www.pfizer.com.ph. Please consult your doctor to know more about Pfizer’s pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and how it may save your child today.

Event coverage pictures: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.197293460330345.51716.169717079754650

(coverage and written by Sef Gutierrez for Azrael's Merryland )