? Every year, over a million children, below the age of 5, die or are disabled by pneumonia and meningitis caused by pneumococcal infections[1][2]. ? Streptococcus pneumoniae, also known as pneumococcus, is the number one vaccine-preventable killer of children worldwide. It can cause pneumonia and meningitis. It has also been responsible for the majority of influenza-related deaths during the influenza pandemic outbreaks that occurred in the U.S. in 1918, 1957 and 1968 ? Pediatricians strongly