Fostering Immunization Uptake in Argentina The pneumococcal vaccine was incorporated into the Argentinian national immunization scheme in April 2011, providing a way for infants to receive the vaccine for free beginning in 2012. To highlight this, Fighting Infectious Diseases in Emerging Countries (FIDEC), in collaboration with Fundación Centro de Estudios Infectológicos (FUNCEI), hosted informative lectures for more than 200 health care professionals and educated patients about the benefits of pneumococcal vaccination at several public and health vaccination centers in Pilar, Escobar and Ezeiza