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In 2009 there was a sharp appearance of the virus H1N1. South America was seriously affected by this virus. That led to sudden demand for vaccine. But some people usually try to get a profit from everything even from someone's misfortune. So that happened in South America too, prices for vaccines went up, but people needed a cure and some of them didn't have so much money for that. Therefore government was compelled to put price ceiling on the vaccine to make it available for infected. "(We) establish a commitment to not buy individually, above the prices set by the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) ... to prevent commercial interests from taking advantage of pandemic panic," she said, summarizing the conclusions of a meeting of the region's health ministries, called to map out a strategy to fight the pandemic.