In a controversial and risky move, the organization Doctors Without Borders (DWB) officially refused a donation of one million pneumonia vaccines to make a point about the extremely high cost of vaccines.

The humanitarian organization has been protesting the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer in an effort to get them to lower the price of their pneumonia vaccine for some time. This is the latest in a series of moves against the corporation, but it's certainly the most severe.

Pneumonia is a leading cause of death among children worldwide, as almost one million children died of the disease in 2015 and it accounts for 15 percent of all deaths in children under the age of 5. Since DWB refused the vaccine, approximately one million people will not receive the shot and their chances of survival lessen.

Of course, the organization is not without their reasons in regards to boycotting Pfizer and their handouts. It's Pfizer that offered to give the vaccines to the organization, and it was their way of quieting the group because they have been demanding the price be lowered for so long. Considering the company made $6.245 billion in revenue from vaccines alone last year, the donation was likely inconsequential.

The drug company has multiple patents the vaccine and the process used to make it, which makes it difficult for competitors to produce a vaccine just as effective, but less costly. Since the drug was introduced in 2009, DWB has been trying to find a more cost-efficient way to buy the vaccine but has lacked the resources to purchase it.