DCSIMG
Skip Navigation

Lifesaving Vaccines

March 2007

March 2007

Vaccines can prevent disease, prolong life, and eradicate scourges dating to prehistory. Knowledge of vaccine effectiveness is decades old, but children in developing nations are still dying from vaccine preventable diseases. The United States and international partners have been working together for more than 30 years to expand the benefits of vaccines to children everywhere.

Translations


Connect with Us

Inside This Publication

Volume 12, Number 3 | March 2007

Overview

The Way Ahead

  • Reaching Every Child

    Kent Hill, Former Asst. Administrator, USAID
    The United States has a longstanding commitment to assist other nations in achieving the lifesaving benefits of vaccines.

  • The Promise of Vaccines

    Osman David Mansoor, Senior Advisor for New Vaccines, UNICEF
    Immunization rates are rising steadily as health officials work to reach more children every year.

  • One Dose at a Time

    An interview with Vance Dietz, Steven Stewart, and Karen Wilkins, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Public health experts discuss how developing nations work to establish and maintain routine childhood immunization programs.

  • Stopping Polio Forever

    Charlene Porter, managing editor, eJournal USA
    Massive vaccination rallies known as National Immunization Days have helped reduce the occurrence of polio.

  • How the World Fights the Flu

    Wenqing Zhang, Project Leader for Influenza Virological Surveillance, World Health Organization
    The WHO coordinates a global effort to monitor seasonal and avian influenza emergencies with an eye toward production of vaccines that can help prevent illness affecting hundreds of millions of people.

  • Vaccines in the 21st Century

    Stanley A. Plotkin, Senior Editor of Vaccines
    The inventor of the rubella vaccine offers a forecast of likely progress in vaccinology in the first decades of the 21st century.

  • Ending Disease, Ending Poverty

    An interview with Lee Hall, Chief, Parasitology, National Institutes of Health; and Peter J. Hotez, George Washington University and Sabin Vaccine Institute
    Overcoming diseases that have plagued humankind for millennia is within the reach of 21st century medical science.

The Accomplishments

Milestones


Resources