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.
Volume 12, Number 3 | March 2007
Mike Leavitt, Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
Kent Hill, Former Asst. Administrator, USAID
The United States has a longstanding commitment to assist other nations in achieving the lifesaving benefits 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.
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.
Charlene Porter, managing editor, eJournal USA
Massive vaccination rallies known as National Immunization Days have helped reduce the occurrence of polio.
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.
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.
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 GAVI Alliance works to deliver vaccines to all children everywhere.
A multipartner campaign to reduce measles mortality achieves a five-year goal sparing children from the most infectious of diseases.
For more than 20 years, warring factions have abided by "Days of Tranquility" to clear the way for vaccine campaigns.
The largest health campaign ever known has battled polio for more than 20 years.
A rapid-impact package of medical aid targets tropical diseases.
A World Health Organization Fact Sheet.
The National Network for Immunization Information addresses risks and safety.
Definitions and descriptions of poverty-causing diseases.
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