Introducing New and Underused Vaccines
Promoting the Value of New and Underused Vaccines
The lives of more than 2 million children under 5 years old could be saved if Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), pneumococcal, and rotavirus vaccines were used in all countries. Using these vaccines can result in at least a 40% reduction in the deaths caused each year by pneumonia and diarrhea among children younger than 5 years old. CDC provides scientific evidence to countries throughout the world for the introduction of many new and underused vaccines, including those against: cholera, Hib, hepatitis B, human papillomavirus (HPV), Japanese Encephalitis, serogroup A meningococcus, pneumococcus, rotavirus, rubella, typhoid, and yellow fever.
Introducing Vaccines to Country Immunization Programs
![yellow_fever_sierra_leone A mom with her child standing in line to receive the vaccine to protect against deadly yellow fever in Sierra Leone.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201220105955im_/https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/immunization/images/Aaron-Wallace-Sierra-Leone-2010-mother-and-infant-prepare-to-receive-YF.jpg)
CDC actively participates in the evaluation, introduction, and research of available and underused vaccines. These vaccines have the potential to reduce global illness and death caused by vaccine-preventable diseases.
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2012 Post-introduction evaluation of HPV vaccine in Latvia
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Meningitis A
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2012 Post-introduction evaluation of HPV vaccine in Latvia