Background Significant progress has been made to increase access to vaccines in Africa since the 1974 launch of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI). Successes include the introduction of...

Journal article Planning, budgeting and financing New vaccine introduction English Polio African Region

2015 assessment report of the Global Vaccine Action Plan

World Health Organization (WHO)

The Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) sets ambitious but achievable goals, to save thousands of lives through vaccination in this Decade of Vaccines to 2020. The Decade of Vaccines is not on...

Guidance Distribution system Planning, budgeting and financing Performance monitoring Coverage monitoring Data quality Policy and legislation English Polio Western Pacific Region Eastern Mediterranean Region South-East Asia Region Region of the Americas African Region Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP)Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE)WHO

Fulfilling a promise: ensuring immunization for all in AFRICA

World Health Organization (WHO)

This report highlights the achievements made in expanding access to vaccines in Africa and discusses some of the remaining challenges to achieving universal access to vaccines. The timing of this...

Guidance English African Region

From epidemic meningitis vaccines for Africa to the Meningitis Vaccine Project

M. Teresa Aguado et al.

In June 2001, BMGF awarded a grant of US$70 million to create the Meningitis Vaccine Project (MVP) as a partnership between PATH and WHO, with the specific goal of developing an affordable MenA...

Journal article English African Region