More than 5.5 million kids' lives have been saved thanks to vaccines.

 
 

An amazing story

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The Fight

In the poorest countries, more than a quarter of all child deaths worldwide – 2 million each year – is caused by diarrhea or pneumonia.  These two preventable diseases kill more children than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined.

  • 700,000
    children die from diarrhoeal diseases every year
  • More than 19 million
    children remained unvaccinated in the world in 2011
2 million
children die each year from pneumonia or diarrhea, accounting for more than a quarter of all child deaths worldwide
one child
every 20 seconds
Pneumonia kills roughly one child every 20 seconds.

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childhood vaccines.

10 Things You Need to Know About PEPFAR on its 10th Anniversary

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10 Things You Need to Know About PEPFAR on its 10th Anniversary

On Monday, May 27th, the US’ President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, better known by its acronym PEPFAR, will turn 10.  To mark this milestone, here’s a cheat sheet for the 10 things you should know about this incredible program: 1. It was truly groundbreaking when it was created for its focus on delivering treatment

How a price drop in HPV vaccines will save millions of girls and women’s lives

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How a price drop in HPV vaccines will save millions of girls and women’s lives

The GAVI Alliance, which introduces life-saving vaccines to developing countries, announced yesterday that the price of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has seen a drastic cut from US$13 per dose to US$4.50 per dose (the price in high-income countries can be more than US$100 per dose). Tens of millions of women in developing countries can now be protected against cervical cancer through the vaccine, which protects against 70 percent of the strains of cervical cancer.

What activists need to know about last week’s Global Vaccine Summit

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What activists need to know about last week’s Global Vaccine Summit

Whew (or should I say WIW?)—last week made for quite a busy World Immunization Week 2013!  From Abu Dhabi to Washington, D.C., we saw an impressive breadth and depth of news, activities, and accomplishments from many of our partners working to improve access to life-saving vaccines around the world. Now that we’ve had the weekend

 

The Progress

Every kid deserves a healthy shot at life. Childhood vaccines are one of the most cost-effective ways to save lives and prevent disease for a lifetime. And for the very first time, we’ve got two new vaccines—one for pneumonia, one for diarrhea—that will protect kids for the rest of their lives. Fewer sick kids means more kids in schools, more empty hospital beds, a healthier future generation.

  • 5.5 million
    child deaths averted by vaccinations since 2000
  • $1.75
    cost of pentavalent 5-in-1 vaccine that fights 5 basic childhood killers
99 %
The number of polio cases has been reduced by more than 99%
74 % decrease
in measle deaths
From 2000 to 2010, measle deaths worldwide fell by 74%

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