Humanly Possible: Immunization for ALL,
Immunization efforts have saved at least 154 million lives over the past 50 years.
The global vaccine drives of the second half of the 20th century are one of humanity’s greatest achievements. Immunization campaigns have enabled us to eradicate smallpox, nearly defeat polio, and ensure more children survive and thrive than ever before.
This year, during World Immunization Week, recognizing our collective efforts to save and improve countless lives from vaccine-preventable diseases and calling on countries to ramp up investments in immunization programmes to protect the next generations. In just 5 decades, we went from a world where the death of a child was something many parents feared to a world where every child, if vaccinated, has a chance to survive and thrive.
Malaria disproportionately affects those in situations of greatest poverty and vulnerability
In recent years, progress in reducing malaria has ground to a standstill. Not only does malaria continue to directly endanger health and cost lives, but it also perpetuates a vicious cycle of inequity. People living in the most vulnerable situations, including pregnant women, infants, children under 5 years of age, refugees, migrants, internally displaced people, and Indigenous Peoples, continue to be disproportionately impacted.
