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| © UNICEF Mali/ 2002/Pirozzi |
| A woman is immunized against tetanus using a Uniject syringe, in Benkene, a remote village north-east of Bamako, Mali. |
The Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) was endorsed by the 194 Member States of the World Health Organization Assembly in May 2012 to achieve the Decade of Vaccines vision by delivering universal access to immunization. The GVAP mission is to improve health by extending by 2020 and beyond the full benefits of immunization to all people, regardless of where they are born, who they are or where they live.
GVAP has four main goals:
The full GVAP documents are available from the WHO website in English and French.
Facts and Data
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UNICEF kicks off a post-crisis measles immunization campaign in Côte d’Ivoire, April 2011
Launch of pneumococcal vaccine initiative aims to protect thousands in Kenya, February 2011
State of the World’s Vaccines: Childhood immunization at record high, 2009
Global Immunization Vision and Strategy (GIVS)
