Immunization
The Global Immunization Vision and Strategy (GIVS)
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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 Immunization Vision and Strategy (GIVS) is a framework for protecting children from preventable childhood diseases such as measles, tetanus, and whooping cough.
Developed by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO), GIVS calls for raising global immunization coverage for these common diseases to at least 90 per cent in every country over the next five years.
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| © UNICEF Kenia/2002/Geenen |
| These school children in the town of Naivasha, Kenya, have just received their vaccinations against measles. |
GIVS is the first ever strategic framework for immunization designed to respond to the challenges of a rapidly changing and increasingly interdependent world. It presents a wide range of initiatives which countries can choose from to address their own specific needs. UNICEF and the WHO say the objectives outlined in the strategy must be addressed if the world is to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of a two thirds reduction in mortality among children under five by 2015.
Goals
Between 2006 and 2015, all those working on immunization and related product development should strive to prevent morbidity and mortality by achieving the following goals and targets.
Four Strategic Areas
By 2010 or earlier
By 2015 or earlier (as the case may be)
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| © UNICEF Liberia/2004/Nesbitt |
| A boy winces as he is vaccinated against measles, at a clinic in the village of Goe, Liberia. |
GIVS places special emphasis on the poorest and most underserved areas, where the majority of child deaths occur. GIVS, which addresses the time period 2006-2015, was discussed and officially endorsed at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, in May 2005. The full GIVS documents are available from the WHO in English and French.
| Contact at WHO | Contact at UNICEF | |
| Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals (IVB) WHO Avenue Appia, 20 CH-1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland |
Immunization UNICEF House 3 UN Plaza New York, NY 10017 United States of America | |
| Fax: + 41 22 791 4227 E-mail: vaccines@who.int IVB web site |
Fax: + 1 212 326 7412 E-mail: media@unicef.org Immunization portal | |
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