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A record-breaking year for childhood immunisation

Gavi’s CEO provides an overview of its flagship publication, launched today.

16 September 2020
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by Dr Seth Berkley
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<article> <h1> <span>A record-breaking year for childhood immunisation</span> </h1> <div><p>Gavi’s CEO provides an overview of its flagship publication, launched today.</p> </div> <ul> <li> <b>16 September 2020</b> </li> <li> <b class="me-2">by</b> <span> <a href="https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/authors/seth-berkley" hreflang="en">Dr Seth Berkley</a> </span> </li> </ul> <figure> <img src="https://www.gavi.org/sites/default/files/vaccineswork/2020/Thumbnail/RS32437_PIC00270_h2.jpg" width="1440" height="960" alt="Gavi/2020/Svetlomir Slavchev" loading="lazy"> <figcaption>Gavi/2020/Svetlomir Slavchev</figcaption> </figure> <div> <div> <span data-type="column" data-id="82236"></span> <div> <div> <div> <div> <p>Together, we’ve vaccinated an entire generation of children – “Generation Gavi” – while maintaining a relentless focus on leaving no one behind without the life-saving power of immunisation.</p> <p>Looking back over last year, <a href="https://www.gavi.org/news/document-library/gavi-progress-report-2019" title="Gavi Progress Report 2019"><strong>Gavi’s 2019 Annual Progress Report</strong></a> is the fourth in a series of five covering this strategic period. Highlighting key data points, milestones and partnerships, the report offers insights into our progress during what was, in many ways, a banner year for the Vaccine Alliance.</p> <ul> <li>Of the 65 million children immunised with Gavi support in 2019, each child is protected against on average seven infectious diseases.</li> <li>Gavi-funded emergency stockpiles shipped more than 28 million doses in 2019 to protect people from cholera, meningococcal meningitis and yellow fever.</li> <li>Since launching in 2000, the Vaccine Alliance has averted more than 14 million future deaths.</li> </ul> <p>In 2020, we’re bringing the same relentless focus to our efforts to end the COVID-19 crisis. As we work to ensure global equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, we stand side by side with countries to ensure the legacy of COVID-19 doesn’t include the global resurgence of other killers like measles and polio. In each chapter of the Annual Progress Report, you’ll find a “Looking ahead” section that raises some of the key challenges facing immunisation today.</p> <p>I hope you are as inspired by this report as I am, and that you share it with your networks. To protect the next generation with vaccines, it takes more than one organisation. It takes an alliance. It takes all of us.</p> <hr> <h4 class="text-align-center"><a href="https://www.gavi.org/apr/social-toolkit" title="Social media toolkit"><em>Click here for the social media toolkit.</em></a></h4> <hr> </div> </div> </div> </div> <span data-type="column" data-id="82246"></span> </div> <div> <span data-type="column" data-id="82271"></span> <div> <div> <div> <div> <h3><a href="https://www.gavi.org/news/document-library/gavi-progress-report-2019" title="Gavi Progress Report 2019">DOWNLOAD THE FULL REPORT HERE!</a></h3> <p><a href="https://www.gavi.org/news/document-library/gavi-progress-report-2019" title="Gavi Progress Report 2019"><img alt="Download the Gavi progress report 2019" height="647" src="https://www.gavi.org/sites/default/files/programmes-impact/our-impact/apr/apr-download_th_2.jpg" width="1000" loading="lazy"></a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <span data-type="column" data-id="82281"></span> </div> </div> <p> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/record-breaking-year-childhood-immunisation">Original article</a> </p><p>This article was originally published on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork">VaccinesWork</a> </p><script>(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start': new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src= 'https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f); })(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-M7H54VD');</script><noscript><iframe src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-M7H54VD" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript></article>

Gavi/2020/Svetlomir Slavchev

Together, we’ve vaccinated an entire generation of children – “Generation Gavi” – while maintaining a relentless focus on leaving no one behind without the life-saving power of immunisation.

Looking back over last year, Gavi’s 2019 Annual Progress Report is the fourth in a series of five covering this strategic period. Highlighting key data points, milestones and partnerships, the report offers insights into our progress during what was, in many ways, a banner year for the Vaccine Alliance.

Of the 65 million children immunised with Gavi support in 2019, each child is protected against on average seven infectious diseases.
Gavi-funded emergency stockpiles shipped more than 28 million doses in 2019 to protect people from cholera, meningococcal meningitis and yellow fever.
Since launching in 2000, the Vaccine Alliance has averted more than 14 million future deaths.

In 2020, we’re bringing the same relentless focus to our efforts to end the COVID-19 crisis. As we work to ensure global equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, we stand side by side with countries to ensure the legacy of COVID-19 doesn’t include the global resurgence of other killers like measles and polio. In each chapter of the Annual Progress Report, you’ll find a “Looking ahead” section that raises some of the key challenges facing immunisation today.

I hope you are as inspired by this report as I am, and that you share it with your networks. To protect the next generation with vaccines, it takes more than one organisation. It takes an alliance. It takes all of us.