The World Health Organization (WHO) has released the third edition of the State of the world's vaccines and immunization.

The first part of the report discusses:

  • impact of immunization on achieving the Millennium Development Goals
  • challenges in meeting the immunization-related global goals
  • development and use of vaccines
  • cost of scaling up immunization

 

The second part describes over 20 vaccine-preventable diseases and reviews progresses made since 2000 in protecting populations through the use of vaccines.

The full report is available in English. Executive summaries are available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish

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