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Vaccine equity means ensuring that everyone in the world has equal access to vaccines. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The importance of vaccine equity has been emphasized by researchers and public health experts during the COVID-19 pandemic [ 3 ] but is relevant to other illnesses and vaccines as well.
The twelfth VWA takes place from 26 April to 3 May 2014, with the regional slogan: “Vaccination: Your best shot.”This slogan was chosen to encourage people to protect themselves and their communities against the importation of polio, measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases, in the context of the upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
Vaccination has been one of the most impactful public health interventions of the past century. Since the foundation of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1974, vaccines have provided the single greatest contribution to improving health outcomes globally, particularly among children and infants.
Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, hope people will celebrate their son's birthday by donating to efforts to distribute COVID-19 vaccines across the world.
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Apr. 7—Getting shots into the arms of the state's most vulnerable elderly and minority residents remains a challenge, even as vaccine begins a steady flow into Pennsylvania, state officials said ...
GAVI, officially Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance [1] (previously the GAVI Alliance, and before that the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization) [2] is a public–private global health partnership with the goal of increasing access to immunization in poor countries. [3]
COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access, abbreviated as COVAX, is a worldwide initiative aimed at equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines directed by the GAVI vaccine alliance, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), and the World Health Organization (WHO), alongside key delivery partner UNICEF.