This document reports on a study of vaccine vial monitor (VVM) availability and use in developing countries in four regions. The study included three aspects: the total proportion of vaccines with VVMs in the regions with detailed information by …

This important UNICEF report warns of vaccine shortages serious enough to jeopardize immunization programs for children throughout the world.

This report highlights key discussions from the 2011 Pacific Health Summit, held in Seattle, Washington, on June 21 to 23, 2011. The event brought together global leaders from science, industry, and policy to discuss how to realize the dream of a …

This manual provides a suggested standardized methodology for implementing the Vesikari Clinical Severity Scoring System across rotavirus vaccine studies and provides details on scoring system parameters, identifies implementation challenges, and …

This issue brief, based on a GIH roundtable discussion of select grantmakers and national experts in childhood immunization, explores various factors influencing public acceptance of childhood immunization; the importance of ensuring and conveying …

This report discusses the work of PATH's Children's Vaccine Program, in close collaboration with the Vietnamese National Expanded Program on Immunization, to increase immunization program quality, safety, and efficiency, including increasing …

This Spanish-language document provides information on rotavirus disease and vaccines, including epidemiology and prevention and treatment of the disease.

This report provides data and figures on the introduction status of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, and rotavirus vaccine both globally and in 73 GAVI Alliance-eligible countries using information …

This report provides an overview of the wide range of immunization activities undertaken by the World Health Organization, both at global and regional levels, during the past two years. Topics covered in the report include global immunization …

These summary tables are designed to assist program managers in developing optimal immunization schedules using key information from the World Health Organization. The first table summarizes recommended routine immunizations for all age …

This brief describes three WHO normative institutions and processes pertaining to the issuance of technical guidelines and opinons about the public health value of new vaccines, their quality, and the acceptability of their manufacturings. This …

This report identifies communication challenges that affect the success of immunization services; offers evidence of the contributions of communication activities; identifies lessons learned, and suggests ways in which communication can continue to …

This report provides key information on the burden of malaria worldwide, as well as important data on efforts to prevent and control the disease. Also included are detailed profiles of 30 countries with a high burden …

This report summarizes information received from 108 malaria endemic countries and other sources and updates the analysis presented in the 2008 Report. It highlights progress made in meeting the World Health Assembly targets for malaria to be …

This report summarizes information received from 106 malaria-endemic countries and other sources and updates the analyses presented in the 2009 Report. It highlights continued progress made towards meeting the World Health Assembly targets for …

This report summarizes information received from 106 malaria-endemic countries and a range of other sources. It analyzes prevention and control measures according to a comprehensive set of indicators, and highlights continued progress towards global …

This report summarizes information received from 104 malaria-endemic countries and other sources, and updates the analyses presented in the 2011 report. It highlights the progress made toward the global malaria targets set for 2015 and describes …

This document outlines a pledge made by the ministers of health of African meningitis belt countries at the 58th session of the World Health Organization Regional Committee in Cameroon in 2008 to combat meningococcal disease in the …