This article, which serves as an introduction to The Lancet's series New Decade of Vaccines, discusses the opportunity that the vaccine community has to rewrite the terms of engagement between vaccines and communities threatened with vaccine-preventable diseases. The series as a whole attempts to trace the elements of a plan for vaccines in the 21st century.

Author(s): Horton R, Das P

Published: 2011

Resource types: Peer-reviewed journal

Diseases: Not disease/vaccine specific

Topics: Childhood immunization; Introduction and service delivery

Regions: Global