The Huffington Post
We Must Correct Imbalanced Global Investments in Immunization
| 13 June 2012
by Robert Steinglass

Summary
In recent years, the world of immunization has been dominated by a focus on life-saving vaccines and the prevention of individual diseases. The global community has launched what is being called the “Decade of Vaccines.” Not a week goes by without a major medical journal publishing articles with exciting news on the development, efficacy, value, supply, and financing of new vaccines. Relatively lost in all the excitement is recognition that vaccines do not deliver themselves. The vaccination program must routinely reach people of all ages with potent vaccines in a safe, effective, affordable, and timely way before exposure to disease. To accomplish this in many countries with weak health systems is a developmental challenge as much as it is a disease control challenge.