Meeting: Global Vaccine Summit
UNICEF, WHO, Global Polio Eradication Initiative, GAVI Alliance, Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation.
24-25 April 2013; Abu Dhabi
Media Release Excerpt
“…The Summit will endorse the critical role that vaccines and immunization play in saving lives and protecting children for a lifetime. It aims to turn a spotlight on the importance of building and maintaining powerful routine immunization systems to keep all children healthy, no matter where they live.
“Despite tremendous progress, one child still dies every 20 seconds from a disease that could have been prevented by an existing vaccine. The Summit, held during World Immunization Week (April 24-30), will continue the momentum of the Decade of Vaccines — a vision and commitment to reach all people with the vaccines they need.
“The Global Vaccine Summit will showcase how the world is uniting to improve child health by developing better and more affordable vaccines, by providing access to existing and new vaccines, and by strengthening routine immunization…
“…At the summit, donors, global leaders and partners will demonstrate their support for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan 2013-2018, the first comprehensive plan to lay out all the critical elements needed to achieve eradication. Ending polio is an early milestone in the global roadmap to save more than 20 million lives by 2020…”
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