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Vaccine Delivery

Vaccines save millions of lives each year and are among the most cost-effective health interventions ever developed. Immunization has led to the eradication of smallpox, a 74 percent reduction in childhood deaths from measles over the past decade, and the near-eradication of polio.

Despite these great strides, there remains an urgent need to reach all children with life-saving vaccines. One in five children worldwide are not fully protected with even the most basic vaccines. As a result, an estimated 1.5 million children die each year—one every 20 seconds—from vaccine-preventable diseases such as diarrhea and pneumonia. Tens of thousands of other children suffer from severe or permanently…

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 Every Child By Two

The goals of ECBT are to raise awareness of the critical need for timely immunizations and to foster a systematic way to immunize all of America's children by age two.

 GAVI Alliance

22.6 million children in developing countries do not receive life-saving vaccines that parents in wealthy nations take for granted. GAVI exists to redress this inequity.

 International Vaccine Institute

The International Vaccine Institute is founded on the belief that health in developing countries can be dramatically improved by the development, introduction and use of new and improved vaccines.

 National Network for Immunization Information

Provides up-to-date, science-based information to healthcare professionals, the media, and the public: everyone who needs to know the facts about vaccines and immunization.

 National Vaccine Information Center

The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) is dedicated to the prevention of vaccine injuries and deaths through public education and to defending the informed consent ethic in medicine. As an independent clearinghouse for information on diseases and vaccines, NVIC does not advocate for or against the use of vaccines. We support the availability of all preventive health care options, including vaccines, and the right of consumers to make educated, voluntary health care choices.

 National Vaccine Program

This site provides pertinent information about childhood, adolescent, and adult immunizations. You will find publications and reports on vaccine preventable diseases, vaccine safety, vaccine coverage, immunization laws, and immunization registries.

 Think Twice

The Global Vaccine Institute...Uncensored information on how vaccines affect our children.

 Vaccine & ISV Congress

The Vaccine & ISV Congress has enjoyed an exciting history covering all aspects of vaccines since 2007.

 VaccineInformation.org

This website is brought to you by the Immunization Action Coalition, a national leader in immunization education. For parents and people of all ages, it provides timely, accurate, and proven information about vaccines and the diseases they prevent. Vaccines save lives!

Articles of Interest

AdultVaccination.org

Adults Need Vaccines Too. Find out what vaccines you need.

AERAS

Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation was founded in 1997 to help develop new concepts and tools to control the global TB epidemic. Today the organization focuses solely on developing new vaccines against TB.

AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition

Founded in 1995, the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition is a non-profit, community- and consumer-based organization that uses public education, policy analysis, advocacy and community mobilization to accelerate the ethical development and global delivery of AIDS vaccines and other HIV prevention options.

Australian Vaccination Network

AVN urges you to investigate before you vaccinate

Childhood Immunization Support Program

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and its member pediatricians dedicate their efforts and resources to the health, safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults.

HIV Vaccine Trials Network

The HIV Vaccine Trials Network is an international collaboration of scientists and educators searching for an effective and safe HIV vaccine.

Military Vaccine Agency

New vaccine orders, vaccine awareness, education toolkit

National Health Federation

Established in 1955, the National Health Federation is an international nonprofit, consumer-education, health-freedom organization working to protect individuals' rights to choose to consume healthy food, take supplements, and use alternative therapies without government restrictions.

Sabin Vaccine Institute

The twofold mission of the Sabin Vaccine Institute is to realize the enormous potential of vaccines to control and eradicate disease by developing new vaccines and better delivery systems, and to promote increased use of currently available vaccines

The Jenner Institute

Founded in November 2005 to develop innovative vaccines against major global diseases. Uniquely it focuses both on diseases of humans and livestock and tests new vaccine approaches in parallel in different species.

TuBerculosis Vaccine Initiative

TBVI is an independent non-profit foundation that facilitates the development of new vaccines to protect future generations against tuberculosis.

Resources

Immunization Action Coalition

The Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) works to increase immunization rates and prevent disease by creating and distributing educational materials for healthcare professionals and the public that enhance the delivery of safe and effective immunization services. The Coalition also facilitates communication about the safety, efficacy, and use of vaccines within the broad immunization community of patients, parents, healthcare organizations, and government health agencies.