APRIL 22, 2013 First Global Vaccine Summit Highlights Remarkable Progress Towards Vaccinating Every Child Global Leaders Unite to Give All Children a Healthy Start to Life
APRIL 17, 2013 Wanted: Innovative Ways to Reach All Children with Vaccines $250,000 award recognizes creative ideas for improving immunization in developing countries
AUGUST 09, 2012 Gates Foundation Names Dr. Orin Levine to Lead Vaccine Delivery | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced that Dr. Orin Levine has been named Director of Vaccine Delivery, within the Global Development Program. Levine is currently Professor of International Health and Executive Director of the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at the Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health.
MAY 25, 2012 Statement by Bill Gates on the Occasion of the World Health Assembly Resolutions Declaring Completion of Polio Eradication a Global Emergency and Endorsing the Global Vaccine Action Plan | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation With polio levels at an all-time low, world health ministers recognized the incredible opportunity we have to stop transmission of polio, and boldly declared polio a programmatic emergency for global public health. They also endorsed the Global Vaccine Action Plan, a roadmap to save millions of lives by 2020 through more equitable access to existing vaccines, with polio eradication a critical early milestone in the plan.
MAY 24, 2012 Polio Eradication Shifts Into Emergency Mode | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation New cases at lowest levels ever, but funding gap threatens progress
APRIL 24, 2012 Foundation Seeks Help Identifying Innovators in Vaccine Delivery | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $250,000 award recognizes creative ideas for improving immunization in developing countries
APRIL 16, 2012 Brazil’s Ministry of Health and Foundation Announce Alliance to Advance Innovation in Global Health | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation First initiative of the alliance is the launch of Grand Challenges Brazil, a program to accelerate research to improve the health of women and children
JANUARY 24, 2012 Gates Foundation Announces Winner of Inaugural Gates Vaccine Innovation Award | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Dr. Asm Amjad Hossain of Bangladesh recognized for creative approach to improving immunization coverage