Home / ICYMI: Four great Ideas from 2022

ICYMI: Four great Ideas from 2022

Happiness Mopiyiam, 4 months, with her mother Elisabeth Mwaro, is administered an oral polio vaccine at Iloodariak Dispensary in the County of Kajiado, Kenya on May 15, 2019.
A mother with her daughter who just received an oral polio vaccine in the County of Kajiado, Kenya. ©Gates Archive/Dominique Catton

2022 was a year that saw critical global progress alongside new challenges. Here are some of our favorite Ideas from the past year:

  • A child receives a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) from an Auxiliary Nurse Midwife Worker in Madhya Pradesh, India. The PCV protects against 13 types of pneumococcal bacteria that all cause pneumococcal disease.

    Time well spent: The complex journey of a life-saving vaccine

    The story of how a life-saving vaccine called PCV was rolled out to every child in India—in record time, at low cost, and during a pandemic—illustrates what’s possible in global…

    By Gail Rodgers

    Deputy Director, Pneumonia, Gates Foundation

Thanks for joining us on Ideas this year. We look forward to more progress and impact in 2023!



Sign up for The Optimist  newsletter

Subscribe to The Optimist to get weekly updates on the latest in global health, gender equality, education, and more.

By submitting your email to subscribe, you agree to the Gates Foundation’s Privacy & Cookies Notice.