A Balancing Act: risks and opportunities as polio and its funding disappears
As the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) winds down, the 16 countries that receive 95% of GPEI’s support will face significant challenges from decreased funding over the next three years. Addressing and overcoming these challenges must be an urgent political priority which, if left...
Transition - A Missed Opportunity
Only 7% children in the world’s poorest countries receive all 11 WHO recommended vaccines. Despite impressive progress on global immunisation coverage rates, too many children are still being left behind. Polio transition poses a unique opportunity to reinforce immunisation systems and turn a...
The Next Decade of Vaccines: Addressing the challenges that remain to achieving vaccinations for all
Vaccines not only save lives but are central to global health security and...
Polio Transition Planning: Assessing Country Progress, Risks and Ambition
Global polio funding is changing and countries have been developing plans to ensure they can continue essential polio and immunisation systems when funding ends. RESULTS UK and ACTION have reviewed the seven publicly available country polio transition plans to assess progress on transition...
Seizing the Opportunity: Recommendations for Gavi 5.0
After the success of the Global Vaccine Summit 2020, we turn our attention to Gavi 5.0, which between 2021-2025 will aim to immunise an additional 300 million children with an emphasis of reaching children left furthest behind.
To maximise the impact of Gavi 5.0, we require...
Polio: A Proper Goodbye
The world is on the verge of eradicating polio completely, but it is important that we do not become complacent and allow a resurgence of polio to occur.
The COVID-19 pandemic has meant life-saving polio immunisation efforts have been halted, despite the fact that many countries were...
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