In the last 50 years alone, vaccines have saved 154 million people – that’s more than 3 million a year or 6 people every minute. An estimated 94 million of these lives saved were a result of protection by measles vaccines.
In the same period, vaccination accounts for 40% of the improvement in infant survival, meaning more children now live to see their first birthday.
Even more people of all ages are being protected against vaccine-preventable diseases every day.
Immunization reaches more people than any other health service, connecting families with health care systems and helping everyone have access to the care they need.

In today’s interconnected world, an outbreak anywhere is a threat everywhere. By supporting vaccinations, we are not just saving lives, but keeping deadly outbreaks from diseases such as measles, diphtheria, cholera, in check all over the world.
Responding to outbreak after outbreak is an expensive and ineffective way to fight disease, and needlessly puts lives at risk. A sustainable way to stop this cycle is through prevention ─ ensuring people everywhere are protected with the right vaccines, at the right time, from birth into old age.
It is important to get vaccinated on time, every time. Waiting until there is an outbreak is too late. There may not be enough time to receive all the vaccine doses needed to keep you and your family safe from the disease. You or your loved ones may be the ones who are part of the outbreak.

Vaccines save lives at all ages - protecting us throughout childhood and adulthood from upwards of 30 infections and deadly diseases.
Since 1988, 3 billion children have been immunized against polio and 20 million people are walking today who would have otherwise been paralyzed by polio.
Vaccines create futures. A fully vaccinated child is more likely to become healthy enough to learn, grow and contribute to their community in a way that unhealthy children can’t always do.
In a time of competing priorities, vaccines are one of the best investment choices governments can make to keep their people healthy and safe. By continuing to invest in vaccines, we can help build a world where fewer children than ever die of preventable diseases.

The world has made incredible gains to improve global immunization access, but progress has stalled in recent years and millions of children are not getting the vaccinations they desperately need.
In 2023, an estimated 14.5 million children never received a single dose of any vaccine. Despite the measles vaccine saving more lives than any other vaccine in the past five decades, more than 22 million children still missed out on their first dose of this vaccine and another 12 million missed out on their second dose.
Every child has the right to be protected from vaccine-preventable diseases – no matter who they are or where they live. Increasing access to vaccines everywhere is the best way to give every child a healthy start to life and protect them against preventable diseases from birth into old age.

We are at a watershed moment in the history of global health. Hard-won gains in stamping out diseases that are preventable through vaccination are in jeopardy. Decades of collaborative efforts between governments, aid agencies, scientists, healthcare workers, and parents got us to where we are today –– a world where we’ve eradicated smallpox and almost eradicated polio.
In this critical moment, we cannot afford to blink. To protect humanity’s greatest achievement, we must be fierce in our determination to reach all children with essential vaccines, and intensify our efforts to ensure people of all ages are protected from vaccine-preventable disease - grandparents against influenza, pregnant mothers against tetanus, and young girls against HPV.
New vaccine development and introductions, including the malaria vaccine for children and potential TB vaccines for adolescents and adults, are also essential to advance our fight against some of the world’s most stubborn diseases and help the world prepare for health threats we’ve yet to encounter but know are out there.
To ensure that the successes of the past 50 years are built on over the next decades, new investments are needed. That’s why we’re calling on governments to prioritize investments in immunization, including funding Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and other key programmes, to protect the next generations.

Immunization for All is Humanly Possible.