When local health workers and their civil society allies discovered a group of zero-dose children in a Pakistan village, they made it their mission to get them protected. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
A combination of information, vaccination and timely treatment brought a post-monsoon outbreak of the potentially deadly zoonotic infection under control. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
Grassroots efforts are turning the tide against vaccine hesitancy in rural Lilongwe, Malawi. From UNICEF Malawi and VaccinesWork/Gavi.
William Foege, who died at 89, developed the ring vaccination strategy that helped eliminate one of history’s deadliest diseases, a triumph that has prevented hundreds of millions of deaths.
The country aims to train and equip nearly 140,000 frontliners by 2028, in what leaders hope represents a transformative shift for healthcare at the grassroots. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.