Vaccine Development

Organization Calls for Increased Vaccine Research

Published in Vaccine Weekly, February 16th, 1998

The development of new vaccines for diseases such as rotavirus diarrhea and pneumococcal pneumonia in infants and the widespread deployment of under-used vaccines for diseases like measles can save up to 12 million lives a year, mostly from infections in childhood, said the new Strategic Plan of the Children's Vaccine Initiative (CVI).

The CVI is co-sponsored by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank, and the Rockefeller Foundation.

"Vaccination is our most powerful weapon in the war against infectious diseases," said J.W. Lee, MD, executive...

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