On Jun. 4, 2020, world leaders pledged an additional US$ 8.8 billion for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, far…
On May 22, 2020, COVID 19 disrupted life-saving immunization services around the world, putting millions of children –…
On Apr. 16, 2019, Sinovac Biotech announced that the positive results from the Company’s Phase III clinical study…
On Dec. 26, 2018, Sanofi announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved VAXELIS (Diphtheria and…
On Sept. 27, 2016, the Region of the Americas was the first in the world to have eliminated…
On Aug. 14, 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) published “Recommendations on Vaccine Hesitancy” in a special issue…
On Apr. 29, 2015, the Pan American Health Organization ﾠdeclared that the Americas region has become the first…
On May 5, 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General declared the international spread of wild poliovirus a…
On Mar. 27, 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Region, home to a quarter of the…
On Apr. 25, 2013, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) announced a comprehensive six-year plan, the first plan…
On Jun. 21, 2012, the European Region of the world was certified as polio-free. Certification followed years of…
On Dec. 2, 2011, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Thomas R. Frieden, MD,…
On Jan. 21, 2009, the Rotary International, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the British and German…
On Jun. 24, 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed a combined diphtheria and tetanus toxoid…
On Jun. 23, 2008, Sanofi Pasteur announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had licensed Pentacel, Diphtheria…
On Nov. 26, 2007, the Rotary International announced a partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that…
On Jul. 20, 2007, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced in MMWR that revised…
On Apr. 12, 2005 marked the 50th anniversary of the announcement that the polio vaccine, developed by Jonas…
On Dec. 13, 2002, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had licensed a combined diphtheria…
On Jun. 21, 2002, all 53 Member States in the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region were certified…
In 2002, the Rotary International launched a Polio Eradication Fundraising Campaign with a fundraising target of $80 million…
On Dec. 29, 2000, the Regional Commission for the Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication certified that the Western Pacific…
On Oct. 29, 2000, the Regional Commission for the Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication certified that the Western Pacific…
In 2000, the use of Oral polio vaccine (OPV) was discontinued in the U.S. to eliminate the risk…
On Jun. 17, 1999, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP)…
In April 1999, a pandemic planning framework was published by the World Health Organization (WHO) that emphasized the…
In 1997, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) recommended adoption of a sequential series of two doses of…
In 1995, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP), American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Association of Family…
On Sept. 29, 1994, based on recommendations of the national certification committees and after review of surveillance and…
On Aug. 20, 1994, the entire Western Hemisphere was certified as “polio-free” by the International Commission for the…