Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals
The Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals department is responsible for targeting vaccine-preventable diseases, guiding immunization research and establishing immunization policy.
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WHO public report for the kit performance evaluation of YF MAC-HD 1.0 assay to detect IgM to yellow fever virus in the context of surveillance
2 July 2023

WHO public report for the kit performance evaluation of YF MAC-HD 1.0 assay to detect IgM to yellow fever...

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Vaccinating older adults against COVID-19
20 June 2023

Vaccinating older adults against COVID-19

The objective of this document is to identify successful strategies, enablers and examples of successful strategies to identify and offer vaccine doses...

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Meeting of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization, March 2023: conclusions and recommendations
2 June 2023

Meeting of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization, March 2023: conclusions and recommendations

The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization held a meeting on 20-22 March 2023. This report summarizes the discussions, conclusions and...

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Strategy to Achieve Global Covid-19 Vaccination by mid-2022 cover page
6 October 2021

Strategy to Achieve Global Covid-19 Vaccination by mid-2022

This statement is outdated. For latest recommendations on booster use please check Revised RoadmapThis strategy brief outlines the urgent actions required...

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Data

81%

of infants

vaccinated with 3 doses of DTP containing vaccine in 2021

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15% estimated

global coverage

with the first dose of HPV among girls in 2021

18 million

children

miss out on lifesaving vaccines in 2021

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