The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development covers 17 goals, the third of which is “good health and well-being”, namely: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being at all ages.  (Click here for details)

Under this major goal, there are 13 targets, the eleventh of which is “Support the research and development of vaccines and medicines for the communicable and noncommunicable diseases that primarily affect developing countries, provide access to affordable essential medicines and vaccines, in accordance with the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, which affirms the right of developing countries to use to the full the provisions in the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights regarding flexibilities to protect public health, and, in particular, provide access to medicines for all.”

● Current Situation

Vaccination is a simple, safe, and effective way of protecting people against harmful diseases, before they come into contact with them. It uses your body’s natural defenses to build resistance to specific infections and makes your immune system stronger. Most vaccines are given by an injection, but some are given orally (by mouth) or sprayed into the nose.

About the World

Global Vaccination Coverage Steadily Increases

Global vaccination coverage has remained stable in the past few years. Over the past decade, more than 1 billion children around the world have been vaccinated. Today, most children have been vaccinated with life-saving vaccines. More and more new vaccines are used, which has prevent 2 to 3 million deaths each year. 

In 2019, about 85% of the world's infants received three doses of DPT vaccine to avoid communicable diseases that cause serious illness, disability or death. By 2019, DPT vaccine coverage in 125 countries has reached at least 90%.

Text and photo source: WHO website

About China

Vaccine Planning System Continues to Grow

With the development of human society, new diseases have been emerging, such as the Covid-19, SARS and H1N1. The diseases caused by virus spread rapidly and have a high mortality rate, causing great panic worldwide. Currently, there is no specific medicine for those emerging communicable diseases. Vaccines are still the main methods for control and prevention.

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China has been constantly improving its immunization program system. With its financial capacity growing, China has increased the types of vaccines included in the national immunization program, covering 15 communicable diseases. With the improvement of living standards, people have higher health demand. There are challenges in the expansion of vaccine varieties included in the national immunization program, thus bringing difficulties in keeping up with the public’s needs. Especially, with the implementation of the two-child policy, there may be more than 18 million newborns every year in the future.

Text source: eastmoney.com

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About the World

GAVI Benefits the World

The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) is a public-private global health partnership. Its predecessor was the Children Vaccine Initiative jointly launched by the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund, the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme and the Rockefeller Foundation in 1990. Based on this initiative, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation donated US$750 million as seed money to start its operation. In January 2000, GAVI was established with its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

From 1998 to 2018, the Gates Foundation has donated more than US$10 billion to the GAVI, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, and the Global Fight Against AIDS. The Gates Foundation has made great contributions to the prevention and control of human diseases.

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About China

Shenzhen Builds First Smart City Vaccine Network

In the past five years, the number of newborns in Shenzhen has exceeded 200,000 each year. In order to create a healthy and safe vaccination environment, Shenzhen and Haier Biology jointly launched the smart IOT upgrade project in the 538 vaccination sites to build the first smart city vaccine network in China.

The smart vaccine solution cares about people’s experience and can automatically match vaccine information. People can check the information on the terminal equipment, which liberates the heavy manual registration and inventory work of medical staff. The system can trace back to the smallest single vaccine, thus greatly improving the government's vaccine supervision capacity.

Text and photo source: sina.com.cn

●  Background

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Initiated by the United Nations

On January 1, 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including 169 targets, of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development — adopted by world leaders in September 2015 at an historic UN Summit — officially came into force. Countries will mobilize efforts to end all forms of poverty, fight inequalities and tackle climate change, while ensuring that no one is left behind.