Evidence Briefs consolidate the available scientific evidence on critical issues in immunization, providing concise insights for advocacy messaging.
Highlighting Global Issues and Immunization
The widespread benefits of immunization extend beyond individual health to address critical global challenges. Immunization plays an important role in protecting populations in the context of broader global issues such as climate change, conflict settings, and the rise of antibiotic-resistant microbes.
Gender Equity and Immunization
Gender equity and support for women and girls has a strong relationship with child health and access to immunization. Learn more about the latest research on the ways that immunization influences gender equity.
Immunization Economics: A Major Return on Investment
New economic analyses have shown that immunization supports more than health – vaccination can also have a significant return on investment and can help support national economies.
All Evidence Briefs
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A Warming World Means Vaccination is More Important Than Ever
“The climate crisis threatens to undo the last fifty years of progress in development, global health, and poverty reduction, and […]
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Breaking the Barriers: How Gender Equity Advances Immunization
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted and exacerbated existing global gender inequities that impact the accessibility of immunizations to women and […]
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Why Rotavirus Vaccine Introduction in Nigeria is a Milestone for Child Health
In August 2022, Nigeria became the most recent country to introduce the rotavirus vaccine into its national immunization program. The […]
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Leaving No Child Behind: Zero-Dose and UHC
December 12th is recognized worldwide as Universal Health Coverage (UHC) day. Universal health coverage “ensures all people, everywhere, can get […]
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HPV Vaccines: New Momentum in Eliminating Cervical Cancer
In August of 2020, the World Health Assembly adopted the global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem. Vaccines against the human papillomavirus (HPV) can prevent the vast majority of the world’s 570,000 annual cases of cervical cancer. Increasing access to the HPV vaccine, as well as screening and…
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Maternal Immunization: Protected Together
Maternal immunization is a promising strategy for protecting mothers, the developing fetus, and young infants during a particularly vulnerable time in their lives – especially in low- and middle-income countries where morbidity and mortality among women and their children is high. During pregnancy, vaccines allow antibodies from the mother to cross into the placenta, protecting…
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The vicious cycle of undernutrition and infectious disease: How does it work and what role do vaccines play?
Undernutrition and infectious diseases are tightly linked in a self-reinforcing cycle. Childhood episodes of diarrhea, pneumonia and measles are exacerbated by undernutrition, which significantly contributes to the death toll from these infections. In this feature, the VoICE team explains the cycle of malnutrition and infectious disease, and brings you evidence of the ways in which…
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Pneumonia vaccines – Secret weapons in the war on poverty
Childhood pneumonia is arguably the most unfair affliction in the world. Not only is pneumonia the leading infectious cause of death in children less than 5 years of age – taking the lives of more than 100 children each hour, nearly a million per year – but it disproportionately affects those living in the poorest…
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World Immunization Week – Social Media Toolkit
Leveraging the theme of World Immunization Week (April 24-30), Protected Together #Vaccineswork, the VoICE team has developed social media content pairing evidence from the compendium with the priority messaging areas of WIW2018 advocacy partners. We invite you to download our WIW2018 social media toolkit.
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Cancer and Immunization: More than meets the eye
Evidence from several disciplines indicates that immunization has a broader role to play in lessening the impact of cancer than one might expect. While it may be obvious that the widespread and growing use of vaccines against Hepatitis B and human papilloma virus (HPV) is directly responsible for preventing a significant number of related cancers,…