====== Global Vaccine Action Plan ======

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The **Global Vaccine Action Plan** is a policy framework developed by the [[Decade of Vaccines Collaboration]] and officially endorsed at the 65th World Health Assembly in May 2012.((Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals. (2013, February 21). //Global vaccine action plan 2011-2020.// World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/global-vaccine-action-plan-2011-2020)) Its stated intention is to "prevent millions of deaths by 2020 through more equitable access to existing vaccines for people in all communities."

A 77-page online version of the plan is [[https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/global-vaccine-action-plan-2011-2020|available]] through the World Health Organization website, with ISBN number 9789241504980.

===== History =====

The GVAP was endorsed by the 194 Member States of the [[World Health Assembly]] in May 2012, and published on the [[World Health Organization]]'s website in February 2013.

===== Contributors =====

Developed by the members of the [[Decade of Vaccines Collaboration]], the GVAP cites the leadership of the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]], [[Gavi|Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance]], [[UNICEF]], the United States [[National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases]] (NIAID) and the World Health Organization as being vital to accomplishing the ambitious goals described in the publication.

Additional contributors to the GVAP include:((//Annex 5: Countries and Organizations that Contributed to the Elaboration of the GVAP.// World Health Organization. Retrieved June 3, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230603045157/https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/vaccines-and-immunization/gvap-annex5.pdf?sfvrsn=f3aa55e3_2))

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  * [[Africa Regional Certification Commission]]
  * [[Albanian Institute of Public Health]]
  * [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC)
  * [[Centro Nacional para la Salud de la Infancia y la Adolescencia de México]]
  * [[Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention]]
  * [[Chinese National Institute for Food and Drug Control]]
  * [[Department of Health and Social Care]]
  * [[European Medicines Agency]] (EMA)
  * [[Federación de Planificación Familiar Estatal]]
  * [[Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA)
  * [[Forum des parlementaires africains et arabes pour la population et le developpement]]
  * [[Health Canada]]
  * [[Indian Department of Biotechnology]]
  * [[Indian National Institute of Immunology]]
  * [[National Institute for Biological Standards and Control]] (NIBSC)
  * [[National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases]] (NIAID)
  * [[National Institutes of Health]] (NIH)
  * [[National Primary Healthcare Development Agency of Nigeria]]
  * [[Paul Ehrlich Institut]]
  * [[President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief]] (PEPFAR)
  * [[Dutch National Institute of Public Health & Environment]]
  * [[Sudan National Medicines & Poisons Board]]
  * [[UK Health Security Agency]]
  * [[United States Army]]
  * [[United States Department of Defense]] (DoD)
  * [[United States Department of Health and Human Services]]
  * [[United States Department of State]]
  * [[Yemen Supreme Board for Drugs]]
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