24 million children have no access to vaccines

The Report "Vaccines and Immunization: the situation in the world" stresses that vaccination rates are now at their highest level, even if millions of children remain excluded from this progress, particularly in the poorest countries.

106 million children were vaccinated in the world in 2008, according to figures cited in this report. However, at least one billion dollars extra per year would be needed to ensure access to care for new and existing children of the 72 poorest countries.

"The pandemic of influenza A draws attention to the dynamic development of vaccines today," said Dr. Margaret Chan, the Director-General of WHO.

"But it reminds us once again about the difficulties that scientific progress brings to situations in the poorest countries. We must bridge the divide between the rich and the poor, those who have access to vaccines and those who do not. "

Deaths from measles have decreased by 74% between 2000 and 2007 worldwide, and vaccination has played a large role in this decline.

The report outlined the efforts of developing countries, which make good use of supports such as the GAVI Alliance, a partnership between WHO, UNICEF, the World Bank and the Bill and Melinda Gates for funding vaccines. This alliance would have to increase the use of new vaccines used by 200 million children in developing countries since 2000.

The report said the middle income countries can benefit from the assistance of Gavi. These are together 30 million children and 2 billion people, many of whom live on less than two dollars a day.

120 vaccines, a record number, are now available against the deadly diseases. New vaccines against meningococcal meningitis and rotavirus diarrhea in particular have emerged in recent years.

Today, more than 80 products are in final testing, including more than 30 diseases for which there's no vaccine. Vaccines for diseases such as malaria, AIDS and tuberculosis are the object of research.

In addition, the global vaccine market has tripled over the past eight years, reaching 17 billion dollars. Manufacturers in developing countries now cover 86% of world demand for traditional vaccines, such as those protecting against measles, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus.

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