President's Perspective
State of the World's Vaccines and Immunizations
At the Sabin Vaccine Institute, we’re firm believers in the powerful role that vaccines and immunizations play in reducing needless suffering from infectious and neglected tropical diseases. Our convictions were confirmed in the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and World Bank’s “State of the World’s Vaccines and Immunizations” report released last month which affirmed the link between immunization and reducing poverty and mortality; improving general welfare and future productivity; preventing debilitating illness and disability; and achieving several Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), in particular, reducing deaths of children under the age of five.
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Improving female reproductive health and empowerment through control of neglected tropical diseases
Washington, D.C. November 23, 2009-- Controlling neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in developing countries would help improve the reproductive health and rights of girls and women in the poorest countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, according to a new editorial published November 23 in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. The analysis demonstrates that NTDs are “important factors that impair reproductive health in developing countries; increase the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs); and promote stigma and gender inequality.”
Anemia is a common condition linked to NTDs, with dangerous potential consequences among women in developing countries. The editorial notes that an estimated 20% of maternal deaths in Africa are attributed to anemia, which is also a key risk factor for infant mortality and low birth weight.
We’re scientists. We’re researchers. And we’re advocates for a world free of needless suffering.
We develop new vaccines to combat neglected and global health threats, while simultaneously ensuring that existing and effective treatments get into the hands of people in need. We are particularly committed to saving lives in the world’s areas of greatest neglect, poverty, and destitution. We build bridges between leaders in science, academia, industry and government to conduct critical research to catalyze these solutions.
We’re a non-profit 501c3 with generous support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other organizations and individuals dedicated to our mission of reducing human suffering from neglected and devastating diseases. Everyday, our work is lifting people out of poverty, improving and saving lives.
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