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Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg: Our Plan to Eradicate Polio – Wall Street Journal

Over the past decade, the international focus on investing in research to control and eliminate the spread of diseases has significantly increased. As vaccines continue to develop, it’s vital to simultaneously seek optimal storage solutions to avoid wastage.

As part of the DVI program, a team has been working to develop and advance a model for the impact of dengue vaccine immunization on infection and disease, one that allows the simulation of a wide range of scenarios, including the impact of vector control.

On Tuesday, two of Sabin Vaccine Institute’s senior executives, Dr. Peter Hotez and Dr. Ciro de Quadros, were named among the “Top 50 Global Vaccine Influencers” by Vaccine Nation. Both Dr. Hotez and Dr. de Quadros have made significant contributions in global health throughout their careers and the countless lives they have touched stand as a testament to their vaccine advocacy and development efforts.

The Sabin Vaccine Institute has been a leader in global health and vaccine advocacy community for many years.

Yesterday on Forbes, Matthew Herper wrote about an impressive infographic which illustrates the impact vaccines have had on reducing the burden of disease in the United States. Zero cases of polio and smallpox, down from 16,000 and 29,000 cases earlier in the twentieth century. The number of measles cases has been reduced to 61, down from more than half a million in less than a century's time.