Success stories

World Immunization Week 2023

World Immunization Week 2023

The road to recovery: the Big Catch-up in action

WHO estimates that 25 million children missed out on vaccination in 2021 alone. Find out more about the successful vaccination campaigns underway to catch-up, recover and strengthen essential immunization.

Kenya I 24 April 2023

Beyond the numbers: the real-world impact of the malaria vaccine in Kenya

Donors making a difference: immunization

Ghana I 21 February 2023

Ghana targets more children in malaria immunization expansion

Children sitting on a bench

Tajikistan | 28 April 2022

Outbreak response successfully stops spread of polio in Tajikistan

Ghana | 24 April 2023

Malaria vaccine plays critical role in turning the tide on malaria in Ghana

Focus group discussion, Dosso, Niger

Africa I 7 March 2023

COVID-19 vaccination is rising in many vulnerable African communities thanks to EU-funded, WHO-led project

Myanmar I 27 February 2023

How Myanmar achieved the 2020 milestone of reducing TB disease burden

HIV/AIDS patient in hospital, India

New Delhi | 5 May 2022

Countries in WHO South-East Asia Region renew commitment to eliminate malaria by 2030

Laos I 24 April 2023

World Immunization Week: Lao PDR’s Vaccination Heroes

Ukraine | 15 February 2023

Donating a fleet of buses, WHO and EU help strengthen vaccination drives in Ukraine to protect the most vulnerable

A health-carte worker conducts an antenatal check-up in a health-care centre in Cambodia

Cambodia | 29 April 2022

A Long Life for All Cambodians through Vaccination

Health workers use vaccine carriers to store vaccines

Somalia | 27 June 2022

Protecting children from measles in drought-affected Somalia

On International Women’s Day we celebrate women who lead DSD programmes and those women who benefit from them.

Ghana I 19 April 2023

Ghana steps up drive to revamp routine immunization

Girl taking cholera vaccine

Malawi I 22 February 2023

Vaccines help battle cholera outbreak in Malawi

Kangaroo Mother Care room in Da Nang Hospital for Women and Children in Viet Nam.

Viet Nam | 29 April 2022

In Phu Yen, Viet Nam, a busy health center welcomes children back for routine vaccines

Awareness campaigns on dog-related zoonoses for children, clinicians and the public – Distribution of the pamphlets to communities

Uzbekistan | 7 September 2022

Uzbekistan achieves high HPV vaccination coverage against cervical cancer

Armenia | 8 September 2022

WHO works directly with schools in Armenia to increase knowledge of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases

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Haiti I 15 September 2022

COVID-19: Increasing Vaccination Coverage in Haiti through community outreach

Child receives vaccine

Americas | 29 September 2022

Health authorities commit to step up efforts to keep the Americas free of polio

WHO congratulates the Philippines on its new Mental Health Act

Philippines | 28 October 2022

Asia-Pacific health ministers work to reach the unreached, combat cervical cancer and promote mental health

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Venezuela | 30 November 2022

Orinoco Expedition: bringing health to the deepest reaches of the Venezuelan Amazon

Lebanon | 15 December 2022

An additional 900 000 doses of cholera vaccines arrive in Lebanon

Afghanistan | 22 December 2022

Afghanistan vaccinates 5.36 million children against measles and 6.1 million children against polio in a nationwide campaign