2015 assessment report of the Global Vaccine Action Plan

The Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) sets ambitious but achievable goals, to save thousands of lives through vaccination in this Decade of Vaccines to 2020.

The Decade of Vaccines is not on course to achieve its true potential. Good progress has been made in some countries, including those where large numbers of unimmunized children live. These isolated improvements will have to become the norm if the plan is to get back on track.

In recommending what needs to change, this report focuses on two major problems that are holding back progress in the Decade of Vaccines:

• The elimination strategies for maternal and neonatal tetanus, and for

measles and rubella, and their implementation, are in urgent need of change and adequate resourcing.

• The monitoring and accountability framework for the Global Vaccine Action Plan has gaps in its mechanisms for accountability, undermining the translation of the plan’s goals into reality.