Vaccination Week in the Americas 2010, Final Report

Vaccination Week in the Americas (VWA) has grown to become the Western Hemisphere’s largest multi-country health effort. Countries’ participation in the initiative is flexible and activities are chosen in accordance with national public health priorities.

One of the initiative’s overarching goals continues to be to provide vaccination to those populations with otherwise limited access to health services, thereby improving coverage and strengthening the regular Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI). Over its tenure, more than 323 million individuals have been vaccinated as a result of VWA efforts.

VWA has also provided a platform to raise population awareness regarding the importance of immunization campaigns and to keep the topic on the forefront of political agendas of the Region. This has been done through the implementation of a wide variety of social communication campaigns and high profile VWA launching celebrations over the last eight years.