Since 1987, the Extended Program on Immunization in Bangladesh has saved the lives of more than 3.5 million children . It has led to the eradication of poliomyelitis and the elimination of neonatal tetanus, and has possibly made the biggest contribution towards Bangladesh's achievement of Millennium Development Goal 4 well ahead of schedule. At least 95% of the 157 million people living in this country have access to vaccines - this in a country where only around 60% of the population has access to the power grid, that sees annual floods, and that has a challenging road transport system and high levels of corruption. This has made Bangladesh's vaccine delivery system a role model for delivering effective interventions in resource-poor settings. This successful story cannot be pinned down on any one crucial factor, but it is rather a result of the development of an effective system involving collaboration between multiple dedicated blocks of society – from front line workers to politicians to journalists.

RagPicker slum in the Radjhani district of Lucknow. .The slums is inhabited by Bangali migrants who recycle plastic, papers and other materials from trash for resale. They are moslem orginally from Bangladesh and Assam, and are at the lower end of the social ladder, living in slums without sanitation or running water..India has been engaged in a campaign to eradicate polio in India which target the high-risk area of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. (photo Jean-Marc Giboux)

A health worker giving a measles vaccine to a child in Amhara Region south Wollo zone at Hike IDP center. The launch of regional vaccination campaign in Amhara Region of Ethiopia 27 December 2022. In addition, integrating in the campaign, a range of other lifesaving services. These include COVID-19 jabs and catch-up immunizations for under-vaccinated children, screening for acute malnutrition, vitamin A drops and deworming against intestinal parasites. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2022/Mulugeta Ayene

A Texas Army National Guard Soldier administers an immunization to Mr. Omar Gonzalez at Ringgold Middle School in Rio Grande City, Texas during Operation Loan Star, July 30, 2013. Operation Lone Star serves as the only access many residents in the South Texas Border Region have to medical care or doctors. Available services included immunizations, diabetic and blood pressure screenings, hearing and vision exams, sports physicals and dental services. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Army Spc. Aaron Moreno) 130730-Z-QF937-475

Photo: Ishan Tankha/ UNDP India/ 2016

At a maternal and child clinic at La Fossette, one of the largest in Cap-Haitian, patients arrive for regular check-ups as well as vaccinations.

Photo Credit: Karen Kasmauski/MCSP and Jhpiego

UNICEF supports a nationwide measles vaccination campaign to protect 15.5 million children from life-threatening diseases. The launch of regional vaccination campaign in Haik town, Amhara region, Ethiopia 27 December 2022. In addition, integrating in the campaign, a range of other lifesaving services. These include COVID-19 jabs and catch-up immunizations for under-vaccinated children, screening for acute malnutrition, vitamin A drops and deworming against intestinal parasites. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2022/Mulugeta Ayene

A mother in Burkina Faso displays a vaccination card for her son, who just received a dose of MenAfriVac®. The Meningitis Vaccine Project, a partnership between PATH and the World Health Organization, was created to accelerate the development and introduction of MenAfriVac®, a safe and affordable vaccine that provides long-lasting protection against group A meningococcal meningitis, a deadly disease that historically has threatened the lives of 450 million people in 26 African countries.

Photo: PATH/Gabe Bienczycki.

Adanech Andebo, carrying her Baby – Elizabeth Ikabo getting her measles shot given by health extension worker Guenet Zewdie during the October 2010 mealses and polio vaccination campaign. Moto Village, Dale District, SNNPR

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A clinic in Marmalade, Haiti has adopted the Clean Care standards. They have a team of people who take shifts cleaning the clinic. Pictured are women with children waiting for care.

Photo Credit: Karen Kasmauski/MCSP and Jhpiego

My mom recently gave me my childhood immunization records. Why? Who knows. Immunizations save lives. Don't be an asshole.

Since 1987, the Extended Program on Immunization in Bangladesh has saved the lives of more than 3.5 million children . It has led to the eradication of poliomyelitis and the elimination of neonatal tetanus, and has possibly made the biggest contribution towards Bangladesh's achievement of Millennium Development Goal 4 well ahead of schedule. At least 95% of the 157 million people living in this country have access to vaccines - this in a country where only around 60% of the population has access to the power grid, that sees annual floods, and that has a challenging road transport system and high levels of corruption. This has made Bangladesh's vaccine delivery system a role model for delivering effective interventions in resource-poor settings. This successful story cannot be pinned down on any one crucial factor, but it is rather a result of the development of an effective system involving collaboration between multiple dedicated blocks of society – from front line workers to politicians to journalists.

Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health will conduct National Polio Immunization Days in all regions of the country (3-6 October, 2013. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2013/Sewunet

UNICEF supports a nationwide measles vaccination campaign to protect 15.5 million children from life-threatening diseases. The launch of regional vaccination campaign in Haik town, Amhara region, Ethiopia 27 December 2022. In addition, integrating in the campaign, a range of other lifesaving services. These include COVID-19 jabs and catch-up immunizations for under-vaccinated children, screening for acute malnutrition, vitamin A drops and deworming against intestinal parasites. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2022/Mulugeta Ayene

BANGLADESH: Children queue to receive measles vaccinations at a special site for vulnerable children, including those who live or work on the streets in the southern port city of Chittagong. A woman health worker vaccinates each child, and then deposits the auto-disable syringes into the yellow cardboard safety disposal box at her side. Other health workers seek out vulnerable children, convince them to participate and personally escort them to the vaccination site. [#10 IN SEQUENCE OF TWELVE].

In February 2006 in Bangladesh, the Government launched the second phase of its national measles immunization campaign. Despite great strides made in the past decade, measles coverage stands at only 71 per cent nationwide and nearly 20,000 children under age five die annually from the disease. The campaign targeted some 35 million children and involved more than 50,000 skilled vaccinators and 750,000 volunteers, making it the largest public health undertaking in the nation’s history. UNICEF and the World Health Organization joined the government and numerous other partners of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) to support the immunization drive. Measles can be life-threatening and spreads quickly among those who have not been immunized, especially in densely populated areas, in emergencies and among malnourished children.

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At a maternal and child clinic at La Fossette, one of the largest in Cap-Haitian, there is a "Rally Post" in a building currently being constructed in the community of Belair. Everyone was there for healthy baby check-ups and vaccinations. Health workers hand out condoms to those who come in.

Photo Credit: Karen Kasmauski/MCSP and Jhpiego

Since 1987, the Extended Program on Immunization in Bangladesh has saved the lives of more than 3.5 million children . It has led to the eradication of poliomyelitis and the elimination of neonatal tetanus, and has possibly made the biggest contribution towards Bangladesh's achievement of Millennium Development Goal 4 well ahead of schedule. At least 95% of the 157 million people living in this country have access to vaccines - this in a country where only around 60% of the population has access to the power grid, that sees annual floods, and that has a challenging road transport system and high levels of corruption. This has made Bangladesh's vaccine delivery system a role model for delivering effective interventions in resource-poor settings. This successful story cannot be pinned down on any one crucial factor, but it is rather a result of the development of an effective system involving collaboration between multiple dedicated blocks of society – from front line workers to politicians to journalists.

Health Extension Worker Belainesh Arersa at the Derer Ebija Health Post during vaccination day.

©UNICEF Ethiopia/2011/Lemma

Dr. Bonnie Henry welcomed kids and their parents to some of the first pediatric COVID-19 vaccine appointments, November 29, 2021.

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Participants from UN Foundation getting briefing from Somali Health Bureau Officers and other stakeholders,Jigjiga, Somali Regional State ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2019/Nahom Tesfaye

Village Ð Alikia, Block-Chandanpur CHS, Dist-Puri, Odisha, INDIA..Lovely Barol, two months child, being immunized after Purnachandra Sabata, 44, an autorickshaw driver, delivered cold chain boxes of vaccines to Anganwadi centre. Every Wednesday, Purnachandra Saba, delivers boxes of vaccines to anganwadi centres.Immunization is one of the most cost effective public health interventions, preventing around 2 million child deaths each year worldwide, and IndiaÕs Immunization Program is the largest in world with respect to the quantity of vaccines used and the number of beneficiaries. Here, Routine Immunization (RI) saves the lives of 400,000 children annually. In OdishaÕs 30 districts and 314 blocks, it is not easy for health workers to reach a population of 4.1 crore. With 30% of the areas difficult to reach, 22% tribal population, 48% people in the BPL category and 17% schedule cast population, Odisha has been one of the most challenges states for them in terms of geography and demography. Despite these odds, during 2013-14, the state provided immunization services at a cost of Rs 30 crore to 8,54,619 children between 0-1 years and 9,40,081 pregnant women to prevent seven diseases such as tuberculosis, diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, measles and Hepatitis B. In addition, vitamin A is also administered to children. The current level of full immunization coverage is 62.3% for children (AHS 2011-12), officials say. Since 2009, the program has manifested itself in the Teeka Express, where participation of civil society, NGOs, porters, rickshaw drivers and volunteers strengthen the vaccine delivery logistics. This system has been implemented in 280 out of the 314 blocks of the state, and has reduced vaccine shortage, improved vaccine quality, improved timeliness of reporting, ensured regularization of immunization in hard to reach areas and improved immunization waste management..

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In Port-de-Paix, Haiti, Pierre-Louis, a health-worker, and community mobilizers from Save The Children served 33 mothers from the Baguette village, where they carried out a Rally Post.

Photo Credit: Karen Kasmauski/MCSP and Jhpiego

Premier John Horgan, Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, Dr. Bonnie Henry, BC's provincial health officer, and Dr. Penny Ballem, executive lead of the BC immunization rollout, make an announcement about the next steps in BC's COVID-19 Immunization Plan on January 22, 2021.

Each year, influenza kills more Canadians than all other vaccine-preventable illnesses combined. Clinics now are open throughout the province, and British Columbians can get immunized at a wide variety of locations - from dedicated flu clinics, to doctors’ offices or local pharmacies.

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A clinic in Marmalade, Haiti has adopted the Clean Care standards. They have a team of people who take shifts cleaning the clinic. They have very specific procedures for sanitizing the floors, especially if blood is spilled.

Photo Credit: Karen Kasmauski/MCSP and Jhpiego

At a maternal and child clinic at La Fossette, one of the largest in Cap-Haitian, patients arrive for regular check-ups as well as vaccinations. Four health workers work at the site, either vaccinating or weighing children. The clinic is held in a building in the process of being built.

Photo Credit: Karen Kasmauski/MCSP and Jhpiego

Since 1987, the Extended Program on Immunization in Bangladesh has saved the lives of more than 3.5 million children . It has led to the eradication of poliomyelitis and the elimination of neonatal tetanus, and has possibly made the biggest contribution towards Bangladesh's achievement of Millennium Development Goal 4 well ahead of schedule. At least 95% of the 157 million people living in this country have access to vaccines - this in a country where only around 60% of the population has access to the power grid, that sees annual floods, and that has a challenging road transport system and high levels of corruption. This has made Bangladesh's vaccine delivery system a role model for delivering effective interventions in resource-poor settings. This successful story cannot be pinned down on any one crucial factor, but it is rather a result of the development of an effective system involving collaboration between multiple dedicated blocks of society – from front line workers to politicians to journalists.

Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health will conduct National Polio Immunization Days in all regions of the country (3-6 October, 2013). ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2013/Sewunet

The 13th Vaccination Week in the Americas (VWA) will be celebrated from April 25th to May 2nd, 2015. The regional slogan for VWA 2015 is “Boost your power! Get vaccinated!” Vaccines are weakened or killed pathogens that help your immune system fight diseases. Vaccines do not make you sick, but prepare your body to fight off disease when exposed to full strength pathogens in the future. Vaccines boost the power of your immune system and fight off more than 20 different vaccine-preventable diseases. To read more on how vaccines boost your power, check out: www.paho.org/vwa/

Polio immunization rally at the Kranti Vidhaya Mandir school in the Bangla-Bazar area of Lucknow, organized by Rotary clubs of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. (photo Jean-Marc Giboux)

Each year, influenza kills more Canadians than all other vaccine-preventable illnesses combined. Clinics now are open throughout the province, and British Columbians can get immunized at a wide variety of locations - from dedicated flu clinics, to doctors’ offices or local pharmacies.

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On 16 February, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow gives a girl a dose of oral polio vaccine at an immunization site in the Gueljem neighbourhood of the town of Moundou in Logone Region. The vaccinations have been organized by CELIAF, a national womens civil society organization network. Ms. Farrows T-shirt bears the UNICEF logo.

From 12 to 22 February 2012, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow travelled to Chad and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to promote expanded polio eradication efforts and to review other UNICEF-supported programmes. Ms. Farrow met with children affected by polio; with religious leaders to help raise critical support for increased immunization coverage; and with partner representatives from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative a public-private partnership led by governments and spearheaded by the World Health Organization (WHO), Rotary International, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and UNICEF. Her visits follow an important milestone towards eradicating the highly infectious disease: In January, India one of just four polio-endemic countries remaining in the world for the first time reported a full year with no new polio cases. (Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan are the other three endemic countries.) Ms. Farrow also visited vaccination and other project sites; and with children and families affected by ongoing conflict; community, traditional and local leaders; and senior government; donor and partner officials. In Chad, circulation of an imported wild poliovirus has persisted for over a year, and malnutrition remains one of the biggest threats to childrens survival and development. Ms. Farrow participated in the launch of the nationwide polio immunization campaign in NDjamena, the capital, and also visited health, rehabilitation and therapeutic feeding centres, a cold-chain centre, displacement camps, and a UNICEF supply warehouse.

All British Columbians are encouraged to get immunized and reduce the chance of getting the flu and passing it on to others.The influenza vaccine will be available throughout the province by early November at public health clinics, physicians’ offices, travel clinics and pharmacies.

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Since 1987, the Extended Program on Immunization in Bangladesh has saved the lives of more than 3.5 million children . It has led to the eradication of poliomyelitis and the elimination of neonatal tetanus, and has possibly made the biggest contribution towards Bangladesh's achievement of Millennium Development Goal 4 well ahead of schedule. At least 95% of the 157 million people living in this country have access to vaccines - this in a country where only around 60% of the population has access to the power grid, that sees annual floods, and that has a challenging road transport system and high levels of corruption. This has made Bangladesh's vaccine delivery system a role model for delivering effective interventions in resource-poor settings. This successful story cannot be pinned down on any one crucial factor, but it is rather a result of the development of an effective system involving collaboration between multiple dedicated blocks of society – from front line workers to politicians to journalists.

From the December 22, 1944 issue of The ORD News, Greensboro, NC (p. 5). Part 4 of 5 of "Santa Claus Restricted!" - a full-page feature written by S/SGT. J. C. Dralle with photography by SGT. Jerry DeFelice. The photo-essay describes the difficulties Santa encounters on a visit to the Greensboro, NC base in order to "get an early start on his wartime barracks-to-barracks deliveries Christmas eve” before returning to his “civilian obligations.” Santa becomes caught in a “web of GI entanglements” and may not escape in time to make his Christmas deliveries. In this fourth image, Santa finds himself in the hands of the medical staff, and is forced to receive vaccinations. He comments: “They promised they’d bring me up to date in a hurry […] and when they finally turned me loose I felt like a hooked rug.”

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Moa Pum, holds her three month old son, Khorn Makara, who received vaccinations from polio and hepatitis at Teuk Thla Health Center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on May 20, 2019. Photo © Dominic Chavez/The Global Financing Facility

Inoculator Asha Bargava (L) administers vaccine to four month old Arsia Bano as her mother Saida Bano hold her at a vaccination session in Guna, Madhya Pradesh. Despite being rich in natural resources like diamonds, Madhya Pradesh is more infamous for its poverty. It is home to around 50 million people who defecate in the open air without latrines (around 70% of its 72 million people). These people consequently do not have adequate hygiene, without soap and enough water to wash their hands after defecating. About 5% of the global total of open defecators can be found in this one Indian state alone. Madhya Pradesh is also home to some of the most undernourished children in India with 50% of under threeÕs suffering from stunting (chronic malnutrition), an indicator of long-term persistent nutrition deprivation that lead to poor physical growth and brain development in children with tragic implications for child survival, growth and development. UNICEF India/ 2013/Manpreet Romana...

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UNICEF boat taking vaccination supplies for the immunization campaign in Tergol town. Tergol, the capital of Akobo, is the border town between South Sudan and Ethiopia. It is also a place where thousands of conflict affected South Sudanese crossed into after violence erupted into the Africa’s youngest nation. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2014/Bizuwerk

Village Ð Samjajpur, block-Chandanpur CHS, Dist Puri, Odisha, INDIA..Sushanti Bhoi, a health worker poses for a photograph alongwith received cold chain box of vaccine. Every Wednesday, Autorickshaw driver Purnachandra Saba, diligently delivers boxes of vaccines to anganwadi centres where health worker, Sushanti Bhoi patiently waits for the consignments to arrive. Immunization is one of the most cost effective public health interventions, preventing around 2 million child deaths each year worldwide, and IndiaÕs Immunization Program is the largest in world with respect to the quantity of vaccines used and the number of beneficiaries. Here, Routine Immunization (RI) saves the lives of 400,000 children annually. In OdishaÕs 30 districts and 314 blocks, it is not easy for health workers to reach a population of 4.1 crore. With 30% of the areas difficult to reach, 22% tribal population, 48% people in the BPL category and 17% schedule cast population, Odisha has been one of the most challenges states for them in terms of geography and demography. Despite these odds, during 2013-14, the state provided immunization services at a cost of Rs 30 crore to 8,54,619 children between 0-1 years and 9,40,081 pregnant women to prevent seven diseases such as tuberculosis, diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, measles and Hepatitis B. In addition, vitamin A is also administered to children. The current level of full immunization coverage is 62.3% for children (AHS 2011-12), officials say. Since 2009, the program has manifested itself in the Teeka Express, where participation of civil society, NGOs, porters, rickshaw drivers and volunteers strengthen the vaccine delivery logistics. This system has been implemented in 280 out of the 314 blocks of the state, and has reduced vaccine shortage, improved vaccine quality, improved timeliness of reporting, ensured regularization of immunization in hard to reach areas and improved immunization waste management. .

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Premier John Horgan, Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, Dr. Bonnie Henry, BC's provincial health officer, and Dr. Penny Ballem, executive lead of the BC immunization rollout, make an announcement about the next steps in BC's COVID-19 Immunization Plan on January 22, 2021.

Josiane Pierre, a health worker, helps Rosemeline, a mother with her newborn, along with her mother, husband and two other children.

Photo Credit: Karen Kasmauski/MCSP and Jhpiego

Free immunization against meningitis and yellow fever for staff took place in March 2010 at IITA Clinic, Ibadan Nigeria. (file name: Syringe)

(Karen Kasmauski/MCSP). General scenes in the Maternity center at Tsafe General Hospital where immunizations, family planning, pre-and post natal care as well as birthing by midwives.

Jamila Usman is a health worker at the Tsafe hospital who does immunizations. Today she is giving Tentus shots to pregnant women. she is on the right in the orange robe.

1976, March 24 – The Cabinet Room – The White House – Washington, DC – Gerald R. Ford, David Mathews, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Dr. David J. Senser, Director of the Center for Disease Control (HEW), Dr. Donald S. Frederickson, Director of the National Institutes of Health (HEW), Dr. Harry M. Meyer, Director of the Bureau of Biologics, Food and Drug Administration (HEW), Dr. Alexander M. Schmidt, Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Food and Drug Administration (HEW), Dr. James F. Dickson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, HEW, Richard Krause, Director of the National Institutes of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, HEW, Dr. Kenneth McIntosh, Department of Medecine and Pediatrics, University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, Mrs. Dale Bumpers, Bethesda, Maryland, Dr. Jasper Williams, President of the National Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois, Dr. Jonas Salk, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, California, Dr. Albert B. Sabin, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, Rosalie S. Abrahms, State Senator (R-Mary1and), National Conference of State Legislatures, Francis Francois, County Councilman, Prince Georges County, Upper Marlboro, Maryland,Governor Philip Noel (D-Rhode Island), Dr. Harvey Sloane, Mayor (D-Louisville, Kentucky), Dr. Eugene Fowinkle, Commissioner of Public Health, Tennessee, Department of Public Health, Nashville, Tennessee, Dr. George Hardy, Health Officer, Jefferson County Health Department, Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. Albert G. Randell, Director of Public Health, City of Houston, Texas, Dr. Charles Hall, Charleston, West Virginia, Dr. Merritt B. Lowe, Greenfield, Massachusetts, Dr. Raymond Holden, Washington, D.C. Chairman of the American Medical Association, Morton S. Hilbert, MPH, CE, Chairman, Department of Environmental and Industrial Health, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan , Maurice R. Hillman, Vice President of Merck, Sharp and Dohme Research Laboratories, West Point, Pennsylvania, John F. Lawlis, Vice President of Biological Operations, Menell National Laboratories, Swiftwater, Pennsylvania, Eugene A. Timm, Assistant Division Director, Quality Control and Governmental Regulations, Parke, Davis and Company, Detroit, Michigan, Dr. Alan Gray, Director of Biologics, Merck, Sharp and Dohme, West Point, Pennsylvania, Alan Bernstein, Managing Director, Wyeth Laboratories, Inc., Marietta, Pennsylvania, Dr. Fred M. Davenport, Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Dr. Reul A. Stallones, Dean of the University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, Dr. Floyd Denny, University of North Carolina Department of Pediatrics, Chapel Hill, North-Carolina, Dr. Edwin Kilbourne, Chairman of the Department of Microbiology, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York, New York, New York, Dr. Saul Krugman, Department of Pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York - Staff James M. Cannon III, Executive Director of the Domestic Council and Assistant for Domestic Affairs, James H. Cavanaugh, Deputy Assistant for Domestic Affairs, James T. Lynn, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Assistant for Management and Budget, Paul H. O'Neil, Deputy Director, OMB, Spencer C. Johnson, Associate Director of the Domestic Council for Health, Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary, Richard B. Cheney, Assistant, John O. Marsh, Jr., Counsellor, Max L. Friedersdorf, Assistant for Legislative Affairs, Rear Adm. William M. Lukash, Physician, Sarah Massengale, Assistant Director of the Domestic Council for Health, Social Security and Public Assistance – Meeting to Discuss Federal Initiative to Immunize all Americans against Swine Flu Influenza

Since 1987, the Extended Program on Immunization in Bangladesh has saved the lives of more than 3.5 million children . It has led to the eradication of poliomyelitis and the elimination of neonatal tetanus, and has possibly made the biggest contribution towards Bangladesh's achievement of Millennium Development Goal 4 well ahead of schedule. At least 95% of the 157 million people living in this country have access to vaccines - this in a country where only around 60% of the population has access to the power grid, that sees annual floods, and that has a challenging road transport system and high levels of corruption. This has made Bangladesh's vaccine delivery system a role model for delivering effective interventions in resource-poor settings. This successful story cannot be pinned down on any one crucial factor, but it is rather a result of the development of an effective system involving collaboration between multiple dedicated blocks of society – from front line workers to politicians to journalists.