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Vision
"To reduce risk of childhood death and disability through sustained use of Hib vaccine"
Mission
"To expedite and sustain evidence-informed decisions at the global, regional and country levels regarding the use of Hib vaccination to prevent childhood meningitis and pneumonia."
- Country driven
- Focus on evidence-informed decision making
- Sustainable health system integration
Strategic Plan
The mission of the Hib Initiative is to expedite and sustain evidence-informed decisions regarding the use of Hib vaccination, in order to prevent childhood meningitis and pneumonia. The Hib Initiative strategic plan provides a roadmap to fulfill this mission, and focuses on 3 strategic areas to support evidence-based decisions at the country level: coordination, communication and research.
View the Hib Initiative Strategic Plan
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Hib Documentary Streaming Video
Alternatively, you may wish to download the .mp4 version (highest Quality) here or the .wmv version here
(Right click "Save Target As" to play back locally after download completes)
3 min documentary >> here
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Hib Vaccine Could Reduce Major Childhood Diseases
Hib disease annually causes an estimated 3 million cases of serious illness and 400,000 deaths. But despite the availability of financing for Hib vaccination, writes Lois Privor-Dunn of the Hib Initiative at Johns Hopkins University, most countries have not introduced the vaccine, leaving three-quarters of the world's children at risk. see http://www.prb.org/HIB
A new global focus, the Hib Initiative, is supporting country efforts to take evidence-informed decisions regarding the use of Hib vaccine.
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The Hib Initiative unites experts from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization
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The Initiative is supported by a $37 million, 4-year grant from GAVI/The Vaccine Fund
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To achieve their goal of reducing childhood death and disability, the Initiative has adopted a collaborative, country-driven approach
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The Hib Initiative aims to guide countries in making informed decisions regarding introduction or continuation of Hib vaccine programs in the context of other health priorities
 View the Hib Initiative Video
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