Ada G
Division of Cell Biology, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 1995 Dec;108(4):304-8. doi: 10.1159/000237171.
The prospects for many children born in developing countries to reach adulthood has been transformed over the last 30 years by the activities of the Expanded Programme of Immunization (EPI) established by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1974. By 1990, about 80% of children had been vaccinated against six common childhood diseases. The advent of new technologies provided a strong stimulus to those involved in vaccine design, development and delivery, and offered the possibility of improving current vaccines, developing new vaccines and simplifying vaccination practices. This in turn led to the formation of the Children's Vaccine Initiative (CVI) in the early 1990s. The worldwide emergence of new diseases such as HIV/AIDS and the re-emergence of old diseases such as tuberculosis and cholera present additional challenges.
过去30年来，世界卫生组织（WHO）1974年设立的扩大免疫规划（EPI）活动改变了许多发展中国家出生儿童成长至成年的前景。到1990年，约80%的儿童接种了针对六种常见儿童疾病的疫苗。新技术的出现有力地推动了疫苗设计、研发和接种工作，为改进现有疫苗、研发新疫苗以及简化接种流程提供了可能。这反过来促使在20世纪90年代初成立了儿童疫苗倡议组织（CVI）。诸如艾滋病毒/艾滋病等新疾病在全球出现，以及结核病和霍乱等旧疾病再度出现，带来了更多挑战。
