Reaching every child in South Sudan is a huge challenge mainly due to insecurity, mobile migrant population and frequent geographical isolation due to rain and bad roads. Being an excellent vaccinator means being well-organized, a good communicator, and having the tenacity to track down every last child.

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At the Gates Foundation, we want to name and celebrate the unsung heroes who work tirelessly to ensure that children receive the vaccines they need. We launched this series to spotlight our partners on the front line and share their stories. We hope you will join us by sharing your own story, or the stories of the heroes you find

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On April 12, 1955, scientists and reporters gathered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for a momentous event. Millions of Americans huddled around radios and televisions that day to learn whether the world’s first polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk at the University of Pittsburgh, could prevent a devastating disease that killed and paralyzed thousands upon thousands of people, mainly children.

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The public-private partnership is part of the GAVI Alliance’s formula for success that has helped countries to immunise 325 million children in our first 10 years, saving more than 5.5 million lives. GAVI is about ensuring children in the poorest countries have access to the same vaccines as children in countries like Switzerland or the US. GAVI’s accomplishments are those of its alliance partners: UNICEF, the World Bank, WHO, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, vaccine manufacturers, civil society organisations and governments all over the world.

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This week, Shot@Life, a movement to protect children worldwide by providing life-saving vaccines where they are most needed, was in Honduras with a delegation of U.S. policymakers.

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