I will be speaking in my capacity as Chair of the Board of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization. We have all been working in immunization for a long time. This is not new. What is new are the seamless partnerships we are forging, the new common understanding. And the urgency with which we are working.
Health is now at the heart of the development agenda.
Health is now accepted as a powerful tool in the fight against poverty. We must move quickly. It is now time to catch the changing tide. Malaria, measles, diarrhoea, tuberculosis, and of course, AIDS are diseases that most parents here in Norway don't worry much about. But these diseases together cause 14 million deaths per year, and immeasurable suffering to individuals, families and communities.