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The Advocacy Project will aim to increase awareness and appreciation of the value of immunization in fifteen countries that are receiving time-limited support from the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), leading to increased government and external contributions and, ultimately, fiscally sustainable immunization systems. Though the countries have agreed to achieve this goal, added encouragement and follow-up are now needed to maintain focus and build momentum. The Sabin Vaccine Institute will field a seven-person team that will collaborate closely with Ministries of Health and Finance, WHO, UNICEF, the World Bank and other global immunization partners. If successful, budgets in these countries will be adequate to finance routine immunization system operations, all traditional vaccines and some proportion of newer vaccine procurement by 2013. (PRWeb Mar 31, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb810144.htm