title: What drivers will influence global immunizations in the era of grand convergence in global health?
abstract: Recent projections suggest that by 2035 global health will look dramatically different than it does today. In what's called a 'grand convergence' the world is likely to be characterized by far more similarities than differences in the prevailing health and medical problems across populations. This manuscript considers how key drivers for vaccine use and uptake might change as a result of the grand convergence and how decisions taken now might anticipate those changes in ways that position immunizations to continue playing an important role in the future.
authors.affiliation: Vaccine Delivery Program, Global Development Division, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 500 Fifth Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109, United States. Electronic address: orin.levine@gatesfoundation.org.
authors.forename: Orin S
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Levine
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D058872:Epidemics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D000073887:Vaccination Coverage; D014612:Vaccines / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D014612:Vaccines
keywords: Developing countries; Epidemics; Grand convergence; Immunization; Policy; Vaccine delivery; Vaccines