Gates Foundation Seeks Nominations for Vaccine Innovation Award

Innovators in Vaccine Delivery Wanted

Hundreds of thousands of lives each year could be saved by improved access to vaccines. Vaccines are cost-effective, safe, and proven to protect children from disease.

The winner of the 2013 Gates Vaccine Innovation Award was announced in Bill Gates’ 2013 annual letter. The Award recognizes the work of Ms. Margarida Matsinhe, a field officer for VillageReach, a nonprofit working to improve health care and immunization coverage in Mozambique.

Continued innovation is essential to overcoming persistent challenges in reaching more children with vaccines.

The Gates Vaccine Innovation Award will celebrate revolutionary ways children in the poorest parts of the world are immunized. The winning innovation will be recognized with a US $250,000 prize.

Submit a nomination now.

The Gates Vaccine Innovation Award is open to individuals from any discipline. Candidates from academic institutions, governments, health care facilities, research institutions, non-profit organizations and for-profit companies may be nominated.

http://www.gatesfoundation.org/What-We-Do/Global-Development/Vaccine-Delivery/Vaccine-Innovation-Award