Global COVID-19 Vaccine Scale-up
Updated March 13, 2023
The goals of CDC’s global COVID-19 vaccine scale-up activities are to:
- Limit human-to-human transmission
- Minimize the impact of COVID-19 in vulnerable countries with limited preparedness capacity
- Reduce specific threats that pose current and future risk to the United States
A key component of CDC’s global COVID-19 response is support for immunizations in low- and middle-income countries. CDC’s goals in this area are underpinned by four vaccine pillars:
- Support national delivery of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines (implementation)
- Support development of vaccine policies and program improvement through evaluations
- Strengthen immunization capacity at the country level
- Increase scientific knowledge for COVID-19 vaccination and other vaccine-preventable diseases (effectiveness)