UNICEF says vaccines are among the greatest advances in global health and development and have safely reduced the scourge of diseases like polio and measles. It calls for increased funding and prioritisation of immunisation by all stakeholders to scale up vaccination and save more lives. Major childhood killer diseases that are vaccine-preventable include influenza, malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoea, tuberculosis, diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough),