To capture the successes and challenges that arise with a national introduction of the HPV vaccine in low-and lower-middle income countries and to gain a better understanding of program transition to national scale-up, program preparation and communication, program delivery and financial implications for long-term sustainability.

To strengthen sentinel rotavirus surveillance in Nigeria and Indonesia and enable monitoring of trends in rotavirus hospitalizations pre- and post-vaccine introduction in order to observe the impact of rotavirus vaccines and serve as a platform for case-control evaluations of rotavirus vaccine effectiveness.

To support community-based organizations (CBOs) to increase vaccination coverage across different racial and ethnic adult populations currently experiencing disparities.

To provide a source of flexible funding to CDC teams working in the field to meet critical or emergency needs that could not easily be met through usual government channels. Since it was created in 1999 by a group of CDC employees and retirees, the fund has provided resources for essential services and equipment such as bullet-proof vests for health workers vaccinating children in war-torn Somalia, ready-to-eat meals for workers in Sudan, satellite phones, incentives for vaccination campaigns in Mexico and India and training in other countries.