[Protect Lives with Vaccines! Saving Children's Lives Lost to Infectious Diseases] Sending essential vaccines like polio and tetanus to developing countries to save as many young lives as possible.

## Press Release Information
Title: [Protect Lives with Vaccines! Saving Children's Lives Lost to Infectious Diseases] Sending essential vaccines like polio and tetanus to developing countries to save as many young lives as possible.
Subtitle:
Company Name: Certified NPO Japan Committee for Vaccines for the World's Children (JCV)
Industry: Other, Medical/Pharmaceutical/Welfare

## Main Body
Infectious diseases like polio and tetanus still claim the lives of 4,000 children every day, or 1.5 million annually, worldwide. The "Japan Committee for Vaccines for the World's Children" (hereinafter JCV), a Certified NPO, collaborates with UNICEF and local medical professionals to deliver vaccines to children in developing countries, carrying out "Child Vaccine Support" activities to protect their future.

"By donating vaccines, we want to save as many children's lives as possible from infectious diseases!"

Since its founding in 1994, JCV has continued its activities for over 30 years, having delivered vaccines to 139,660,724 children.

Our committee endorses April Dream, an initiative to make April 1st a day to express dreams. This press release represents the dream of the Certified NPO Japan Committee for Vaccines for the World's Children.
(JCV's official website: https://www.jcv-jp.org/)
(April Dream official website: https://aprildream.jp/)

## [4,000 Young Lives Lost Daily to Vaccine-Preventable Infectious Diseases]
In Japan, everyone can receive vaccines for diseases like polio, measles, and tetanus for free, and by preventing infectious diseases, many babies can grow up healthy. However, looking at the world, these diseases continue to be a daily threat in developing countries, taking many lives and smiles. The number of children under 5 who die from vaccine-preventable infectious diseases is 4,000 per day. Annually, 1.5 million young lives are lost.
Source: World Health Organization (2019) Immunization Facts in Pictures

## [JCV's "Child Vaccine Support" Saves Lives and Futures of Children in Developing Countries]
In 2025, a total of 117,745,176 JPY worth of vaccines and related equipment were sent to children in four supported countries: Myanmar, Laos, Bhutan, and Vanuatu.

**Details of Child Vaccine Support Implemented in 2025**

- **Supported Country: Myanmar**
- **Amount**: 32,821,865 JPY
- **Content**:
- ●Vaccines
- *Expected to cover approximately 9,000 people for oral polio, inactivated polio, pentavalent (diphtheria/pertussis/tetanus/hepatitis B/Hib), MR (measles/rubella), etc.
- (*Details to be decided later as vaccines will be procured locally)
- ●Cold Chain and Others
- Syringes, used syringe disposal boxes, cold boxes, thermometers,
- Training and vaccination implementation costs for ethnic minority health organizations,
- Technical assistance costs, program management costs
- **Supported Country: Laos**
- **Amount**: 33,206,533 JPY
- **Content**:
- ●Vaccines
- Oral polio for 350,000 people
- BCG (tuberculosis) for 310,000 people
- Hepatitis B for 70,000 people
- **Supported Country: Bhutan**
- **Amount**: 21,970,378 JPY
- **Content**:
- ●Vaccines
- Oral polio for 40,000 people
- BCG (tuberculosis) for 42,000 people
- MMR (measles/mumps/rubella) for 3,750 people
- DPT (diphtheria/pertussis/tetanus) for 32,000 people
- TD (tetanus/diphtheria) for 52,000 people
- Hepatitis B for 5,000 people
- ●Cold Chain and Others
- Syringes, used syringe disposal boxes,
- Cold chain maintenance costs, health worker training costs, parental awareness activity costs, program management costs
- **Supported Country: Vanuatu**
- **Amount**: 29,746,400 JPY
- **Content**:
- ●Vaccines
- Inactivated polio for 11,500 people
- Pentavalent (diphtheria/pertussis/tetanus/hepatitis B/Hib) for 27,000 people
- MMR (measles/mumps/rubella) for 22,500 people
- MR (measles/rubella) for 49,075 people
- ●Cold Chain and Others
- Syringes, vaccine transportation costs,
- Cold chain maintenance costs, program management costs

## [Various Ways to Cooperate, Including Donations and Collection of Unused Items]
There are various ways to cooperate with "Child Vaccine Support". In addition to cash support, such as corporate/organizational tie-ups where one vaccine dose is donated for every product sold, or the installation of donation boxes, you can also protect the lives of children in developing countries by collecting and selling unused items like postcards, stamps, plastic bottle caps, used books, and clothing.

Vaccines for preventing infectious diseases are very inexpensive. A polio vaccine costs only about 20 JPY, and even the relatively expensive MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine is about 280 JPY. For example, one 85 JPY postcard can contribute to providing polio vaccines for three people.

We will continue our activities to save as many children's lives as possible. We hope that everyone will participate in the Child Vaccine Support activities in a way that suits them.

**Ways to Participate in Activities (Excerpt)**

- **Donations**
- There are **monthly donations "Child Vaccine Supporters"** where a fixed amount is donated every month, and **one-time donations** where the amount is decided each time.
- You can also donate through electronic money, points, or hometown tax donations (furusato nozei).
- Details here: https://www.jcv-jp.org/donation/support
- **Donation Boxes**
- We distribute donation boxes that can be installed in offices, schools, hospitals, and your stores. Collected donations can be transferred free of charge by using the enclosed payment slip at the counter.
- After your donation, we will issue a card showing how many vaccine doses your donation contributed to. By placing it in the clear pocket on the front of the donation box, you can widely report the results of your support.
- Details here: https://www.jcv-jp.org/donation/box
- **Collection of Postcards, Stamps, Telephone Cards, etc.**
- Please mail unused postcards, stamps, telephone cards, foreign currency, gift certificates, etc., that are lying around your home to JCV. Postcards will be exchanged for stamps, and others will be purchased by collectors, contributing to vaccine support.
- We also collect **miswritten postcards** and **used stamps** with postmarks remaining.
- Details here: https://www.jcv-jp.org/donation/hagaki
- **Plastic Bottle Cap Collection**
- A portion of the purchase price of plastic bottle caps, collected through recycling operators, will be donated. Also, the collected plastic bottle caps become recycled plastic material and are recycled into shopping baskets, detergent/fabric softener bottles, etc.
- Details here: https://www.jcv-jp.org/donation/pbcap
- **Cooperation with Unused Items**
- You can cooperate with Child Vaccine Support through unused but still usable items around you. **Books**, **CDs/DVDs**, **games** (standard reuse items), **stuffed animals**, **toys**, **musical instruments** like pianos, **personal computers**, **smartphones**, and more than **30 other items** can contribute to support.
- If you feel **"Could this also be used?"**, please contact us via the form on our website or by phone.
- Inquiry form here: https://www.jcv-jp.org/contact/inquiry
- Details here: https://www.jcv-jp.org/donation/recycle