The GAVI Alliance, an organization that helps make sure children in poor countries get the same vaccines that children in rich countries do, just met its fundraising target for the next four years. They did it despite the fact that donors everywhere are coping with budget crises.

Microsoft tycoon Bill Gates holds a vial of vaccine during a press conference at the GAVI (Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation) conference, in London, on June 13, 2011. When the media writes about vaccines in the U.S. and Europe, usually we're reporting on the endless controversy over whether some vaccines cause autism.