A new report shows that worldwide immunization rates are at their highest-ever levels.

As per a recent report by the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the World Bank a record number of vaccines are now available to prevent deadly diseases and more than 80 new vaccines are in late-stage clinical testing.

Another record was achieved when 106 infants were immunized in 2008. As a result, measles deaths worldwide decreased 74 percent between 2000 and 2007.

UNICEF executive director Ann M. Veneman, said in a news release, "Such progress must inspire new efforts to immunize children around the globe against life-threatening diseases".

Some of the recently developed vaccines include those to protect against meningococcal meningitis, rotavirus diarrhea, pneumococcal disease and human papillomavirus (HPV).

Some vaccines are in the later stage of testing now and are targeting 30 diseases for which no current vaccine exists. Researchers are also working to create vaccines for even more dangerous diseases like malaria, dengue, tuberculosis and even HIV/AIDS.

Manufacturers in developing countries now fill 86 percent of the demand for the most traditional vaccines like those that prevent against measles, whooping cough, tetanus and diphtheria.