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  • Follow GAVI's CEO as he leads the charge to ensure a quarter of a billion children are vaccinated by 2015

  • Moz 9. young patient entertained

    Ghana's dual vaccine rollout

    From 25-27 April, I will be visiting Accra to attend the launch ceremony of Africa's first simultaneous rollout of pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccines. Follow events in my blog and our World Immunisation Week page.

    Thursday 26 April

    Accra, Ghana

    Address to official launch ceremony for rollout of pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccines

    Friday 27 April

    Eastern Region, Ghana

    Visit to immunisation session at rural health facility

  • From Seth's blog

  • On the GAVI website

    16 May 2012

    World Health Assembly

    World Health Assembly to welcome as many as 3,000 participants

    Ministers, experts, and other delegates to discuss Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP), GAVI progress, non-communicable diseases, Millennium Development Goals, and other issues.

    26 April 2012

    Ghana first lady

    Ghana rolls out vaccines against top two killers of children

    Simultaneous introduction is first in African history.  [Français] [Deutsch]

    24 April 2012

    Myanmar measles vaccinations

    Global partners launch new plan to control and eliminate measles and rubella

    Partners leading efforts to control measles announce a new global strategy aimed at reducing measles deaths and congenital rubella syndrome to zero (Joint American Red Cross/CDC/UN Foundation/UNICEF/ WHO press release).

  • Videos and galleries

    12 March 2012

    Seth Berkley in Mozambique March 2012

    Follow daily updates on GAVI CEO’s official visit to Africa, 12-14 March 2012

    26 January 2012

    GAVI’s Matching Fund announcement at WEF

    Supporters of GAVI’s Matching Fund met at the 2012 World Economic Forum to announce gifts of US$ 4.5m from  two new partners: Comic Relief and The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF).

    17 October 2011

    Seth Berkley at the Institute of Medicine

    Seth's keynote speech during the 41st Annual Meeting of the Institute of Medicine, 17 October 2011. Introduced by Jo Ivey Boufford, MD, President of The New York Academy of Medicine.

  • Suggested reading

    Neighbourly advice

    Economist

    New mathematical models developed at Princeton University reveal interesting findings for Overseas Development Aid.

    "Most strikingly, when one country lacks the means to achieve herd immunity it might benefit by spending a small portion of its healthcare budget to help out a neighbour that is on the brink of success rather than pursuing a domestic vaccination that would fall short of the target..."

    See also

    Polio: A Rotary engine - Can a businessmen’s club eradicate polio from the world?

  • GAVI Board meeting 16-17 November, Bangladesh

    GAVI Board composition

    Seth Berkley presents his CEO report to the GAVI Alliance Board on GAVI's achievements in 2011 and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

    View presentation

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