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03 March 2009
Innovative Vaccine Investment ISA will help save children’s lives
Investors are being offered an opportunity to save money and help save lives with a new Vaccine Investment ISA which aims to raise £50 million to vaccinate children in the world’s poorest countries.
16 February 2009
Broadcaster Park Jung-sook will represent GAVI Alliance
Broadcast journalist Park Jung-sook has been appointed to represent the GAVI Alliance as an advocate in the Republic of Korea. The Geneva-based GAVI Alliance is seeking to strengthen its ties with the Republic of Korea which is playing an increasingly prominent role in global health and development issues.
04 February 2009
Nobel Prize winner and GAVI call for equal access to HPV vaccine
Girls in developing countries deserve the same access to a life-saving vaccine against cervical cancer as girls in richer nations, said the GAVI Alliance on World Cancer Day.
16 January 2009
“Vaccine bonds” offer Japanese savers an ethical investment which also helps save children’s lives
“Vaccine bonds" which are expected to go on sale in Japan next month will offer Japanese investors a fixed rate of return plus an opportunity to see their money used to help immunise children in the world’s poorest countries.
15 January 2009
Bangladesh introduces new vaccine to prevent severe forms of child pneumonia and meningitis
Today, Bangladesh introduces a new combination vaccine that will protect its children against five killer diseases in one injection, including, for the first time, the deadly bacterium Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) that causes some severe forms of pneumonia and meningitis.
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