Press releases

The International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm), in collaboration with GAVI Alliance, the World Bank and HSBC Securities (Japan) Limited, announced today that it will begin offering vaccine investment bonds, also known as "vaccine bonds", to Japanese retail investors starting 7 June 2010.

The GAVI Alliance welcomes the commitment made by nations at the World Health Assembly in Geneva today to combat the world's biggest killer of children under five.

Bonds which raise money to ensure that children in the world's poorest countries can be protected against deadly diseases have proved remarkably popular with Japanese retail investors, particularly women who account for around half the buyers in recent transactions.

The GAVI Alliance and its partners welcome Guyana's introduction this week of vaccinations against rotavirus, the primary cause of the most common and lethal cause of diarrhoea in young children.

Millions of infants and young children in the world's poorest countries will receive potentially life-saving vaccines that help protect against pneumococcal disease, including pneumonia -- the world's biggest childhood killer, thanks to new agreements made with two major pharmaceutical firms, the GAVI Alliance announced today.

Press conference to announce major new Gates Foundation commitment to vaccine development and delivery.

Ireland has reaffirmed its commitment to children in the developing world by announcing a further €1 million in funding to the GAVI Alliance to immunise vulnerable children.