Press releases
| 31 August 2010 | Lakeside exhibition highlights the power of immunisation to save children’s lives To mark a major United Nations summit on child health and poverty reduction, the GAVI Alliance is staging an exhibition beside the lake in Geneva about the power of immunisation to save and protect children’s lives. Read more Other languages: Francais |
| 18 August 2010 | Aid donors in Nepal agree to joint financing of better maternal and child health The Government of Nepal received a significant boost to its efforts to reduce maternal and child mortality and illness after its leading aid donors signed a new unprecedented joint financing arrangement today. Read more |
| 12 August 2010 | Julian Lob-Levyt to leave GAVI Alliance for major role in private sector Julian Lob-Levyt will step down as CEO of the GAVI Alliance in October to take up a major role in the private sector after leading the public-private global health partnership through nearly six years of growth and innovation. Read more Other languages: Francais |
| 06 August 2010 | New evidence on rotavirus vaccines in Asia demonstrates significant protection against the most common deadly form of childhood diarrhea Data from an unprecedented clinical study examining rotavirus vaccines in developing countries of Asia and a new study from Africa, published today in The Lancet, contribute to a growing body of evidence of the safety, efficacy, and lifesaving potential of vaccines preventing severe rotavirus diarrhea. Read more |
| 26 July 2010 | Global health organisations call for increased commitments to maternal and child health at African Union Summit On the occasion of the African Union Summit, global health organisations are calling for increased commitments to improve the health of women and children in Africa in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Read more |
| 22 July 2010 | A breakthrough for child survival in the poorest nations and America's cities A Johns Hopkins University scientist, whose team of researchers recently identified pneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria as the primary causes of death of 6 million of the world's poorest children, today called on leaders in donor and developing nations to take action to address the terrible death toll. Read more |
| 18 June 2010 | Millions of children at risk of going unimmunised Millions of children in the world’s poorest countries must be protected against diarrhoea and pneumonia with new life-saving vaccines in spite of the global economic crisis, donors to the GAVI Alliance have vowed. Read more Other languages: Francais |
| 15 June 2010 | GAVI urges donors to tackle biggest child killers Marking the Day of the African Child, the GAVI Alliance is launching its 10th anniversary Progress Report that lays out the achievements of developing countries in saving children’s lives through immunisation. Read more Other languages: Francais |
| 04 June 2010 | Investors get another opportunity to buy life saving vaccine bonds 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. Read more |
| 21 May 2010 | Governments unite against pneumonia 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. Read more |
| 20 May 2010 | Japanese investors continue to show strong interest in IFFIm vaccine bonds 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. Read more |
| 30 April 2010 | Guyana tackles second biggest killer of children 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. Read more |
| 23 March 2010 | World's poorest children among first to receive new life-saving pneumococcal vaccines 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. Read more |
| 22 March 2010 | Media advisory: GAVI to save 4.2 million lives by 2015 GAVI will unveil a plan later this week to save more than four million lives in the next five years by increasing access to immunisation in the world’s poorest countries. Read more |
| 27 January 2010 | Media Advisory: Bill and Melinda Gates to Announce Major New Vaccine Funding Press conference at World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland to announce major new Gates Foundation commitment to vaccine development and delivery. Read more |
| 11 January 2010 | Ireland supporting immunisation for children in developing countries Ireland has reaffirmed its commitment to children in the developing world by announcing a further € 1 million in funding to the GAVI Alliance to immunize vulnerable children. Read more |
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