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Available statements, declarations, speeches, and editorials
2009
17 June 2009
Global leaders remain committed to Health MDGs
In a landmark annual status report, leading global health players and donor nations warn that the ongoing economic crisis must not threaten international commitments to reaching the Health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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14 May 2009
GAVI welcomes new US Global Health Initiative
With its focus on neglected diseases and health system strengthening, President Barack Obama's global health initiative represents an important first step for the new Administration, says CEO Julian Lob-Levyt.
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06 April 2009
GAVI welcomes World Bank decision on
Advance Market Commitment initiative
GAVI Alliance Chief Executive Officer Dr. Julian Lob-Levyt welcomes the April 3rd decision by the World Bank to provide a financial platform for the Alliance’s Advance Market Commitment (AMC).
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02 April 2009
Open letter to G20 from the GAVI Alliance and The Global Fund
On the eve of the G20 meeting in London on April 2, 2009, Dr Julian Lob-Levyt, Chief Executive Officer of the GAVI Alliance, and Professor Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director of The Global Fund, wrote an open letter inviting G20 leaders to increase investments in improving healthcare for the world's poor despite the global economic crisis.
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25 March 2009
Update on Immunisation Services Support (ISS)
During the course of 2008, the GAVI Alliance undertook an assessment of ISS, which culminated in the establishment of an independent task team to review the quality of data and the resulting estimates of coverage that this performance-based programme relies upon. Upon completion of its final meeting in February, the task team produced a series of recommendations for GAVI.
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25 March 2009
GAVI Alliance welcomes US$ 75 million contribution from the United States
GAVI Alliance Chief Executive Officer Dr Julian Lob-Levyt thanks the United States government for a US$ 75 million contribution – its highest ever -- to support the Alliance’s work to immunise children and strengthen health systems in the world’s poorest countries.
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20 January 2009
Update on Immunisation Services Support (ISS)
Over the course of this month, GAVI’s country support team has worked with colleagues from the World Health Organization to assess and compare country-reported administrative data and WHO/UNICEF coverage estimates in the ISS programme.
Our analysis shows a significantly different picture than the one presented in a study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) issued in December.
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15 January 2009
Publication of UNICEF’s State of the World’s Children 2009 Statement by Julian Lob-Levyt, Executive Secretary, GAVI Alliance
Building strong health systems is critical to ensuring improved health for the world’s most vulnerable -- poor mothers and their children. UNICEF’s State of the World’s Children 2009, published today, provides strong evidence of the progress being made in improving child health in poor countries but their mothers remain at high risk of disease and death.
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