US EditionAfrica: World Leaders Recommit to Immunisation Amid Global Funding Shortfall
- World leaders convened at the Global Summit in Brussels on June 25, 2025, pledging over $9 billion toward Gavi's 2026-2030 vaccine strategy to protect 500 million children.
- This funding effort follows growing international support amid challenges including budgetary constraints, political uncertainties, aid cuts, and calls for innovative financing solutions.
- Governments and partners highlighted Gavi's vital role in equitable vaccine access, strengthening health systems worldwide, and expanding African vaccine manufacturing capacity through initiatives like AVMA.
- Key donors included the UK with a $1.7 billion pledge, the Gates Foundation with $1.6 billion, Italy contributing 250 million euros, and Team Europe pledging over 2 billion euros collectively.
- The pledges aim to avert up to nine million deaths and unlock economic benefits while emphasizing the need for sustained commitment amid ongoing challenges to vaccine funding.
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Global vaccine group Gavi has $9bn — short of its target
Global vaccine group Gavi has more than $9bn (R158.80bn) for its work over the next five years helping to immunise the world's poorest children, including money raised at a Brussels fundraising summit, it said on Wednesday.
·Johannesburg, South Africa
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Africa: World Leaders Recommit to Immunisation Amid Global Funding Shortfall
Brussels -- The Global Summit: Health & Prosperity through Immunisation sees a record number of donors pledge towards Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, securing more than US$ 9 billion towards a target budget of US$ 11.9 billion for its next strategic period (2026-2030) Additional commitments were made, including an unprecedented US$ 4.5 billion in complementary financing from development finance institutions in support of country systems and accelera…
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