News releases

Gavi delivers largest shipment yet to DRC in support of international mpox response

The latest shipment of 200,000 mpox vaccine doses from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, will arrive this week in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to support outbreak response.

Portuguese Government strengthens support for global health with €2.5 million pledge – a 54% increase in contributions – to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

The Government of Portugal, through the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is announcing a €2.5 million contribution to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance for the period 2026–2030

Nearly half a million children in Bangladesh miss full immunization, despite 81.6% coverage: Gavi, UNICEF, and WHO urge immediate action for equity

Immunization gaps persist in urban slums and hard-to-reach areas, calling for immediate, targeted action.

Mali pioneers novel hybrid vaccine delivery approach to combat malaria

On World Malaria Day, Mali becomes the 20th African country to introduce malaria vaccine.

Vaccination progress helps save millions of lives in African region

An increase in vaccine coverage in Africa is helping protect millions of people from life-threatening diseases such as measles, polio and cervical cancer.

Increases in vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks threaten years of progress, warn WHO, UNICEF, Gavi

Agencies call for sustained investments in immunization efforts amidst looming funding cuts

Somalia launches nationwide vaccination against pneumococcal disease and rotavirus diarrhoea

The Federal Republic of Somalia has introduced vaccines against pneumococcal infections and rotavirus diarrhoea into its national immunization programme.

Gavi supports Côte d'Ivoire's largest HPV vaccination campaign targeting over 3 million girls

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance in partnership with the government of Côte d'Ivoire is supporting the launch of the largest human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign in the country to date. The campaign, which will run from 7 April, until 13…

Gavi-funded meningococcal vaccines arrive in Nigeria to aid outbreak response

This week, Nigeria’s Ministry of Health received over 1,000,000 pentavalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine (Men5CV) doses from the Gavi-funded global stockpile to combat the meningococcus C and W outbreak in northern Nigeria. The outbreak has…