Press releases, 2016

Gavi Board decisions also taken to strengthen emergency vaccine stockpiles and to accelerate human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine programme to protect 40 million girls against cervical cancer by 2020.

Hard-to-reach children in Africa and Asia could benefit from the new partnership.

Measles outbreaks in numerous countries – caused by gaps in routine immunisation and in mass vaccination campaigns – continue to be a serious challenge.

5-in-1 pentavalent vaccine will come from a broad base of manufacturers at half the 2016 average price for the next three years.

Without intervention the rising number of deaths from cervical cancer will exceed maternal mortality rates in developing countries.

The partnership will help improve the planning, coverage and impact of immunisation programmes to reach more children with vaccines.

Children in Sudan are set to become the first in the Meningitis belt to benefit from the introduction of Meningitis A vaccine into a routine immunization programme.

At her first Board meeting, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala calls on funders to match Gavi’s proposed malaria vaccine pilot commitment

Increased funding will help immunise 300 million more children in the world’s poorest countries by 2020.

High level mission praises country’s efforts and calls for increased commitment to reach every child

Innovative financing mechanism helping pneumococcal vaccines reach poorest children in record time.

Africa United leverages football to catalyse health and unveils focus on universal access to immunisation at 4th edition of the Orange African Nations Championship in Rwanda.

Call to entrepreneurs, corporations and implementers to innovate and improve vaccine delivery.

Agreement will help push vaccine towards regulatory approval.