The Big Catch-Up: a legacy that could last generations
Pandemic disruptions reversed decades of immunisation progress. A programme designed to catch-up, restore and strengthen immunisation programmes is shifting paradigms.
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View moreIn Congo-Brazzaville, health workers take to the streets to build trust
In Pointe-Noire, the decision to vaccinate is not made only at the health centre. It takes shape on doorsteps, in conversations between mothers, health workers and neighbours, wherever trust is built or rebuilt.
While Africa accounts for roughly 25% of the global disease burden, its people are largely invisible in randomised controlled trials.
The typhoid jab is helping mothers reclaim their livelihoods in Western Kenya
Less than a year after the introduction of the typhoid conjugate vaccine, mothers from endemic parts of Kenya say their children are staying out of hospital. Their work lives, finances and feelings have stabilised as a result.
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The Gavi Leap
The Gavi Leap
The Gavi Leap is the most ambitious reform agenda in global health, offering a blueprint for broader reform of the health and development architecture. Learn more about how Leap principles, such as country ownership, radical simplification and innovation, are already having a tangible impact on how immunisation is delivered in Gavi-supported countries.
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View allThe Government of Burundi introduces the HPV vaccine to protect girls and prevent cervical cancer
Under the leadership of the Ministry of Public Health and with the support of Gavi, UNICEF, and the WHO, Burundi has just launched, on April 29, 2026, the vaccine against HPV, which causes cervical cancer.
Marking World Immunization Week 2026, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) announced that, together with partners in the Gavi-funded REACH consortium, it has delivered more than 30 million life-saving vaccine doses in some of the world’s most…
HPV vaccination will help avert nearly one million cervical cancer deaths and produce an estimated US$ 1.8 billion in economic gains across African implementing countries.
The Vaccine Alliance
The Vaccine Alliance
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Gavi 6.0 funding guidelines
Newly released funding guidelines outline the scope of Gavi’s vaccine and cash support for the 2026–2030 strategic period (Gavi 6.0), explain how countries should plan and prioritise their immunisation programmes within this support, clarify the requirements for the Gavi 6.0 country application and describe how to access other forms of assistance such as outbreak and emergency support.
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Partner countries
Since its inception in 2000, Gavi has helped to immunise a whole generation – over 1.2 billion children – and prevented more than 20.6 million future deaths, helping to halve child mortality in 78 lower‑income countries.
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