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Helen Clark
Helen Clark
Chair-elect,
Gavi Board
The Board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance has appointed Rt Hon Helen Clark as its new Chair, beginning in January 2026.
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Health & Prosperity through Immunisation
At Gavi's high-level pledging summit, co-hosted by the European Union and the Gates Foundation, a record number of donors pledged towards Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, securing more than US$ 9 billion towards a target budget of US$ 11.9 billion to fund our ambitious strategy to protect 500 million children, saving at least 8 million lives from 2026–2030, protect our world from the threat of pandemics, and protect communities from conflict, climate change and other global challenges.
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At Gavi's high-level pledging summit, co-hosted by the European Union and the Gates Foundation, a record number of donors pledged towards Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, securing more than US$ 9 billion towards a target budget of US$ 11.9 billion to fund our ambitious strategy to protect 500 million children, saving at least 8 million lives from 2026–2030, protect our world from the threat of pandemics, and protect communities from conflict, climate change and other global challenges.
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Gavi's five-year plan
Learn more about the five-year strategy setting out the vision and goals that drive our work.
Learn more about the five-year strategy setting out the vision and goals that drive our work.
Gavi's impact
>1.2
billion
children vaccinated through routine programmes
>20.6
million
future deaths averted
19
countries
fully self-financing
>280
US$ billion
in economic benefits for countries
2.1
billion
vaccinations through preventive vaccination campaigns
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VaccinesWork is an award-winning digital platform hosted by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance covering news, features and explainers from every corner of global health and immunisation.
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