COVAX awarded 2021 North-South Prize for enhancing global equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines

Geneva, 21 December 2021 – The COVAX Facility has been awarded the 2021 North-South Prize of the Council of Europe in recognition of its efforts to ensure that COVID-19 vaccines are available worldwide, including in low-income countries, and for…

Gavi and Moderna reach agreement for additional supply to COVAX

Agreement will make up to an additional 150 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine available to COVAX Facility participants in Q2 and Q3 2022, at the lowest tiered price.

Gavi Board approves malaria vaccine programme funding, COVAX 2022 strategic approach and measures to maintain, restore and strengthen routine immunisation

A new malaria vaccination programme has been approved, providing Gavi-eligible countries in sub-Saharan Africa a powerful new tool with which to fight malaria.

Gavi Board approves funding to support malaria vaccine roll-out in sub-Saharan Africa

A new malaria vaccination programme will support Gavi-eligible countries to implement a new tool in the fight against malaria in sub-Saharan Africa in 2022-2025, including vaccine introduction, procurement and delivery

New Zealand kicks off 2022 COVAX fundraising efforts with NZ$ 9 million funding pledge

One of the first COVAX funders and first dose donors, New Zealand has again stepped up and pledged NZ$ 9 million in funding to the Gavi COVAX Advance Market Commitment (Gavi COVAX AMC). This funding will help COVAX better respond to country needs…

Joint Statement on Dose Donations of COVID-19 Vaccines to African Countries

Building on lessons learned from our collective experience with dose donations over the past several months, the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT), the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and COVAX wish to draw…

Team Europe dose-sharing: nine additional EU member-states support lower-income countries through COVAX

As part of a pledge of 500 million doses by Team Europe, eight EU Member States have donated doses of the AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer vaccines to COVAX to support lower-income economies around the world in the fight against the…

Gavi and Switzerland collaborate to prioritise supply to COVAX

Switzerland becomes first country to respond to call to trade places with COVAX in manufacturers’ supply queues.

Team Europe vaccine sharing: almost 100 million J & J doses to be donated by the end of 2021 – first doses arriving in African countries this week

The first shipments of almost 100 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine from Team Europe are arriving in a number of African countries. This donation is facilitated by a tripartite agreement between Belgium (acting on behalf of Team…

Luxembourg stands up for equitable access by donating doses to COVAX – first doses reach Rwanda

As part of a 409,600-dose pledge to COVAX, Rwanda has become the first country to receive COVID-19 vaccines donated by Luxembourg, receiving 12,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. This commitment is part of a Team Europe pledge to donate 500…

Gavi and humanitarian agencies partner to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to the most vulnerable people in the world

Geneva/New York, 16 November 2021 – Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) and the member agencies of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) the humanitarian system’s main coordinating body1, are working together to ensure that the most vulnerable…

First Greek COVAX doses arrive in Kenya and Syria

The first shipments of a 3 million dose pledge to COVAX thus far by Greece have arrived in Kenya (376,800 doses) and Syria (144,000). This builds on previous funding commitments of EUR 1.5 million to the Gavi COVAX Advance Market Commitment (Gavi…

Last updated: 20 Nov 2023

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