Zimbabwe: UEFA, CAF and Gavi Bring Goal Getters to Zimbabwe As Vaccine Awareness Campaign Grows Across Africa

CAF, UEFA and Gavi, in partnership with Ministries of Health, are accelerating a pan-African movement empowering girls, countering misinformation and promoting confident, informed… Read more »

Africa: Gavi and World Bank Group Deepen Collaboration to Boost Health System Resilience and Regional Vaccine Manufacturing

World Bank Group and Gavi sign a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen immunisation, primary healthcare and regional vaccine manufacturing Together, the partners will… Read more »

Africa: Gavi and Global Polio Eradication Initiative Boards Convene for Second Joint Session

The Boards of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) convened to further strengthen collaboration and accelerate progress toward… Read more »

Morocco: Morocco Pledges U.S.$5 Million to Gavi, Debuts As a Donor to Global Immunisation Efforts

Morocco makes a donation to Gavi, pledging US$ 5 million towards its next strategic period Contribution reflects His Majesty King Mohammed VI's royal vision for African resilience,… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Takes a Major Step to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus With Birth Dose Vaccine Introduction

Ethiopia has launched the national introduction of the Hepatitis B Birth Dose (HepB BD) vaccine, marking a major step in strengthening newborn immunization and combating the… Read more »

Africa: Gavi and Unicef Announce Equitable Pricing Deal for Malaria Vaccine to Protect 7 Million More Children By End of Decade

Deal secures more accessible future price per dose, resulting savings of up to US$ 90 million Savings expected to help secure 30 million additional doses, protecting up to 7… Read more »

Zambia: Zambia Launches Malaria Vaccine to Protect Over Half Million Children

The Ministry of Health also presented the Costed Primary Health Care (PHC) Strategy 2025-2031 and its Operational Plan (2025-2026) Read more »

Mozambique: Gavi, Who, and Unicef Strengthen Commitment to Cervical Cancer Prevention in Mozambique, Protecting Nearly 3 Million Girls

The Government of Mozambique, in collaboration with Alliance partners Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and the World Health… Read more »

Africa: As World Health Summit Gathers in Berlin, Gavi and IRC's Reach Consortium Deliver 20 Million Vaccine Doses in Crisis Settings, Reduces Delivery Cost Per Dose to U.S.$2

As delegates from around the world and across the private sector and civil society gather for the 2025 World Health Summit, the Reaching Every Child in Humanitarian Settings… Read more »

Ghana: Ghana Launches HPV Vaccine to Protect Over 2 Million Girls and Combat Cervical Cancer

Ghana Health Services, in partnership with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), the World Health Organization (WHO), and UNICEF, today launched the country's first nationwide human… Read more »

Africa: Helen Clark Named As New Chair of the Gavi Board

Gavi Board unanimously approves the selection of Rt Hon Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, as its new Chair Clark will replace Professor José Manuel Barroso,… Read more »

Africa: Gavi Announces Record-Setting Year for Saving Lives Through Immunisation

In 2024, Gavi-supported vaccines saved a record-breaking 1.7 million lives - 400,000 more than in 2023 - according to Gavi's Annual Progress Report Major progress reported in… Read more »

Africa: Partnering for a Rabies-Free Future - Integrating Rabies Control Into National Health Priorities

Geneva - In line with this year's World Rabies Day theme, "Act Now: You, Me, Community", the Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC) and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) are… Read more »

Africa: Gavi Welcomes Renewed Commitments Health Equity and Security Made At TICAD9

Prime Minister of Japan H.E. Shigeru Ishiba announces Japan's contribution of up to US$ 550 million to Gavi's next strategic period at TICAD9 Gavi and the African Union Commission… Read more »

Zambia: Gavi Expands U.S.$ 28 Million Health Facility Solarisation Project With Inauguration of First Facility in Zambia

Zambia is the first of four Health Facility Electrification (HFSE) implementors - alongside Pakistan, Ethiopia, and Uganda - to inaugurate a solarised facility Over 250 remote… Read more »

Guinea: Guinea Introduces Malaria Vaccine Into Routine Immunization

- Under the leadership of the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene, and with the support of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and PATH,… Read more »

Africa: 2024 Global Immunisation Coverage Estimates - Understanding the Picture in Lower-Income Countries

Each year WHO and UNICEF release global and national routine immunisation coverage estimates (WUENIC).Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance analyses what the 2024 WUENIC data says about the… Read more »

Africa: Emergency Vaccine Response Has Cut Infectious Disease Deaths By Nearly 60 Percent Since 2000

Researchers at Burnet Institute, in collaboration with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, have provided the world's first ever look at the historical impact of emergency vaccination… Read more »

Africa: World Leaders Recommit to Immunisation Amid Global Funding Shortfall

The Global Summit: Health & Prosperity through Immunisation sees a record number of donors pledge towards Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, securing more than US$ 9 billion towards a… Read more »

Africa: Global Leaders Unite to Accelerate Cervical Cancer Elimination Efforts

New commitments at Bali forum drive momentum to save hundreds of thousands of girls and women from cancer. Read more »

Africa: Resurgence of Preventable Diseases Threatens Children in East Asia and the Pacific

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, UNICEF and WHO raise alarm over falling vaccine coverage and eroding trust, with measles cases at their highest since 2020 Read more »

Africa: Lower-Income Countries Commit Record U.S.$ 250 Million Towards Immunisation

In 2024, lower-income countries supported by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance contributed more than US$ 250 million, a record, towards their own immunisation programmes. 19% year-on-year… Read more »

Africa: AIIB and Gavi Partner to Advance Sustainable Health and Immunization Financing

Providing up to USD 1 billion in financing to support AIIB members that are also eligible for Gavi support. Jointly developing innovative financing mechanisms to support health and… Read more »

Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Leads Regional Push to Close Immunization Gaps During African Vaccination Week 2025

The Government of Sierra Leone, in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC), World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and a broad coalition… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Gavi Delivers Largest Shipment Yet to DR Congo 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.… Read more »