US pledges $800M to Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization

The United States has pledged $800 million to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization to help the nonprofit reach its goal of vaccinating 300 million children in low-income countries against potentially fatal diseases, according to an NPR report.

GAVI asked for funding at a conference in Berlin on Tuesday and was met with an overwhelming response. Listed below are the new pledges to GAVI for vaccination programs from 2016 to 2020.

  • United Kingdom — $1.6 billion
  • Norway — $969 million
  • United States — $800 million
  • Germany — $720 million
  • Canada — $441 million
  • Netherlands — $300 million
  • European Commission — $240 million
  • France — $212 million
  • Sweden — $206 million
  • Australia — $206 million
  • Italy — $120 million
  • Saudi Arabia — $25 million
  • Ireland — $18 million
  • Qatar — $10 million
  • Luxembourg — $5 million
  • China — $5 million
  • Oman — $3 million
  • India — $1 million

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation also made a sizeable pledge to GAVI, amounting to nearly $1.6 billion.

 

 

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