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IFFIm earns A+ rating from FCDO

01 Nov 2023

IFFIm has earned an A+ score, reflecting its continued strong performance in 2021 and 2022 supporting Gavi, according to the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).

IFFIm funding helps VaccinesWork: measles, pneumococcus, rotavirus and yellow fever

01 Nov 2023

Funds provided by IFFIm over the last 17 years have had a catalytic effect on increasing uptake of underused vaccines in low-income countries.

Gavi’s Annual Progress Report highlights rebound in routine immunisation underpinned by record domestic funding; warns of challenges ahead

01 Nov 2023

Gavi reveals that basic childhood immunisation rebounded in 2022 as lower-income countries collectively contributed US$ 162 million to co-finance Gavi-supported vaccines, the highest amount in their 23-year history.

Zambia launches major HPV vaccine campaign

06 Oct 2023

Health workers and vaccine advocates hope boosting vaccine coverage rates will turn the tide on the preventable cancer.

Curbing rotavirus in coastal Kenya

06 Sep 2023

Armed with vaccines, soap, and water, Mombasa is fighting back against the deadly diarrhoeal infection.

Ugandan public gets serious about knocking back yellow fever

21 Aug 2023

Months after a major mass preventive vaccination drive, clinics are still seeing streams of people coming in to ask for the jab, say happy health workers.

IFFIm takes the spotlight at Gavi’s Raising Generation ImmUnity conference

01 Aug 2023

On 13 June, current and former Board members Ken Lay, Doris Herrera-Pol, Christopher “Edge” Egerton-Warburton and Francesca Manno, a Director in the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance, made IFFIm the focus of a high-level plenary session, “IFFIm: the Past, Present and Future of the World’s First Social Bond.”The event was part of Gavi’s Mid-Te...