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IFFIm returns to market with US$ 500 million 3-year bond

25 Oct 2022

The International Finance Facility for Immunisation Company (IFFIm) today priced a US$ 500 million, 3-year fixed rate bond to provide Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, with immediately available funding to support routine immunisation in lower-income countries, reaching nearly half the world’s children.

How the World Bank built trust in vaccine bonds

21 Oct 2022

Interview with Doris Herrera-Pol and Heike Reichelt.

Gavi Annual Progress Report: 2021 was “defining” for IFFIm

21 Oct 2022

From its founding in 2000 to the end of 2021, Gavi has helped to immunise a whole generation – over 981 million children – and prevented more than 16.2 million future deaths, helping to halve child mortality in 73 lower-income countries by the end of 2021. These are a few of the results published in Gavi’s 2021 Annual Progress Report.

A mountain to climb: often – too often – the “last mile” is a health worker’s extra mile

04 Oct 2022

Michelline Uwimana treks through the mountainous terrain of rural Uganda come rain or shine. The walk is gruelling, but the alternative – communities going without vital healthcare – would be worse.

Local solutions to local problems: Reaching zero-dose children in Chad’s nomadic communities

06 Sep 2022

An innovative approach that combines children and animal vaccinations is helping to boost coverage amongst zero-dose children in Chad’s nomadic communities.

Bangladesh’s success in dealing with COVID-19

01 Sep 2022

A quick response, early drive for vaccines, proper campaign management and mass participation have helped Bangladesh fully vaccinate more than 70% of its population against COVID-19.

Dealing with diarrhoea: Nigeria introduces rotavirus vaccine into its immunisation plan

30 Aug 2022

Nigeria has the second highest number of rotavirus deaths in the world. The historic introduction of the vaccine into its routine immunisation system aims to change that.