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The UK's pioneering role in IFFIm: Building on a legacy and continuing to lead*

08 May 2025

For decades, the United Kingdom has been a champion of global health—especially in its efforts to find innovative solutions to ensure life-saving vaccines reach those who need them most. At the heart of this commitment is the International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm), an initiative forged by the UK to revolutionise global health finan...

Board members highlight IFFIm’s value at high-profile events in spring 2025

08 May 2025

This spring, IFFIm Board members Rachel Turner and Ingrid van Wees took center stage at major global events, emphasising the power of innovative finance in a pivotal moment for global immunisation. Their discussions underscored how IFFIm’s model transforms long-term donor commitments into immediate funding, allowing donors to achieve rapid impact, ...

"A wonderful development": in malaria-plagued northern Nigeria, the vaccine’s arrival brings joy

07 Apr 2025

The emotional and financial distress of having a child down with malaria is regrettably familiar to residents of Kaura community in Kebbi state, who hope that’s set to change.

After pandemic setback and natural disasters, Malawi school teachers help dial up HPV vaccine uptake

03 Feb 2025

The government’s strategy of training up teachers to explain the science to confused or worried parents is working, learns Ashley Simango.

Mongolia to combat cervical cancer with massive HPV vaccination campaign

01 Nov 2024

Mongolia is set to begin vaccinating all its 11-year-olds against the cancer-causing virus. Survivor Ainagul Samenbek calls the jab “our key chance”.

Polio: a VaccinesWork guide

24 Oct 2024

This week, Gavi's VaccinesWork shines its spotlight on polio, a disease the world is on the verge of vanquishing.

Five ways meningitis vaccines are saving lives

01 Oct 2024

Vaccines that tackle the causes of meningitis are crucial to the 2030 goal to eliminate the disease – here’s how.