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News and resources

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, ...

IFFIm increases its most recent bond by US$ 250 million to total US$ 1.25 billion

23 Apr 2025

This week, the International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm) increased by US$ 250 million the October 2024 bond, which had previously raised US$1 billion.

"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.

Fighting deadly disease on Uganda’s tea plantations

26 Feb 2025

Tea-picking communities are home to more than their share of unimmunised children. An outreach project is changing that.

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.

IFFIm finances Gavi’s groundbreaking malaria vaccine programme

17 Dec 2024

Gavi’s achievements in rolling out the malaria vaccine are a historic breakthrough in the fight against one of the world's deadliest diseases. With critical, flexible financing from IFFIm, the malaria vaccine will protect millions of young lives and reshape health systems in malaria-prone regions.