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'Vaccine bonds' offer Japanese savers an ethical investment

16 Jan 2009

Vaccine bonds will offer Japanese investors a fixed rate of return plus an opportunity to see their money used to help immunise children in the world's poorest countries.

With new 'Vaccine Bonds' Japanese Investors will have the opportunity to save more children’s lives in the poorest countries of the world

11 Dec 2008

New "Vaccine Bonds" expected to be offered in Japan by Daiwa Securities Group next year aim to accelerate immunisation of children in the world's poorest countries against deadly diseases. These new Vaccine Bonds would be the second initiative of its kind in Japan to use the capital markets to raise funds for a specific development purpose. [Englis...

Japanese investors welcome the launch of IFFIm’s debut 'vaccine bonds'

04 Mar 2008

Japanese investors welcomed the launch of the debut offering in the Japanese market of the International Finance Facility for Immunisation Company

'Vaccine bonds' offered in Japan will help save children’s lives in the developing world

27 Feb 2008

A "vaccine bond" expected to be offered in Japan next month aims to accelerate efforts to immunise children in the world’s poorest countries against deadly diseases, the first initiative of its kind in Japan to use the capital markets to raise funds for a specific development purpose.

'Vaccine Bonds' to speed up access to life saving vaccines in the poorest countries around the world

28 Jan 2008

Daiwa Securities Group, the International Finance Facility for Immunisation Company, the GAVI Alliance, and the World Bank, announce IFFIm’s expected inaugural issuance of notes under its Global Debt Issuance Programme targeting mainly Japanese retail investors.

First year results: IFFIm provides US$ 1 billion to prevent disease

28 Nov 2007

Nearly US$ 1 billion is being injected into life-saving vaccines and health services in developing countries as a result of the bond issuance by the International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm) one year ago this month.

Bond investors speed up access to life saving vaccines

31 May 2007

The GAVI Alliance announced today it will distribute almost US$1 billion in funds in 2007, raised by the International Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm) on capital markets to help poor nations prevent life-threatening diseases and strengthen their health systems.