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South Africa joins seven nations in backing the IFFIm

25 Apr 2006

The Government of South Africa announced today that it will contribute US$20 million over 20 years to the International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm).

Brazil announces support for global immunisation and IFFIm to save millions of world’s poorest children

09 Mar 2006

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has announced that Brazil will contribute US$20 million over 20 years to the International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm). Brazil joins six European nations in committing to this innovative financing mechanism.

Statement by Julian Lob-Levyt, GAVI Alliance Executive Secretary at the conference on Innovative Financing for Development

02 Mar 2006

GAVI commends France and the UK for their work in developing innovative ways to finance achieving the Millennium Development Goals. In particular, GAVI welcomes their decision to support the International Financing Facility for Immunization, which will save millions of children by giving them access to vaccines and improving health systems in devel...

IFFIm takes next steps toward saving millions of lives

26 Feb 2006

The International Finance Facility for Immunization (IFFIm), the new multinational fund that will leverage long-term commitments from rich governments to raise urgently needed financing for health programmes in poor countries, is close to implementation, the GAVI Alliance announced today.

Norway increases and prolongs support for global immunisation until 2015

07 Dec 2005

The Prime Minister of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg, announced today that starting in 2006 the Government of Norway will boost its annual support to the GAVI Alliance (formerly known as the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization).

Key European Nations join UK and France to commit nearly US$4 billion to expand child immunisation in developing countries

09 Sep 2005

Innovative financing approach will tap capital markets to maximize impact of funds London, 9 September - The United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, and Sweden today committed nearly US$4 billion to support and scale up the work of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) over the next decade. These long-term and unprecedented financ...

Statement regarding IFFIm and Eurostat ruling

02 Aug 2005

The Eurostat decision paves the way for the full-funding and eventual implementation of IFFIm. We are delighted by this decision and are grateful to all those who worked so hard to create this innovative financing vehicle.