Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, helps vaccinate half the world’s children against deadly and debilitating diseases. French posts @gavi_fr #ForOurFuture
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🎯 125 million vaccine doses administered
🌍 Nearly 21 million children protected across 36 countries
💉14.3 million zero-dose children reached
The #BigCatchUp initiative, launched by Gavi, @WHO and @UNICEF in 2023 has largely reached its target making it the largest ever international effort to reach missed children with life-saving vaccines! #VaccinesWork
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We are delighted to announce that the Gavi Board has approved the appointment of Senator Dr @SaniaNishtar as Gavi's Chief Executive Officer as of March 2024! bit.ly/3RSpEGX
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Congratulations Dr @SaniaNishtar! We look forward to welcoming your wealth of knowledge, passion and expertise:
I am honoured and humbled to announce that I have accepted the position of CEO of @Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. I look forward to leading one of the most impactful
organisations in global health as of March 18th
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We’re very proud to announce that 600,000 doses of #COVAX vaccines, the first to be shipped and delivered, have now arrived in Ghana. This is a truly momentous day, and a major milestone reached for a global solution to this global pandemic: bit.ly/37HcuX3
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Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, and @glblctzn have secured dollar-for-dollar donation matching from @Mastercard and other foundations to help us provide #COVID19 vaccines through #COVAX for those most in need! mstr.cd/2PYqtCe
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We’re delighted to announce that the @Gavi Board has approved the appointment of Dr @Muhammadpate to succeed @GaviSeth as Chief Executive Officer of the Vaccine Alliance as of August 2023: bit.ly/3lyiOtP
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In February, Ghana became the first African country to receive vaccines through #COVAX. Meet one of the nurses spearheading the vaccination effort: bityl.co/6ApS
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We are thrilled to announce that our goal has been achieved and surpassed! Thank you to all our incredible donors for reaching a total figure of US$ 8.8 billion! #GVS2020
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We are pleased to announce that we are collaborating with the @SerumInstIndia and the @GatesFoundation to accelerate manufacturing and delivery of up to 100 million doses of future #COVID19 vaccines for low- and middle-income countries in 2021: bit.ly/3a2CNGY
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We’re excited to announce that 12 countries in Africa will be allocated a total of 18 million doses of the world’s first #malaria vaccine over the next two years with Gavi support! bit.ly/44bLvOA
@WHO @UNICEF @GSK @UNITAID @GlobalFund @MedAccessUK @PATHTweets @USAIDGH
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We are thrilled that @Glblctzn’s fundraising initiative led by Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex in partnership with @MasterCard, @Citi and others has raised $3 million for #COVAX! A huge thank you to all who donated:
Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have secured dollar for dollar donation matching from several organizations for COVAX through @gavi, the Vaccine Alliance! If you can, donate to provide COVID vaccines for all: bddy.me/3hqpV3p
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Vaccines prevent millions of deaths every year by harnessing the body’s immune system to create defences against future infection. But how exactly do #VaccinesWork? Read our latest explainer: bit.ly/2DGjE1Y
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How can the fight to #endpolio help inform the #COVID19 response? The @unfoundation’s Elizabeth Thrush looks at how the lessons from global efforts to eliminate polio can be applied to the current pandemic: bit.ly/32uaBKJ
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Vaccines protect everyone!
Through herd immunity, vaccinated people are not only protecting themselves, they are indirectly protecting their whole community.
➡️ ow.ly/LHgT30jspFJ
#VaccinesWork #GotLife
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“Not only is this tremendous multilateral effort pulling the world gradually out of the pandemic, [COVAX] has also played the foundation for collaboration against future pandemics" - H.E. @NAkufoAddo, President of Ghana
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Thank you, @ladygaga for using your voice to speak up for equitable vaccine access in the world’s poorest countries because no country is safe until every country is safe from the threat of #COVID19. Via @GlblCtzn @hughcevans: bit.ly/2RCQkgt
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“If we do not act now to curb antibiotic use, we will invite a new pandemic. And, unlike #COVID19, no vaccine will save us” - @DrLoice. Read more via @ProSyn: bit.ly/33ciGDD
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Thanks, horseshoe crabs! 🦀🤗💉
#VaccinesWork
Not all blood is red. A horseshoe crab’s is blue—and it clots in the presence of disease-causing bacteria, so manufacturers test drugs with it to make sure their products aren’t contaminated. If you’ve been vaccinated against measles, mumps & smallpox, thank a horseshoe crab.
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We’re excited to announce we have signed an advance purchase agreement with @Novavax to purchase 350 million #COVID19 vaccine doses on behalf of the #COVAX Facility! bit.ly/3y1MZvc
@CEPIvaccines | @WHO | @UNICEF
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COVAX has now delivered its first billion doses of #COVID19 vaccines to 144 countries and territories across the world! We’re proud to work with @CEPIvaccines, @WHO, @UNICEF, @ACTAccelerator and others on the largest and most rapid global vaccine rollout in history. nitter.app/gavi/status/1482417328…
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Thank you H.E. @narendramodi and the people of India for pledging US$ 15 million to Gavi! #GVS2020 #VaccinesWork
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After an extensive and highly competitive process, Senator Dr @SaniaNishtar has been appointed as Gavi’s next CEO, due to succeed David Marlow in March this year. Here’s everything you need to know about our incoming CEO: bit.ly/48Pz256
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Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke & Duchess of Sussex, and @glblctzn have secured dollar-for-dollar donation & from @Mastercard and other foundations to help us provide #COVID19 vaccines through #COVAX for those most in need! If you can, donate here: mstr.cd/2PYqtCe
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"We must not tolerate a world in which a child dies from a disease that can be easily prevented with a low-cost vaccine."
~ @WHO chief @DrTedros
#ProtectedTogether #VaccinesWork
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"Vaccination is generally regarded to be 1 of the most cost-effective interventions in public health." #vaccineswork ow.ly/v8fZ30eTRVM
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Could India’s “Covaxin” vaccine add to the global armoury of vaccines against #COVID19 after showing high efficacy in phase 3 trials? Here’s our explainer: bit.ly/3hH1gpx
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504,000 doses have arrived in Côte d’Ivoire!
This is moments after flight EK787 landed in Abidjan, bearing a shipment of more than half a million doses of #COVAX vaccines for people in Côte d’Ivoire. Follow for LIVE updates: bit.ly/37HcuX3
@CEPIvaccines @WHO @UNICEF
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This World Health Worker Week, we're celebrating 🎉 ALL health workers 👩⚕️👨⚕️who help make #VaccinesWork every day, every year:
THANK YOU! 🙏
Your dedication and hard work gives #EveryChild hope for a healthy future 👶🙌
#ThanksToYou #VaccineHeroes #WHWWeek
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You may not have heard of them, but these pioneers managed to #PressForProgress against diseases like #polio, meningitis & cervical #cancer.
Meet the women who helped modern #vaccineswork:
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#UNGA73 #SDGsforAll #SDG3 #SDG5 #HealthForAll #WomenInSTEM
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“Vaccines are a miracle. They’ve saved millions of lives.” Thank you @BillGates for this video explainer of the incredible power of #vaccines - and for outlining Gavi’s milestones for reducing child mortality rates in the world’s poorest countries!
Bill Gates
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"I look forward to working with Gavi’s talented staff and skilled Alliance partners to ensure Gavi reaches hundreds of millions of children in lower-income countries with life-saving vaccines against deadly and debilitating diseases" - Dr @SaniaNishtar.
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The Gavi Board has approved the appointment of Senator Dr @SaniaNishtar to the role of Chief Executive Officer of the Vaccine Alliance, starting in March 2024. Here’s everything you need to know about our incoming CEO: bit.ly/48Pz256
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"Vaccines have been so successful that we’ve lost the historical memory of the impact these diseases have on children." – @FlaviaBustreo
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The #COVAX portfolio is expanding! We’re delighted to have signed an advance purchase agreement with @moderna_tx for up to 500 million doses of their #COVID19 vaccine! bit.ly/337sQFN @WHO @CEPIvaccines
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Yep, it's that simple: #vaccineswork
#Vaccineswork! Each year, 2-3 million deaths are averted, with a simple tool: vaccines. uni.cf/2orCrW4 v/@unicefhaiti
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Gavi Board Chair @NOIweala was in #Ethiopia this week for the launch of the country's #Measles Vaccine Second Dose (MCV2) introduction. Thanks to the efforts of the Ministry of Health & partners, over 3.3 million children will receive the vaccine annually. ow.ly/7kQ630nGtBm
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We have made US$ 40 million available to @UNICEF to secure personal protective equipment (PPE), diagnostic tests and other vital supplies on behalf of 58 low and lower middle-income countries as they respond to #COVID19. Read more here: bit.ly/2YeEywP
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It's World Immunization Week! #Vaccineswork and protect everyone from deadly diseases, including this little guy! v/@WHOWPRO
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A historic day in the fight to #endmalaria!
Cameroon has become the first of many countries to introduce the RTS,S malaria vaccine into its routine immunisation programme.
We’re proud to work with partners to support the roll out of the world’s first malaria vaccine:
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More than 38 million #COVID19 vaccines have now been delivered to over 100 countries across 6 continents since the first international delivery on February 24th! bit.ly/31VKfk7 @CEPIvaccines @WHO @UNICEF
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Vaccines are one of the greatest innovations in the history of public health 💉💪
@Gavi, we support 13 vaccines around the world, and have helped to save 10 million lives!
#VaccinesWork #FridayFacts
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#COVAX has passed many historic milestones over the past few weeks: #COVID19 vaccine doses are reaching countries that could otherwise have been left behind:
@CEPIvaccines @WHO @UNICEF
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Lovely photo! RT @UNICEF_Moz: A mother hugs her baby as they wait to receive vaccinations at a health centre in Mali
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Congratulations to Cameroon for becoming the first country to introduce the world’s first #malaria vaccine into its routine immunisation programme! Join us in celebrating this historic milestone:
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🔴 WATCH LIVE: The Gavi #COVAX AMC Summit is set to secure funding to accelerate access to 1.8 billion #COVID19 vaccine doses for lower-income economies via the Gavi COVAX Advance Market Commitment. nitter.app/i/broadcasts/1LyGBdLXY…
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“At last, there’s a vaccine” - @ChelseaFC legend and malaria survivor @MichaelEssien is celebrating the news that the world’s first malaria vaccine will be rolled out in Africa with Gavi support. We spoke to him about what it means to him: bit.ly/3E8qDKo @bison5
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We’re thrilled to announce that today’s Global Summit: Health & Prosperity through Immunisation saw a record number of donors pledges, securing more than US $9bn of our total 2026-30 requirement of US$ 11.9bn! #ForOurFuture
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We are humbled by the fantastic support from our host and all our partners. Through a strong partnership and continuous innovation, we will make #VaccinesWork and leave no one behind! Thank you @BorisJohnson and @DFID_UK for hosting a successful #GVS2020
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They were key to helping modern #vaccineswork, but how many of these women have you heard of? ow.ly/xR3z30aEo9P #womeninSTEM
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Congratulations @GlblCtzn and @GlblCtznImpact for these inspiring outcomes from #GlobalCitizenLive. We appreciate your support for #COVAX, helping us to achieve #VaccineEquity across the globe.
Thank you to everyone who took action for #GlobalCitizenLive!!!
💰 $1.1B to defeat poverty
🌳 157M trees to defend the planet
💉 60M+ COVID-19 vaccines to end the pandemic
𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝘿𝙄𝘿 𝙏𝙃𝘼𝙏. Learn more about what you helped to achieve 👉 glblctzn.me/GCLIMPACT
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Congratulations Nigeria for introducing the lifesaving #HPV vaccine to protect millions of girls against #cervicalcancer!
This is a major step forward in the fight against the second most common cancer among women in Nigeria: bit.ly/3MdpwQk @Fmohnigeria @NphcdaNG
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Did this man save your life? 😯
A lot of us have Maurice Hilleman to thank for helping us live this long! 👏👏👏
— with @SmithsonianMag #VaccinesWork
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Wishing a big welcome to @SaniaNishtar on her first day as Gavi CEO. Sania, we have a busy year ahead: we are so delighted to have you on the team.
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Passion, commitment, humour, bubbles and a stick. @HansRosling, we will miss you very much! #vaccineswork #globalhealth
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Today @MinSanteRDC @VillageReach @Swoop_aero and Gavi celebrate the first use of drones to deliver vaccines to children in Équateur province.
Adding drones to the health system brings #DRC 🇨🇩one step closer to #HealthForAll.
bit.ly/2YxwclE
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“Dr Nishtar has built a reputation as a tireless advocate for health equity, an innovative thinker and a proven doer when it comes to solving complex challenges” - Gavi Board Chair @JMDBarroso.
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Congratulations India for practicing physical distancing and staying safe while getting vaccinated! Great to see these photos from a Health and Wellness Center in Raipur. #VaccinesWork to #ProtectTheNextGeneration 📸Anjali Ray
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THANK YOU to all vaccination volunteers! Volunteers are the key to helping vaccines reach the children who need them most.
Thanks to all health workers, #VaccinesWork for all children of Africa.
#AVW2018 #HealthWorkers #Volunteers
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We’re very proud to announce that the first #COVID19 vaccination campaigns in Africa using #COVAX-funded doses began today in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire! bit.ly/3014Nqq
@CEPIvaccines @WHO @UNICEF
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From 350,000 children paralysed by polio a year to nearly zero.
@UNICEF Ambassador @SofiaCarson highlights how far we’ve come, but our job isn't yet finished. Together, we can reach the last 0.1% and finish the fight against polio. 💪🌍
#ForOurFuture
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Great news! We have just signed new agreements with Sinopharm and Sinovac on behalf of the #COVAX Facility, making 110 million doses of their safe, effective #COVID19 vaccines immediately available to COVAX participants. Read more here: bit.ly/3r80si2
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This #WorldPolioDay, we want to say THANK YOU to the vaccine workers who are helping us beat this disease forever #EndPolio #VaccinesWork
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Thank you @WHO for helping us get 900,000 life-saving cholera vaccines to those at risk in Nigeria 🇳🇬 ow.ly/KRQ730fm4N6 #VaccinesWork
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The Gavi #COVAX AMC Summit raised an incredible US$ 2.4 billion from nearly 40 donor governments, the private sector and foundations, exceeding the funding target and bringing the total pledged to the COVAX AMC to US$ 9.6 billion to date! bit.ly/3wRJ2aV
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#COVAX is on track to deliver at least 2 billion doses by the end of the year, including at least 1.3 billion doses to 92 lower-income economies in the @Gavi COVAX Advance Market Commitment: bit.ly/2MddD0z
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#Measles vaccination has saved 93.7 million lives—yes, you read that right. Explore the numbers behind this vaccine success story and why we need to keep the fight going: bit.ly/4fztgb9
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The first doses of #COVID19 vaccines donated to #COVAX by the UK are set to land in Zambia and the DRC today! 3 million @AstraZeneca doses will be delivered to 11 African countries in the coming days; the first of 80 million pledged to COVAX in total. bit.ly/2VUvgr2
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As we celebrate Gavi’s 20th anniversary at #WEF20, it’s important to remind ourselves of why it was created – and the milestones that have been achieved since.
This is the story of an Alliance that today protects half the world’s children:
#ProtectTheNextGeneration
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"There is no other alternative to protect your family from #measles besides giving measles vaccine." @CDCGlobal #vaccineswork
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We’re delighted that the United States will join the #COVAX Facility! Thank you @POTUS @JoeBiden and @VP @KamalaHarris for committing to leaving no-one behind without the power of #COVID19 vaccines. #OneWorldProtected @CEPIvaccines @WHO
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This #WorldPolioDay, we’re celebrating the fact that wild poliovirus type 3 (WPV3) has officially been eradicated.
This brings us one step closer to a polio-free world. But there is still work to be done ➡️ gavi.org/library/news/statem…
#EndPolio
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We’re excited to celebrate the milestone of #COVAX delivering 500 million #COVID19 doses donated by 31 countries! Thank you to every donor who stepped up to support a global multilateral solution to the pandemic: bit.ly/3rqJL2Z @CEPIvaccines, @WHO, @UNICEF
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Nobody is safe from #COVID19 until everybody is safe. #COVAX is the fastest and fairest way to allocate vaccines for all economies to ensure communities around the world are protected: bit.ly/34aNiXZ
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Why is the #COVAX Facility a win-win solution and how will it ensure that more doses of a successful #COVID19 vaccine are made immediately available? Read @GaviSeth’s article for @FortuneMagazine: bit.ly/2WqEOHG
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Exciting news in the global fight against #malaria! The Gavi Board has just approved a new vaccination programme for Gavi-supported countries in sub-Saharan Africa which could save tens of thousands of lives every year! bit.ly/3rw77EU #VaccinesWork #StopMalaria
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"We will get a vaccine. And the role of our foundation is to make sure that medicines like this are available to the entire world. We have partners like Gavi who will help us with that distribution” - @BillGates via @FT: on.ft.com/3dNqqzd
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#Pneumonia kills more children under five than any other infection. But we know how to prevent it and save lives. Simple solutions like #vaccines, improved sanitation and a nutritious diet have already halved the number of children dying from this disease. #WorldPneumoniaDay
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Today is the day! Gavi and @DFID_UK are excited to welcome more than 25 Heads of State, as well as representatives from:
- Governments
- The private sector
- Implementing countries
- Civil society
- Alliance partners
- Manufacturers
...to #GVS2020 bit.ly/2LYJDC9
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One critical #globalhealth issue ignited @BillGates and @melindagates’ shared passion for the life-saving power of #vaccines and inspired them to sign a cheque for $750 million dollars to create the alliance.
Here, Bill Gates explains why he funded the creation of Gavi:
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Until a vaccine is developed, evidence suggests dexamethasone, a drug which is already in good supply and low cost, could prove valuable in reducing mortality, saving many thousands of lives in the interim. Here's how: bit.ly/2Ny3Yis
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We very much looking forward to welcoming Dr Pate as we “continue to help countries scale up critical routine immunisation programmes, reach #zerodosechildren, expand access to new vaccines, transform primary health care systems, and fight outbreaks."
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✌️ for #vaccineswork!
It's #womensday2017 Let's pledge to improve education & health for girls & women! #BeBoldforChange @gavi bit.ly/1yXsH2f
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"We cannot achieve health for all without vaccines for all."
~ @WHO Director General, @DrTedros
@DrTedros knows that if you've #GotVaccines, you've #GotLife! Vaccines are an important part of #PrimaryHealthCare.
#VaccinesWork
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Congratulations to South Sudan for introducing #malaria vaccines into its immunisation programme!
We’re proud to work with @unicefssudan, @WHOSouthSudan and other key partners to support @MoHsouthsudan’s efforts to #endmalaria: bit.ly/3W6b5BR
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Rwanda is well on the way to ensuring all the country’s children have received their routine vaccinations. We are committed to supporting them in their effort to ensure no children are left behind. #ForOurFuture @nsanzimanasabin
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A study found that in girls who received the HPV vaccine when they were 12 or 13 years old, there was an 87% reduction in cervical cancer! bit.ly/3qpdPvI #VaccinesWork
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Drug-resistant bugs are now one of the greatest threats to human health ⚠️
But we are still not fully exploiting one of our most powerful weapons against it: #Vaccines 💉
@GaviSeth explains ⬇️
#VaccinesWork #StopSuperBugs – via @sciam
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Government commitment, high-quality vaccination campaigns & dedicated health workers and volunteers made a wild polio-free 🇮🇳 possible. 10 years later, the country remains free of the virus! #EndPolio
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#COVAX now has agreements in place to access nearly two billion doses of #COVID19 vaccine candidates, on behalf of people in 190 participating economies, nearly 90% of the global population: bit.ly/34mOWVS @CEPIvaccines @WHO @UNICEF
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The @_AfricanUnion wants 60% of Africa’s vaccine demand to be manufactured on the continent by 2040.
Here’s how the new African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator will support this goal:
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Africa 🌍 is helping to #EndCholera with the biggest vaccine drive in history! 💉
We're working with...
🇳🇬 Nigeria
🇲🇼 Malawi
🇺🇬 Uganda
🇸🇸 S. Sudan
🇿🇲 Zambia
to beat recent outbreaks & reduce cholera deaths by 90% by 2030
➡️ ow.ly/j7p230jROIR
@WHO @SecGTFCC
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The world's first intranasal #COVID19 vaccine not only has the potential to combat vaccine hesitancy, it's easier for health workers to administer and eliminates risk of needle injuries. Learn about the iNCOVACC vaccine, from scientists at @BharatBiotech: bit.ly/3KeHj9y
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It's official! #VaccinesWork to save millions of lives AND prevent poverty 💉🙌
Vaccines can avert 36 million deaths and stop 24 million people becoming impoverished by medical bills by 2030, says @Health_Affairs
➡️ ow.ly/l24330iesOR
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93.7 million lives saved through #measles vaccination. A staggering achievement, and a testament to the power of immunisation.
As we look back on the year, let’s celebrate this progress and commit to the fight ahead: gavi.org/vaccineswork/story-…
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We’re excited that deliveries of U.S.-donated doses through COVAX will begin today with the first shipment of 1.5 million doses of the @moderna_tx vaccine arriving in Honduras! bit.ly/3hcyE7o @CEPIvaccines @WHO @UNICEF
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A little girl receives #polio vaccine in a nationwide vaccination campaign in Liberia nitter.app/UNICEF/status/59821322… #vaccineswork #endpolio @UNICEF
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The Gavi Board meeting concluded with the establishment of the African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator, a financing instrument that will make up to US$ 1 billion available to support sustainable vaccine manufacturing in Africa! bit.ly/46IQPt3 @_AfricanUnion @AfricaCDC
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