GAVI [to 31 January 2015]

GAVI [to 31 January 2015]
http://www.gavialliance.org/library/news/press-releases/

:: World leaders make record-breaking commitment to protect poorest children with vaccines – Gavi Press Release
Support puts Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance on the path to immunise a further 300 million children and save up to six million more lives
[Excerpts]
Berlin, 27 January 2015 – Hundreds of millions of children living in the world’s poorest countries will receive life-saving vaccines as a result of record-breaking financial commitments made today at the Gavi Pledging Conference, hosted in Berlin by German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The new pledges, totalling US$ 7.5 billion, will enable countries to immunise an additional 300 million children, leading to 5 to 6 million premature deaths being averted and economic benefits of between US$ 80 and US$ 100 billion for developing countries through productivity gains and savings in treatment and transportation costs and caretaker wages.

:: Private sector makes new pledges to support childhood immunisation in developing countries – – Gavi Press Release
Vaccine manufacturers and private firms set out commitments ahead of major Gavi conference
[Press release excerpts]
Berlin, 26 January 2015 – Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance today welcomed new commitments from a number of private sector partners towards its mission to immunise children in developing countries…