GAVI

Subject: IR

Context:

Serum Institute ties up with Gavi for 10 crore of corona vaccine doses in India

Concept:

• Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization is a public-private global health partnership committed to increasing access to immunization in poor countries
• It is a global Vaccine Alliance with the goal of creating equal access to new and underused vaccines for children living in the world’s poorest countries.
• It does this by bringing together all the stakeholders – donor governments, developing countries, World Bank, UNICEF, WHO, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, international finance and development organizations, and pharmaceutical industry – in one decision making body
• Gavi was launched in 2000. It is based in Geneva, Switzerland
• India started receiving support for its immunization programme from GAVI in 2002. Apart from that, India is the largest supplier of vaccines to GAVI

GAVI’S IMPACT

• More children survive. The increase in immunisation has helped halve childhood mortality by preventing approximately 13 million deaths and dramatically driven down the incidence of deadly and debilitating infectious diseases.
• Nation building thrives. As children become healthier, they, their families, communities and countries are more able to be economically prosperous and socially stable.
• Global health security improves. In the face of global challenges, such as climate change, urbanisation, human migration, fragility and conflict, Gavi has helped countries broaden vaccine coverage and improve their health systems. This makes them less susceptible and better able to prevent disease outbreaks that pose a threat to people in these countries, protecting millions of others around the world.