GAVI

Subject : International Organisations

Context : India To Get Between 190 To 250 Million Subsidised Covid Vaccines: Gavi

Concept :

GAVI

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.