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Supports immunization in countries where most zero-dose children live
Global childhood vaccination rates rose one point in 2025, but the world still hasn't recovered ground lost during the pandemic. New WHO-UNICEF data show 90% of infants got at least one dose of the diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine — roughly 116 million babies — yet coverage remains one point below 2019 levels.
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Primary funder and coordinator of HPV scale-up in low-income countries
Cervical cancer kills roughly one African woman every seven minutes. On April 29, 2026, Burundi became the latest country to give its girls a shot at avoiding that fate, launching a national human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program with backing from Gavi, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization (WHO).
Updated May 31
Primary funder of measles vaccination in lower-income countries
In 2000, measles killed roughly 480,000 people a year in Africa, mostly children under five. A quarter-century of sustained vaccination — more than half a billion routine doses and 622 million supplemental campaign doses across 44 countries — has cut that toll in half, saving an estimated 19.5 million lives. Three sub-Saharan nations have now eliminated the disease entirely, a milestone once considered decades away.
Funding vaccines and operational support for the emergency campaign
Bangladesh was on track to eliminate measles by 2026, but is now fighting its worst outbreak in a decade—over 9,000 suspected cases across 56 of 64 districts, with more than 140 children dead in six weeks. On April 12, an emergency vaccination campaign expanded into Dhaka and three other major cities, targeting 1.2 million children with support from UNICEF, the WHO, and Gavi.
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