International vaccine alliance
Appears in 6 stories · Last updated Oct 18, 2026
Funds and distributes malaria vaccines in Ghana
Ghana recorded 52 malaria deaths in 2025, down from roughly 3,300 in 2011 - a 98% reduction driven by the malaria vaccine, bed nets, and preventive drugs. A May 2026 Lancet study of the three-country vaccine pilot counted 993 deaths averted since 2019.
Updated Oct 18
Funding vaccines and operational support for the emergency campaign
Bangladesh is fighting its worst measles outbreak in decades: more than 75,000 suspected cases, over 1,155 suspected child deaths, and transmission in all 64 districts. The nationwide campaign launched in April has vaccinated more than 18.4 million children, but officials say the true target is 22.6 million.
Updated Oct 16
As of September 2026: Co-financing vaccine supply
Papua New Guinea introduced human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination into its national immunization program on September 8, 2026. At a ceremony at New Erima Primary School in Port Moresby, health workers gave the first single doses to girls aged 9–14.
Updated Sep 19
As of September 2026: 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.
Updated Sep 11
As of May 2026: 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
As of May 2026: 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.
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