GAVI Alliance

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GAVI Alliance (Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization) is the third largest fund contributor to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

About GAVI

• GAVI Alliance (Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization) is a public-private international health partnership.
• It was started in 2000 at a time when the number of children getting immunized were stagnating or even dwindling in the developing countries.
• It aims to save children’s lives and improve people’s health by increasing access to vaccines in poor and developing countries.
• It brings all the stakeholders from donor governments, developing countries, World Bank, UNICEF to pharmaceutical industry – in one decision making body.
• Countries that are eligible for funding draw up plans for their immunization programme, apply for funding and then implement the immunization program on their own.
• To make sure that the immunization program is sustainable and that recipient countries seriously carry it out, they are also required to partly fund the cost of vaccines.

Prelims Question

Q. With respect to GAVI Alliance (Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization), consider the following statements

1. It is an intergovernmental body established under World Health Organisation (WHO) for spearheading vaccination and immunization programmes throughout the world.

2. It provides funding for immunization programmes of countries, but the recipient country implements the program their own.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

a) 1 only

b) 2 only

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer to the Prelims Question