Australia will provide $386 million to support the vital work of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance from 2026 to 2030, to fight deadly diseases in our region and beyond. This includes a new funding commitment of $300 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Albanese Government recognises global health challenges require sustained commitments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gavi is a public-private partnership which has helped vaccinate more than 1.1 billion children globally, saving more than 18.8 million lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Australia’s support for Gavi directly benefits Australia’s closest neighbours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Asia and the Pacific, Gavi has helped immunise more than 633 million children, saving six million lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gavi has also prevented more than 27,000 cervical cancer deaths by enabling access to the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to the new funding, Gavi will also be able to utilise $86 million previously pledged by Australia for COVID vaccines, through the International Finance Facility for Immunisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a time of heightened global uncertainty, Australia is pleased to partner with Gavi and directly support our closest neighbours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n “The Albanese Government is supporting access to new and more effective vaccines and strengthening our region’s ability to respond to disease outbreaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “When we invest in a healthier Indo-Pacific, we’re investing in a safer and more secure Australia.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Minister for International Development, the Hon Dr Anne Aly:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Australia is steadfast in our commitment to Gavi because we know countries in our region and around the world rely on Gavi’s support.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Health security requires collective action, and our new pledge to Gavi will help ensure countries in our region and around the world can access lifesaving vaccines.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Australia will provide $386 million to support the vital work of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance from 2026 to 2030, to fight deadly diseases in our region and beyond. This includes a new funding commitment of $300 million. The Albanese Government recognises global health challenges require sustained commitments. Gavi is a public-private partnership which has helped … Continue reading “Strengthening access to lifesaving vaccines”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33432,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33431\/revisions\/33432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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