US$ 7.5 billion to Enable Countries to Immunise…!

HUNDREDS of millions of children living in the world’s poorest countries will receive life-saving vaccines as a result of record-breaking financial commitments made at the Gavi Pledging Conference, hosted in Berlin by German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel. The new pledges, totalling US$ 7.5 billion, will enable countries to immunise an additional 300 million children, leading to 5 to 6 million …