Gavi Approves $1billion to Strengthen Immunisation in Nigeria

Gavi continues to save lives! At its latest meeting in Geneva the Gavi Board approved about $200 million of support for 2019-2020 towards global polio eradication efforts. The Gavi Board also approved about $1 billion over the next 10 years to assist Nigeria to strengthen its immunization program. Click on the link https://www.gavi.org/library/news/press-releases/2018/gavi-board-approves-funding-for-inactivated-poliovirus-vaccine-until-2020/.

At 4.3 million children, Nigeria has the largest number of under-immunized children in the world. This must change! No child should be allowed to die from preventable diseases. Nigeria has pledged $1.9 billion of its own resources over 10 years to co-finance the program. Let’s save our children’s lives! The Gavi Board welcomes HE Dr Tedros, WHO DG and himself a former Gavi Board member.