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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, and UNICEF Announce $150 Million Guarantee to Support Access to Vaccines and Health Supplies in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

SEATTLE – STOCKHOLM – COPENHAGEN (November 12, 2021) – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), and UNICEF today announced a $150 million financial guarantee to help UNICEF procure vaccines and other health-related supplies Read More

UNICEF VII

The foundation provided support to expand UNICEF’s Vaccine Independence Initiative. This program allows countries to bridge-finance the procurement of vaccines while they await budget funds to be available.

UNICEF OPV

The foundation provided a volume guarantee to Novartis to reduce the price of oral polio virus vaccines in the developing world.

PAHO

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is an international public health agency working to improve health and living standards in America.

Global Health Investment Fund (GHIF)

The foundation sponsored the creation of GHIF as a social impact investment fund to support the development of drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics for diseases that specifically burden low- and middle-income populations.

BioE

Pharmaceutical company Biological E identifies innovative approaches to reduce the cost of vaccine production.