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Friday,
February 1 2002
GAVI Issues
Two-Year progress report
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Two years
after its official launch, GAVI projects that its goal-oriented approach
to development aid could raise basic immunization rates in funded
countries by 17 percentage points and increase coverage of hepatitis B
vaccine from 18 to 65 percent by 2007, ultimately saving more than two
million lives.
At the 2002
annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in New York, GAVI officials
released new data summarizing the projections for increased immunization
coverage in the 53 countries that have been approved for support from
GAVI and The Vaccine Fund to date. The immunization coverage targets are
based on the plans prepared and submitted by the countries and partners
in the countries. According to current GAVI policy, Haemophilus
influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine and yellow fever vaccine are only
appropriate for certain countries and regions. The coverage targets
should be considered estimates; data may change if countries' actual
performance differs from their targets.
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