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Available statements, declarations, speeches, and editorials
2008
16 October 2008
GAVI Welcomes Report on Leading Childhood Killer
The GAVI Alliance welcomes a new report launched yesterday in the United Kingdom by the All Party Group on Pneumococcal Disease Prevention (APPG), which highlights the devastating global health burden caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, a group of bacteria that kills up to one million children every year.
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03 September 2008
GAVI shares lessons learned on making aid effective with Accra audience
Speaking at the opening plenary of the Third High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra, Ghana, GAVI Alliance Executive Secretary Julian Lob-Levyt highlighted the experience of GAVI and other global partnerships, saying that the strong focus on country ownership to achieve results had proved effective.
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26 August 2008
GAVI congratulates Ethiopia on its International Health Partnership Plus Compact
The Ethiopian International Health Partnership Plus Compact was signed in Addis Ababa today. Julian Lob-Levyt, Executive Secretary of the GAVI Alliance congratulated the Ethiopian Health Minster Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus saying: "We look forward to working with the Ethiopian Government, the development partners and national stakeholders to advance the International Health Partnership principles in Ethiopia."
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09 July 2008
GAVI Alliance welcomes Burundi’s commitment to immunisation
and pledges to continue to support its health programmes
Burundi is one of the poorest countries in the world. But, in spite of years of civil unrest and poor infrastructure, its commitment to immunisation has been consistently high. Burundi’s DTP3 immunisation coverage increased from 54 per cent in 2001 to 93 per cent in 2006, according to World Health Organization (WHO) figures.
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10 June 2008
Showing on BBC World’s Survivor’s Guide - two young women health extension workers in Ethiopia
This acclaimed BBC series which airs “real stories of courage and determination from around the world” features two friends Zewde Getahun and Fantaye Yenehu, working in their community, providing 16 different kinds of health service. They are among Ethiopia’s 24,000 health extension workers, whose training is funded by GAVI’s health system strengthening support.
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16 April 2008
”Tracking Progress in Maternal, Newborn & Child Survival, The 2008 Report” Statement by Julian Lob-Levyt, 16 April 2008
The 2008 report issued today in Cape Town provides a significant assessment of the progress in maternal, newborn and child survival. I am pleased to see the report's particular focus on the pivotal role of immunisation in efforts to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), especially MDG 4, which aims at reducing by two thirds the mortality rate among children under five. Significant increases in immunisation rates serve as among the most promising trends for reducing childhood mortality and achieving MDG 4.
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10 April 2008
“Delivering the promise: through new markets, new money and new partnerships for development”. Speech by Dr Julian Lob-Levyt, GAVI Alliance Executive Secretary at the Sir Mark Oliphant Conference on Vaccine and Immunotherapy Technologies, Canberra.
Speaking to a gathering of eminent international scientists, Dr Lob-Levyt describes the business model of the GAVI Alliance and its impact through partnership on shaping vaccine markets, stimulating new financial resources, raising immunisation coverage in the world’s poorest countries, and strengthening the capacity of health systems to sustain and build health gains.
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