Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank are teaming up for the first time to strengthen countries’ health infrastructure and immunization programs — including in nations preparing to transition out of Gavi support.
Under the partnership, which was announced this week, Gavi will blend its grant resources with AIIB loans, expanding country access to health financing. The support will cover vaccine introduction and procurement, as well as efforts to bolster immunization infrastructure.
“A trailblazing partnership is the right way to describe that, because I think global health has sometimes lagged behind other areas of development in how vertical organizations like Gavi work with horizontal organizations like [multilateral development banks],” David Kinder, Gavi’s director of development finance, told Devex.
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Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.
