Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance — the leading international organization tasked with providing vaccines to lower-income countries — finalized its five-year investment round pledging event with more than $9 billion in pledges — falling short of its total budget request of $11.9 billion.
This final tally was announced at a much-anticipated, high-level replenishment event in Brussels, co-hosted by the European Union and the Gates Foundation and attended by world leaders.
The event delivered surprises — including a shocking announcement from the Trump administration that it intends to cut funding to Gavi — but also a larger-than-expected commitment from the United Kingdom.
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Sara Jervingsarajerving
Sara Jerving is a Senior Reporter at Devex, where she covers global health. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, VICE News, and Bloomberg News among others. Sara holds a master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism where she was a Lorana Sullivan fellow. She was a finalist for One World Media's Digital Media Award in 2021; a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists in 2018; and she was part of a VICE News Tonight on HBO team that received an Emmy nomination in 2018. She received the Philip Greer Memorial Award from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2014.
