About the Vaccine Fund Enabled by a generous gift from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Vaccine Fund has been created by GAVI to help fill the gaps that currently prevent the immunization of each and every child against major diseases. The Fund needs the support of business and political leaders if the vision of immunization for all is to be realized.
Immunization is a human right and also a key step to economic development.
Safe, effective and universal immunization is a means to end the tragedy of avoidable childhood deaths. It is also a means to improve a society's overall health and productivity. GAVI and the Vaccine Fund will work hand in hand to give them rightful and equitable access to this life-saving intervention. This is the largest gift in the Foundation's history. Under the stewardship of GAVI and the Vaccine Fund's managers, additional resources from a variety of other partners will be sought to supplement the Gates Foundation's contribution and to realize the goal of worldwide immunization.