Jan 22, 2025 · The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no political, partisan or national interests.

Sep 6, 2017 · Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance launched at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in 2000, has contributed to the immunization of 760 million children, saving more than 13 million lives. The impact of Vaccine Alliance.

Apr 9, 2020 · In response, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and partners came together in 2000 to set up the Global Alliance for Vaccines and immunization, now called Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. The aim was to encourage manufacturers to lower vaccine prices for the poorest countries in return for long-term, high-volume and predictable demand from those ...

Aug 14, 2015 · Charles Shey Wiysonge is a Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Deputy Director of the Centre for Evidence-based Health Care at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa; and a Chief Specialist Scientist at the South African Medical Research Council. He previously served as Project Manager of the Vaccines for Africa Initiative and Chief Research ...

Dec 8, 2023 · At the Annual Meeting 2000, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) was born. Among the early supporters of GAVI was Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who has been a regular Davos participant since 1996. By 2023, GAVI had reached over 1.1 billion children, preventing more than 18.8 million deaths.

Dec 17, 2024 · The Forum seeds hundreds of ongoing initiatives. Some of these remain managed by expert teams in house, others take on a life of their own. One of the best examples of this is Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. What began as an idea to reverse declining immunization rates resulting from unaffordable vaccines, has, 25 years later, become an ...

Jun 2, 2020 · Meanwhile, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, was launched at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos in 2000. It helps vaccinate almost half the world’s children against infectious diseases. It helps vaccinate almost half the world’s children against infectious diseases.

Oct 8, 2024 · “The Medicine from the Sky initiative exemplifies the remarkable potential of innovation and collaboration. The pilot programmes in India, especially the Himalayan region, have vividly illustrated how technology can transcend geographical challenges, delivering vital healthcare products directly to people's doorsteps.

Sep 22, 2020 · There is a plan to ensure the whole world has fair access to a potential vaccine: COVAX. It’s coordinated by the World Health Organization in partnership with GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance; CEPI, the Centre for Epidemics Preparedness Innovations, and others. So far, 156 economies have signed up, representing nearly two thirds of the global ...

Aug 3, 2021 · COVAX, co-led by Gavi, the WHO and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), is the vaccines pillar of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator. Its aim is to accelerate the development and manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines and to ensure fair and equal access for every country around the world.