MEDIA ADVISORY
Saving children’s lives -
the GAVI Alliance pledging conference for immunisation
Press conference at 13:30-14:00 local time
Registration required
13 June 2011
Grange St Paul’s Hotel, London
WHAT: Heads of state, global health leaders, developing countries, private sector representatives and vaccine manufacturers will gather for GAVI’s first pledging conference to help save millions more children’s lives by addressing the need to raise at least US$ 3.7 billion to scale-up immunisation programmes in developing countries.
With the funding, GAVI could immunise nearly 250 million children by 2015, significantly contributing to reaching Millennium Development Goal 4.
WHO: The pledging conference will be chaired by Andrew Mitchell MP, UK Secretary of State for International Development, Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia. It will run from 9:00 to 13:30 and will NOT be open to the public or media.
GAVI donors attending will include: Australia, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, the European Commission, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States.
The results of the pledging conference will be publicly communicated at the press conference immediately following the meeting.
WHEN: Monday 13 June - Press conference - 13:30-14:00 local time
Please arrive no later than 13:00 local time
WHERE: Grange St. Paul's Hotel
10 Godliman Street
London EC4V 5AJ
For technical questions call Dexter or Greg on +44 207 074 1000, ext # 8632
HOW: Members of the media are invited to attend the press conference in person. Lighting and multbox audio will be provided for broadcasters and photographers.
Registration is required before Sunday 12 June 18:00. Register at:
https://mygavi.wufoo.com/forms/press-conference-registration-for-13-june-london/
For those unable to attend, the press conference will be webcast live on a non-interactive basis at:
http://www.gavialliance.org/about/pledging_conference/webcast.php
To find out more about the GAVI pledging conference, visit: http://www.gavialliance.org/media_centre/publications/pledging_conference.php
MEDIA ASSETS:
A press release will be distributed via email and handed out at the press conference. It will also be found after 13:30 local time at: http://www.gavialliance.org/media_centre/press_releases/index.php
An online press kit can be found at: http://www.gavialliance.org/resources/gavi_pledging_conference_press_kit.zip
For free broadcast-standard video and photographs supporting this event, please visit www.thenewsmarket.com/GAVIAlliance. If you are a first-time user, please take a moment to register. In case you have any questions about GAVI’s newsmarket, please email journalisthelp@thenewsmarket.com
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BACKGROUND:
Despite significant progress in reducing childhood mortality, nearly two million children die each year from vaccine-preventable diseases. Pneumonia and diarrhoea are the two leading killers, causing nearly 40% of all childhood deaths. Most of these deaths occur in low-income countries. Thanks to the work of committed partners from the private sector and government, new vaccines are available that protect children and offer them a healthy start in life.
GAVI seeks to meet a rise in country demand for new and underused vaccines, in particular against pneumococcal disease and rotavirus. This requires additional funding which could allow GAVI to save the lives of an estimated four million children by 2015.
For more information on GAVI and its evidence-based programmes for immunising children in the world’s poorest nations, please visit the rest of our site.
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