I’m happy to share the news that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is piloting a program to include private giving in a key report of global government aid flows.

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Today, Germany answered the call to ensure that lifesaving vaccines reach children who need them by committing an additional €14 million to the GAVI Alliance. Germany’s leadership in helping to close GAVI’s funding gap is critical as other donor countries consider their contributions to this global campaign.

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As I traveled in Angola this week, I’m struck by the two faces I saw. While Angola enjoys the fastest-growing economy in Africa, it also suffers from the highest infant mortality rate in the world. Nearly one in five babies won’t live to be a year. What saddens me is that we have the vaccines to protect these children from terrible diseases, but the vaccines aren’t reaching them.

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Today was a joyous occasion. A new meningitis A vaccine was launched in Burkina Faso.

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Today we published our Global Health Strategy, which describes the principles, priorities, and future directions of the foundation’s Global Health Program.

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