IFFIm has delivered on its goal to frontload, disbursing US$ 2.2 billion to support vaccine purchase and delivery to 70 developing countries
In the past decade, GAVI has led the effort to vaccinate more than 370 million children, saving more than 5.5 million lives from 2000-2012. Without IFFIm funds, this would not have been possible.
Since IFFIm's inception in 2006 through March 2013, IFFIm funding has represented 47.2% of GAVI programmes.
In total, US$ 2.2 billion has already been disbursed to support vaccine purchase and delivery to 70 developing countries.
Breakthrough vaccines
In addition, IFFIm has been instrumental in helping GAVI fund breakthrough vaccines quickly and securely.
For instance, IFFIm financed more than 90% of GAVI's promised payment to UNICEF to secure initial doses of pentavalent, a single shot of which immunises against five infectious diseases: diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib) and hepatitis B.
GAVI could not have made that promise, including upfront cash payments, without its ability to rely on long-term, stable funding from IFFIm.
