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38 partners have made 40 commitments on vaccines in support of the Global Strategy, including 29 governments, 1 philanthropy and funder, 2 UN, multilateral organization & partnerships, 4 members of the business community, 3 CSOs and NGOs, and 1 member of the research and academia field:

2010 Commitments Involving Vaccines

11 Governments have made commitments involving vaccines in 2010
Country	Focus of Commitment	Countries Covered
Afghanistan	Increase the coverage of childhood immunization programs to 95%	Afghanistan
Australia	Expanding vaccination services	The Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Eastern Africa, Indonesia and South Asia
China	Free hepatitis B vaccination for all children under 15 years old, a national immunization program covering all children	China
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)	Increase to 70% the number of children under 12 months who are fully immunized	Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Ethiopia	Increase the proportion of children immunized against measles to 90%	Ethiopia
Ghana	Increase the proportion of fully immunized children to 85%	Ghana
Liberia	Increase the proportion of immunized children to 80%	Liberia
Mozambique	Increase the percentage of children immunized aged under 1, from 69% to 90% by 2012	Mozambique
Sweden*	Supports GAVI	Various
Tanzania	Increase the proportion of Children fully immunized from 86% to 95%	Tanzania
Yemen	Maintain the full cost coverage of routine vaccines and assuring financial sustainability of new vaccines according to GAVI’s co-financing policy	Yemen

1 Philanthropy and Funder has made a commitment involving vaccines in 2010
Organization	Focus of Commitment	Countries Covered
United Nations Foundation (UNF)	Through the Polio Eradication Initiative and Shot@Life initiative, UNF’s commitment will help the UN address key global health priorities including childhood immunizations	Various

1 UN, Multilateral Organization & Partnership has made a commitment involving vaccines in 2010 & 2011
Organization	Focus of Commitment	Countries Covered
The GAVI Alliance*	Increasing life-saving vaccines for children including new HPV vaccines against cervical cancer for girls in the world’s poorest countries	Various

1 member of the Business Community made a commitment involving vaccines in 2010
Organization	Focus of Commitment	Countries Covered
Merck	Donation of HPV vaccine, GARDASIL, to organizations and institutions in eligible lowest income countries to enable countries to develop capacity to implement vaccination programs. Merck and Qiagen are also committed to increasing access to HPV vaccination and HPV DNA testing in some of the most resource-poor areas of the world through up to give million doses of GARDASIL and HPV DNA tests to screen an additional 500,000 women.	Various

1 member of the Research and Academia field made a commitment involving vaccines in 2010
Organization	Focus of Commitment	Countries Covered
Institute for Global Health of Barcelona	Develop a common strategy for indicators and benchmarks for donors and governments to monitor progress, develop a common strategy to inform and allocate resources more effectively and equitably, promote research in political and economic areas and its translation into useful information for discussion with policy makers to develop tools that are specific to improve women’s and children’s health status, such as vaccines, and test if these products can benefit those that need them most.	Various

2011 Commitments Involving Vaccines

18 Governments have made commitments involving vaccines in 2011
Organization	Focus of Commitment	Countries Covered
Cameroon	Increase the vaccine coverage from 84% to 93%	Cameroon
Central African Republic	Increase vaccination coverage to 90%	Central African Republic
Djibouti	Vaccine coverage will be 100%	Djibouti
France	An increase of the French contribution to GAVI for the period 2011-2015 amounting to EUR 100 Million. 100% of the contribution to GAVI directly supports MDG 4 & 5	Various
Gambia	Maintain high immunization coverage for all antigens at 80% and above at regional levels and 90% and above at national levels	Gambia
Lao’s People Democratic Republic	Increase immunization from 67% to 90% by 2015	Lao’s People Democratic Republic
Lesotho	The Lesotho Expanded Programme on Immunization Policy has been disseminated in 2010, focusing on under-five children	Lesotho
Madagascar	Increase tetanus vaccination for pregnant women from 57% to 80%	Madagascar
Mauritania	Increase the proportion of vaccinated children	Mauritania
Mongolia	Increase financial allocation to national immunization program	Mongolia
Myanmar	Ensure universal coverage for the expanded immunization	Myanmar
Netherlands	Maintain its ongoing support to the GAVI Alliance for the period 2011-2015	Various
South Sudan	Increase the percentage of fully-immunized children from 1.8% to 50%	South Sudan
Sudan	Free universal access to immunizations	Sudan
Sweden*	Supports GAVI with $201 million for the period 2011-2015	Various
Togo	Ensure 95% coverage of vaccination for children under 5	Togo
Uganda	Improve immunization coverage to 85% and to introduce HPV vaccines	Uganda

2 UN, Multilateral Organizations & Partnerships have made a commitment involving vaccines in 2011
Organization	Focus of Commitment	Countries Covered
The GAVI Alliance*	Increasing life-saving vaccines for children including new HPV vaccines against cervical cancer for girls in the world’s poorest countries	Various
Global Polio Eradication Initiative	GPEI commits to optimizing its 70-country, 3,300 person infrastructure to intensify efforts to finally eradicate this paralytic childhood disease.	Various

3 CSOs & NGOs have made commitments involving vaccines in 2011
Organization	Focus of Commitment	Countries Covered
The Africa MNCH Coalition	Strengthening advocacy for specific proven interventions such as immunizations	Not specified
ONE	Improving access to new and underutilized vaccines, specifically, focusing on ensuring that the US $4.3 billion in new pledges for the GAVI Alliance are made real by 2015	Various
The Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry	Will motivate 20,000 young mothers to be inoculated to prevent cervical cancer	Bangladesh

3 members of the Business Community have made commitments involving vaccines in 2011
Organization	Focus of Commitment	Countries Covered
LifeSpring Hospitals of India	A focus on maternal health and childhood vaccinations is exclusively what LifeSpring Hospitals has focused on since their first hospital in 2005.	India
Pfizer	Infant immunization for the prevention of pneumococcal disease, for example, by acting as a major supplier to the Advanced Market Commitment (AMC). In 2010, Pfizer entered into a 10-year agreement with UNICEF to provide up to 300 million doses of Prevenar 13 to infants and young children in the poorest countries of the world at a deeply discounted price.	Various
Viyellatex Group	Provide free immunizations to 3500 mothers and 1500 children by 2015	Bangladesh

*This commitment maker made a commitment in both 2010 and 2011 that mentions vaccines