BRUSSELS – Ahead of the June 25^th replenishment conference for Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, the ONE Campaign urges governments to invest in a healthier future for children across the world.

Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, CEO at ONE:

“An investment in Gavi is an investment in a healthier, safer future for everyone, everywhere. It saves lives, drives innovation, and fuels economic growth. Since its inception, Gavi has helped vaccinate over one billion children and prevented nearly 19 million deaths.

“But this remarkable progress is fragile – without urgent, sustained support, decades of gains and futures protected could be erased. Diseases like measles, polio, and diphtheria could surge back, hitting the world’s most vulnerable communities first and hardest, but eventually crossing borders and putting us all at risk.

“Gavi’s impact goes far beyond health: it leverages market forces to promote breakthroughs — delivering groundbreaking vaccines against diseases like Ebola and Malaria, while expanding access to even the hardest-to-reach places around the world. Crucially, Gavi strengthens national health systems and puts countries on a path toward self-reliance through its co-financing model, building local capacity to withstand future health threats.

“This is not about charity, but an investment in our shared security and global stability.

“World leaders now face a defining choice: recommit to Gavi and protect the progress we have made, or risk a resurgence of preventable disease.”

Notes to the Editor:

• About Gavi: Founded in 2000, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, helps ensure equitable access to vaccines in low-income countries.
• Impact to date: Gavi has helped immunize over 1 billion children and prevented more than 18.8 million deaths.
• How Gavi works: By pooling demand, securing predictable funding, and shaping vaccine markets, Gavi reduces prices, drives innovation (e.g. cold chain technologies, malaria and Ebola vaccines), and ensures access even in remote areas.
• Country ownership: All participating countries co-finance their vaccines, with a clear, phased pathway toward self-sufficiency as incomes rise. Over 20 countries have already transitioned away from Gavi support.
• 2025 Replenishment: At its Brussels replenishment on June 25, Gavi is seeking at least US$9 billion to vaccinate another 500 million children by 2030, preventing up to 9 million lives – equivalent to the population of London. This would also generate at least US$100 billion in economic benefits.
• Data visualization – Gavi’s success with vaccines: https://data.one.org/analysis/vaccines-modern-day-miracle