Japanese Innovation Fund for Global Health

A new Japanese innovation technology fund has been making significant progress. Started by top Japanese pharmaceutical companies together with the Gates Foundation they have a 5 year budget of $100 million. Working together they will make possible development of new approaches tackling infectious disease. see www.ghitfund.org

Vaccine work gets $700 Million

GAVI announces $700 million bond issue to fund child immunization GAVI, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, the umbrella public-private partnership group set up to increase access to vaccines for  children in the world’s poorest countries, announced a long term bond financing scheme to assure long term procurement of vaccines. Targeted at pneumonia and […]