Press Release: EU steps up its efforts to improve the health of millions in developing countries

On 20 May 2014, Jose Manuel Barroso, European Commission President, announced that the EU would provide €25 million per year in the period 2014-2020 to fund vaccines and immunisation programmes worldwide.

The new support – more than double that previously committed, when on average €10 million per year were provided - would go to the GAVI Alliance (formerly the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation), a non-profit organisation focused on saving children's lives and protecting people's health by increasing access to immunisation in poor countries.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: European Commission announces an extra €10 million to provide life-saving vaccines http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-european-commission-announces-an-extra-e10-million-to-provide-life-saving-vaccines/

European Commission: EuropeAid Development and Cooperation http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/index_en.htm

Website: GAVI Alliance http://www.gavialliance.org/

European Commission: RAPID: MEMO/14/362: EU and GAVI Alliance: Working together to save lives http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-362_en.pdf

European Commission: RAPID: SPEECH/14/394: Speech by President Barroso: Why Europe believes in GAVI http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-14-394_en.pdf

EurActiv, 20.05.14: EU more than doubles vaccine aid as Gavi launches appeal http://www.euractiv.com/sections/development-policy/eu-more-doubles-vaccine-aid-gavi-launches-appeal-302226

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