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<p>The direct and indirect impacts of COVID-19 will affect countries’ health systems
and threaten past progress in tackling the common diseases that contribute to the
preventable deaths of children. In October 2019, the UK Government committed to work
with others to end preventable deaths of mothers, newborns and children by 2030. This
will help countries mitigate the indirect impacts of COVID-19 and support their recovery
and future preparedness. This includes maintaining essential health services through
our bilateral country programmes and multilateral investments and working to strengthen
health systems in the poorest countries.</p><p>The UK hosted the Global Vaccine Summit
on 4 June and raised $8.8 billion for GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance’s, next five years
(2021-2025) of work, which includes the UK’s pledge of £1.65 billion. Using these
vital funds, GAVI will immunise a further 300 million children and save up to 8 million
lives against vaccine preventable diseases.</p>
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