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<p>Gavi’s mission to save children’s lives by increasing equitable use of vaccines
is directly aligned to the UK’s ambition to end preventable deaths of new-born babies
and children under 5 years of age by 2030, under Sustainable Development Goal 3, and
we have recently renewed our commitment to this goal. The UK is the largest donor
to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, committing £1.44 billion between 2016 and 2020. This
support will vaccinate 76 million additional children by 2020, saving 1.4 million
lives from vaccine-preventable diseases in 68 of the world’s poorest countries. The
UK will host the pledging conference for Gavi in June 2020.</p><p>DFID support to
Gavi includes a wider package of health care support designed to strengthen and integrate
services. Immunisation is often a child’s first point of contact with their health
service. It creates an opportunity where malnourished children can be identified and
treated. Vaccines can also prevent some of the infectious diseases and causes of malnutrition.</p><p>The
UK is committed to investment in the integration of nutrition within other sectors,
including health. We have championed efforts to achieve universal health coverage
by bringing together initiatives on health security, antimicrobial resistance, and
nutrition, into a single universal health coverage approach.</p>
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