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Worldwide Drive Against Measles Receives Financial 'Shot in the Arm'
February 26, 2007
The United Nations Foundation (UN Foundation) announced today that it has received a US$139 million contribution from the GAVI Alliance to support the worldwide effort by the Measles Initiative to reduce measles deaths by 90 percent by 2010. This is GAVI's second contribution to the Measles Initiative, a public- private partnership that recently announced an unprecedented decline in measles deaths in Africa.
"The United Nations Foundation -- and everyone who cares about the health of children around the world -- is grateful for GAVI's support of the Measles Initiative. The Measles Initiative and GAVI are two of the most successful global health initiatives in recent years," said Timothy E. Wirth, President of the UN Foundation. "Together we are demonstrating what can be accomplished when the public and private sectors work together to solve major global issues."
Last month the Measles Initiative announced that measles mortality had been reduced by 60 percent between 1999 and 2005. "GAVI's new support, generated from a new financing initiative, is a major 'shot in the arm' for the global effort to reduce measles deaths by 90 percent by 2010," Wirth added.
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contributed by Winnie Mutch on 26 February 2007
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