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China seals commitment to support immunisation in developing countries
Beijing, 9 September 2015 – The Chinese Government today signed an agreement to provide US$ 5 million to help Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance support the immunisation of children in the world’s poorest countries.

The agreement marks the first time China has provided funding for Gavi and comes four years after Vaccine Alliance support to help the Chinese Government introduce hepatitis B vaccines ended. According to the agreement, China will contribute funding for the period 2016-2020, when Gavi plans to help developing countries to immunise an additional 300 million children…

…Dr Ren Minghui, Director General, Department of International Cooperation, China National Health and Family Planning Commission, said: “We are very pleased to sign the agreement with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. We hope that our collaboration with Gavi will leverage some of our own experiences and achievements in establishing and strengthening our immunisation programme. This will help improve and promote immunisation programmes in other developing countries helping achieve global development goals. The signing of this agreement once again demonstrates China’s commitment to strengthening international cooperation, promoting global immunisation and helping developing countries to address the most pressing health challenges. It also demonstrates China’s increased leadership role in global public health.”…