- Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has partnered with non-profit Virchow Foundation for Global Health to jointly raise awareness for and increase visibility of global health. Gavi and the Virchow Foundation will work together to raise awareness on global and public health issues and push for greater equity in health coverage around the world.
- Marie-Ange Saraka-Yao, Managing Director of Resource Mobilisation, Private Sector Partnerships & Innovative Finance at Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance: “We look forward to harnessing Germany’s growing leadership in the field of global health to support the goal of universal health coverage and vaccinating the world’s children.”
- Victoria Grandsoult, Managing Director, Virchow Foundation for Global Health: “Through this cooperation, we can build effective bridges for international players to engage with Germany while advancing our joint goals of reaching the UN 2030 Agenda and health for all.”
Berlin, May 16, 2023 – Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the Virchow Foundation for Global Health have agreed to work together to promote and contribute to the attainment of the United Nations Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development (SDGs). Representatives of both organisations signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) during the Global Solutions Summit 2023: ‘Realigning Societies: Towards a sustainable, inclusive, and common future’ in Berlin.
The newly established partnership reflects the importance of joining resources, sharing knowledge and pooling expertise towards achieving the SDGs, with particular focus on SDG3 “Good Health and Well-Being” and SDG17 “Partnerships for the Goals”, especially in, but not limited to, the areas of equitable health access and universal health coverage. The MoU provides a framework between Gavi and the Virchow Foundation where both organisations commit to work together in the following areas:
- Leverage Gavi and the Virchow Foundations’ platforms and networks to raise awareness and engage in advocacy activities for global and public health issues;
- Jointly organize and facilitate meetings, including key global health events such as the annual awarding of the Virchow Prize for Global Health;
- Unite different actors and sectors with the shared goal of improving of global health equity, health resilience and building multi-sectoral partnerships for health.
“With strong support from the scientific community in Germany, the Virchow Foundation is a strong partner for the Vaccine Alliance,” said Marie-Ange Saraka-Yao, Managing Director of Resource Mobilisation, Private Sector Partnerships & Innovative Finance at Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. “We look forward to harnessing Germany’s growing leadership in the field of global health to support the goal of universal health coverage and vaccinating the world’s children.”
“The Virchow Foundation is delighted to partner with the Vaccine Alliance, a global leader in primary care, to further inspire positive change towards reaching health equity. Through this cooperation, we can build effective bridges for international players to engage with Germany while advancing our joint goals of reaching the UN 2030 Agenda and health for all.” Victoria Grandsoult, Managing Director, Virchow Foundation for Global Health.
Germany is a leading, longstanding supporter of global health and a recognized anchor donor of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance – the public-private partnership that helps vaccinate nearly half the world’s children, with 65 million unique children immunised with Gavi-supported vaccines in 2021 alone. The Virchow Foundation is amongst the key German institutions focused on Global Health in Germany, mobilising engagement from across sectors to raise awareness and stimulate innovative solutions in health through the annual awarding of the Virchow Prize for Global Health.
About Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is a public-private partnership that helps vaccinate half the world’s children against some of the world’s deadliest diseases. From its inception in 2000 through 2021, Gavi has helped to immunise a whole generation – over 981 million children – and prevented more than 16.2 million future deaths, helping to halve child mortality in 73 lower-income countries. Gavi also plays a critical role in global health security by funding global stockpiles of vaccines as well as outbreak response against diseases such as cholera, measles and Ebola. The Vaccine Alliance brings together developing country and donor governments, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the World Bank, the vaccine industry, technical agencies, civil society, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and other private sector partners. Further information: www.gavi.org
About the Virchow Foundation for Global Health
The Virchow Foundation for Global Health was established in 2021 with the support of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities as well as Members of the German Parliament to contribute to the improvement of health worldwide. This purpose is achieved through the joint commitment of highly respected individuals and organisations, the close partnership with the World Health Summit, and the establishment of the Virchow Prize for Global Health. The Virchow Prize recognises outstanding lifetime achievements in the field of global health that align and uphold the Sustainable Development Goals of the Agenda 2030 of the United Nations and is endowed with €500,000. Further information: www.virchow.foundation
Media contacts
Steffi Gasteiger
Virchow Foundation for Global Health
press@virchow.foundation
Evan O’Connell
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
+41 79 682 18 95
eoconnell@gavi.org
