An innovative approach to funding global health: the International Finance Facility for Immunization (IFFIm) Event
- Time:
- 17:00
- Date:
- 17 October 2011
- Venue:
- Lecture Theatre A (room 1041), Building 44, Highfield Campus University of Southampton
For more information regarding this event, please telephone Maggie Harriss on 023 8059 7568 or email M.A.Harriss@soton.ac.uk .
Event details
given by the Chair of ESRC, Dr Alan Gillespie
Dr Gillespie's lecture will include discussion on:
- The Millennium Development Goals' focus on infant mortality
- The initiative of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation bringing resources for vaccine delivery
- The formation of GAVI (The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation)
- The response by the UK Government in establishing IFFIm... an innovative approach to funding global health
- The use of the capital markets to raise financing for immunisation
- The interest of international investors in subscribing for IFFIm bonds
- The market shaping role of IFFIm and GAVI working with vaccine producers and the effectiveness of a public/private governance model for delivering international development