Vaccines alliance raises $8.8bn for global immunisation plans

June 4, 2020 by News Desk

The vaccines alliance has raised $8.8bn for global immunisation plans, exceeding its target.
Gavi is raising the money to restart routine immunisations for preventable diseases in Africa and Southeast Asia.
The immunisations have been put on hold due to the coronavirus crisis, putting millions of children at risk.

Al Jazeera’s Charlie Angela has more.

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In This Story: Vaccine

A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe, its toxins, or one of its surface proteins.