To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase access to vaccines in the global south.
Answered on
12 June 2023
The UK Government has pledged £1.65 billion to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance from 2021-2025 to support their mission to immunise 300 million children and save up to 8 million lives from vaccine preventable diseases over this period. Alongside our Gavi investment, we are committed to working with countries and with the wider international community to focus efforts on building stronger primary health systems for the future as a core part of bolstering immunisation services around the world.
The UK also supports the expansion of vaccine manufacturing and is working with international and regional partners to catalyse strategic investments for vaccine manufacturing in low- and middle-income countries.