Gavi and World Bank Group Deepen Collaboration to Boost Health System Resilience and Regional Vaccine Manufacturing

World Bank Group and Gavi sign a new Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen immunization, primary healthcare and regional vaccine manufacturing

Washington, D.C. / Geneva, 6 December 2025 - Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), and the World Bank Group are deepening their collaboration to strengthen financing for immunization and primary healthcare systems, while also supporting regional vaccine manufacturing in Africa. Working together, the two organizations plan to mobilize at least US$2 billion over the next five years in joint financing, aligned with country priorities.

"Our partnership with Gavi is an important step toward achieving our goal of delivering quality health services to 1.5 billion people by 2030," said World Bank Group President Ajay Banga. "Strengthening health systems provides more than better care. These efforts will create jobs, boost economic growth, and build long-term resilience across the health sector."

To support low- and lower middle-income countries as they transition from external support to long term sustainable financing, Gavi and the World Bank Group will leverage new financing tools such as blended finance, buydowns, and guarantees, and work together in areas like public financial management.

"Our expanded collaboration with the World Bank Group reflects a long-standing joint effort to support countries as they build robust and resilient health systems," said Dr Sania Nishtar, CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. "As Gavi embarks on its next five-year strategic period and implements the transformative Gavi Leap agenda, the additional resources made available to countries through this collaboration will be critical to our mission to accelerate progress towards country ownership, self-reliance and strengthened health systems that are resilient and responsive in the face of future health threats."

Gavi and the World Bank Group will also work together to advance vaccine manufacturing in Africa, aligned with the African Union's goal of producing 60% of the continent's vaccines domestically by 2040, and with Gavi's African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator. Collaboration with partners will be central to this effort.

The partnership will be critical for delivering the World Bank Group's goal to help countries reach 1.5 billion people with quality, affordable health services by 2030. Since launching this initiative 18 months ago, the World Bank Group and partners have reached 375 million more people and work is underway to scale proven primary care approaches that strengthen health outcomes while generating employment across health workforce, local supply chains and supporting industries.

In June, Gavi announced US$4.5 billion in complementary financing with Multilateral Development Banks and development finance institutions at its replenishment summit. This MoU is a key step in delivering on this ambition and was signed by Dr Sania Nishtar, Gavi CEO, and Ajay Banga, World Bank Group President, on the sidelines of the Universal Health Coverage High-level Forum, hosted by the Government of Japan in collaboration with the World Bank Group and the World Health Organization.

About Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is a public-private partnership that helps vaccinate more than half the world's children against some of the world's deadliest diseases. The Vaccine Alliance brings together developing country and donor governments, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the World Bank Group, the vaccine industry, technical agencies, civil society, the Gates Foundation and other private sector partners. View the full list of donor governments and other leading organizations that fund Gavi's work.

Since its inception in 2000, Gavi has helped to immunize a whole generation - over 1.2 billion children - and prevented more than 20.6 million future deaths, helping to halve child mortality in 78 lower-income countries. Gavi also plays a key role in improving global health security by supporting health systems as well as funding global stockpiles for Ebola, cholera, meningococcal and yellow fever vaccines. After two decades of progress, Gavi is now focused on protecting the next generation, above all the zero-dose children who have not received even a single vaccine shot. The Vaccine Alliance employs innovative finance and the latest technology - from drones to biometrics - to save lives, prevent outbreaks before they can spread and help countries on the road to self-sufficiency. Learn more at www.gavi.org and connect on Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X and YouTube.

About the World Bank Group

The World Bank Group works to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet through a combination of financing, knowledge, and expertise. It consists of the World Bank, including the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA); the International Finance Corporation (IFC); the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA); and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).

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