Børn i Den 3. Verden går formentlig en lysere fremtid i møde efter en donorkonference i London, hvor givere fra de rige nationer kom op med mange flere milliarder end antaget
Over 4,3 billion US dollar (21,5 milliarder DKR) was pledged by major public and private donors to aid projects vaccinating children in developing countries at a conference in London Monday.
The conference – co-hosted by the British Government and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (Gavi) – exceeded its goal of encouraging richer countries to donate more money to the global vaccine program, particularly to vaccinate more children against pneumonia and diarrhea.
The campaign had hoped to raise 3,7 billion dollar. Donors included corporations, philanthropists and governments donating to Gavi for the first time, including Japan and Brazil.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron pledged 814 million pounds to help vaccinate children around the world against preventable diseases like pneumonia at the Gavi-conference.
Bill Gates, the philanthropist and founder of Microsoft, on Sunday praised David Cameron for his “absolutely fantastic” decision to embrace the UN target of spending 0,7 per cent of GNI (gross national income) on overseas aid by 2013.
– The UK government is taking a lead, Gates said of Britain’s role in convening the London conference of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (Gavi).
Some relief groups such as Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and Oxfam are urging the international vaccine agency to negotiate harder with drug companies for lower prices on vaccines to immunize the world’s poor.
They also want the cash-strapped GAVI Alliance to kick drug companies off its board (bestyrelse), fearing it has too friendly a relationship with the companies that sell it hundreds of millions of dollars of inoculations (vaccinationer) every year.
Kilde: www.worldbank.org
