The UK’s work with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

The UK’s major aid investment in Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, is playing a pivotal role in making sure children in the world’s poorest countries are vaccinated against disease – but the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic risks “crowding out” routine immunisation work.

  1. Status: Completed
  2. Published: 4 June 2020
  3. Type: Information note
  4. Subject: Global health
  5. Assessment: Unrated
  6. Lead commissioner: Tamsyn Barton
  7. SDGs covered:Partnerships for the goals, Good health and wellbeing

International Development Committee

A hearing is held by Parliament’s International Development Committee (IDC) or their ICAI sub- committee for most ICAI reviews.

ICAI Chief Commissioner Tamsyn Barton gave evidence on the issues raised in the Gavi information note to an International Development Committee hearing. The IDC hearing is available to watch online. The transcript is also available to read.

Timeline

Information note publication

Published 4 June 2020

Parliamentary scrutiny

IDC hearing 16 June 2020