====== Bill & Melinda Gates Children's Vaccine Program ======

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The **Bill & Melinda Gates Children's Vaccine Program (CVP)** was an American funding vehicle focused on increasing the speed of development and distribution of [[vaccines]] to children worldwide. It was administered by [[PATH]].

===== History =====

The CVP was launched on December 2, 1998 with a five-year $100 million grant from the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]].((Kane, M. (2000, January). //Year One In Review.// Children’s Vaccine Program. https://web.archive.org/web/20000903064454/http://www.childrensvaccine.org/files/CVP-Year-One.pdf))

Within its first year, the CVP had "fundamentally and profoundly altered the landscape of global [[public health]]," according to then-Director [[Mark Kane]]. It served as a founding member of [[GAVI]], and helped form the [[Global Fund for Children's Vaccines]] in 1999 through a $750 million grant, alongside the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]] and GAVI.

Several more significant grants were issued; the CVP gave the [[World Health Organization]] $11.25 million for vaccine initiatives, $10 million to [[UNICEF]] for "global advocacy for immunization country-level immunization programs," and $3.7 million to the [[World Bank]] to "support initiatives to include immunization programming in bank loans." 

The CVP collaborated with the [[National Institutes of Health]] to test the "field efficacy" of a [[pneumococcal conjugate vaccine]] in [[The Gambia]].

===== Organization =====

==== Partners ====

The CVP was a member of the [[Allied Vaccine Group]], alongside the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] (AAP), [[Parents of Kids with Infectious Diseases]] (PKID), [[Immunization Action Coalition]] (IAC), [[Vaccine Page]] and the [[National Network for Immunization Information]].((//Members.// Allied Vaccine Group. Retrieved February 6, 2001, from https://web.archive.org/web/20010206034519/http://vaccine.org/members.htm))

Most of the CVP's work was carried out through partners which included non-governmental organizations and national governments, particularly national Ministries of Health and Finance. Notable partners included:

  * [[Abt Associates]]
  * [[Africa Health]] (magazine)
  * [[Association pour l'aide à la Médecine Préventive]]
  * [[Australian Aid]]
  * [[Australian International Health Institute]]
  * [[Child Health Dialogue]] (magazine)
  * [[Hesperian Foundation]]
  * [[International Vaccine Institute]]
  * [[Japanese International Cooperating Agency]]
  * [[Media/Materials Clearinghouse]] at [[Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs]]
  * [[Pan American Health Organization]] (PAHO)
  * [[UNICEF]]
  * [[United States Agency for International Development]] (USAID)
  * [[Vaccine Page]]
  * [[World Bank]]
  * [[World Health Organization]]

===== External links =====

  * [[https://wiki.whiteroseintelligence.com/en/Bill-and-Melinda-Gates-Childrens-Vaccine-Program|White Rose Wiki]]