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Bill & Melinda Gates Children's Vaccine Program
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.1) It served as a founding member of GAVI, and helped form the Global Fund for Children's Vaccines through a $750 million grant.
Within its first year, the CVP had “fundamentally and profoundly altered the landscape of global public health,” according to then-Director Mark Kane.
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), The Vaccine Page and the National Network for Immunization Information.2)
Most of the CVP's work was carried out through partners which included non-governmental organizations and national governments. Notable partners included:
1)
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
2)
Members. Allied Vaccine Group. Retrieved February 6, 2001, from https://web.archive.org/web/20010206034519/http://vaccine.org/members.htm