GAVI

"Good afternoon everyone.
 
It is always inspiring to be a part of a wonderful event like this. But I have to confess, I did not always feel quite as knowledgeable about vaccines as I do today.
 
I remember twelve years ago, when I took my eldest son, Hussein, for his first round of childhood vaccinations, my dominant emotion was anxiety. Would the vaccines hurt? Would my baby cry? Would he grow up hating doctors?  
 
Well, of course, by the time he had become a toddler, he was so excited about getting a plaster that nothing else really mattered.

"Thank you, Julian, for your kind words, and for all your hard work at the helm of GAVI. And to Alisa and Josh, thank you so much for opening your beautiful home to us this evening. It is lovely to meet you and your young family, and makes me wish I had brought Salma and Hashem, my two youngest as well…but why shatter the peace of the English countryside?!

Let me start by asking you to raise your hand if you’re a mother.

The writer, Charlotte Gray once said:

(Jordan Times – Amman) – Her Majesty Queen Rania stressed that providing vaccines is a human duty and an ongoing investment, in addition to being a necessity to protect children.

The Queen, who is a board member of the GAVI Fund, made the remarks at a medical conference titled “Vaccines during the next decade in the Arab world,” which opened on Sunday. The three-day conference, organised by the University of Jordan’s faculty of medicine, seeks to highlight the issue of vaccines and to elevate its relevance in Arab countries.

(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department – Rome) - Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan, a board member of the GAVI Fund, joined finance ministers and other officials in launching the new Advanced Market Commitment (AMC) for Vaccines program, a groundbreaking initiative to save the lives of millions of children in the world's poorest countries by providing an estimated $1.5 billion to fund vaccine development.

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department – London) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan joined Chancellor Gordon Brown, representatives from GAVI and six European governments as well as global organizations in the field of child providers, Tuesday, in launching the International Finance Facility for Immunization (IFFIm). IFFIm is an institution for development which is working to support the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) by bringing $4 billion to the alliance over the next 10 years.

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - London) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, member of The Vaccine Fund’s (TVF) board of directors joined political leaders and experts from TVF and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) to announce a global fundraising campaign to boost child immunization rates and decrease mortality and illness from childhood diseases around the world.

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - London) As a member of the Board of Directors of GAVI, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah spent Thursday evening highlighting the organization’s accomplishments, which include preventing over 3 million deaths since its inception.

Queen Rania also urged the fundraiser attendees to realize the personal and collective responsibility in investing in child health around the world.