It is no secret that GAVI has a deep relationship with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). GAVI, which is said to have the shared goal of creating equal access to new and underused vaccines for children living in the world’s poorest countries, is now jumping into the corona vaccine bandwagon. It should be noted that the BMGF in January 2000 gave $750 million as a five-year pledge to create GAVI and even presently GAVI’s more than 18% funding comes from the BMGF. One of the four Board members of GAVI is from BMGF. It is reported that GAVI has a very close relationship with multinational pharmaceutical companies. Merck currently sits on the board of the Global Fund, while members of the GAVI board always include companies that are part of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers comprising GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Novartis and Pfizer, among others. Read more…
