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The joint Save the Children – UNICEF policy brief Step Up for Immunization: Sustaining Progress, Protecting Futures – Making the Case for funding Gavi 6.0. outlines the pivotal challenges posed by stagnating immunization rates and the growing number of zero-dose children, while emphasizing Gavi 6.0’s potential to reverse these trends. Key highlights include: 2.7 million additional children un- or under-vaccinated post-pandemic as well as a target to immunize 500 million children, potential to save 8–9 million lives and $100 billion in estimated economic benefits. The brief entails a comparison between Gavi 6.0. and Gavi 5.0., making the case for ambitious pledges by key donors for Gavi 6.0.

The brief also includes Save the Children’s Global Immunization Footprint and Reach. This overview highlights our role in delivering vaccines to the most vulnerable children, often in collaboration with Gavi. Through our work to increase immunization coverage in 30 countries over the last 5 years, we prioritized equity, local engagement, sustainable health systems, and innovative solutions to ensure no child is left behind.

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The world has made astounding progress towards ending child deaths, which have fallen from 12.7 million in 1990 to 6.3 million in 2013. 2015 isn’t just a year; it’s a unique opportunity to change the future for children. As we discuss the next development framework for the post-2015 world, our ambition is to be the generation that can end all preventable child deaths.

Vaccination is one of the most successful public health interventions ever and has played a critical role in reducing global child mortality and accelerating progress towards the Millennium Development Goals. Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, is