Gavi’s 2021 Annual Progress Report, released today, is a record in numbers of another difficult pandemic year – a year of alarming setbacks, and a year of hard-won gains.

Prof José Manuel Barroso, Chair of the Gavi Board, reflects on the achievements of lower-income countries during the pandemic.

Dr Seth Berkley, CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, looks back on the first year of Gavi 5.0

Routine immunisation coverage fell for a second consecutive year in 2021 across 57 Gavi-supported countries, although preliminary data shows signs of improvement in early 2022.

Here’s what happened behind the scenes to increase intensive care capacity at the height of the pandemic.

Health workers and religious heads have joined forces to ensure that Kargil’s remote villages are vaccinated against COVID-19.

The EBO-SURSY Project aims to strengthen surveillance for viral haemorrhagic fevers by forging relationships with remote communities in West and Central Africa.

Kunle Afolayan gives a fresh insight into what it’s like to be a cancer patient in modern Nigeria, teaching vital lessons on the way.

Togo records its highest rates of malaria mortality and morbidity during the rainy season. This year the country is prepared.

Renovation, combined with an aggressive immunisation outreach campaign, is boosting routine immunisation at Bode Primary Healthcare Centre, Oyo State.

Although Zika raced around the world in 2016, leading to babies born with developmental problems, research was slow to explain how the virus worked – until now.

The end of the pandemic may be in sight, but COVID-19 could be a harbinger of future calamities. If global leaders do not establish equitable mechanisms to respond before the next big crisis strikes, low-income countries and high-risk groups will…