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Dr. Sania Nishtar

Dr. Sania Nishtar

CEO, Gavi the Vaccine Alliance

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"This analysis highlighting twenty-four years of remarkable progress on the African continent demonstrates the immense life-saving power of vaccines when immunisation is prioritised as a matter of policy." — April 2026 statement

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African measles vaccination campaign saves nearly 20 million lives since 2000

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Leading Gavi's "Leap" reform agenda

In 2000, measles killed roughly 480,000 people a year in Africa, mostly children under five. A quarter-century of sustained vaccination — more than half a billion routine doses and 622 million supplemental campaign doses across 44 countries — has cut that toll in half, saving an estimated 19.5 million lives. Three sub-Saharan nations have now eliminated the disease entirely, a milestone once considered decades away.

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