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Opening Gates magazine | 1st Edition, 2017

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Blood being processed in South Africa’s TB Vaccine Initiative in Worcester, South Africa.

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HERE ARE SOME OF THE INVESTMENTS WE’VE MADE TO SPEED UP SCIENCE:

$460-million to the newly established Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations to shorten the time it takes to create and deliver vaccines.

$18-million in process to the University of Maryland, Baltimore, for studies in Mali, Kenya and Gambia on the impact of rotavirus vaccines on child health.

More than $150-million to the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative to advance development of next-generation malaria vaccines.

$3-million to Wits RHI to strengthen the evidence base for providing influenza vaccines to pregnant women in South Africa to protect their infants from the disease.

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