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With new “Vaccine Bonds” Japanese Investors will have the opportunity to save more children’s lives in the poorest countries of the world
11 December 2008
New "Vaccine Bonds" expected to be offered in Japan by Daiwa Securities Group next year aim to accelerate immunisation of children in the world's poorest countries against deadly diseases. These new Vaccine Bonds would be the second initiative of its kind in Japan to use the capital markets to raise funds for a specific development purpose. [English] [Japanese]
Japanese Investors Welcome the Launch of IFFIm’s Debut “Vaccine Bonds”
4 March 2008
Japanese investors enthusiastically welcomed the launch of the debut offering in the Japanese market of the International Finance Facility for Immunisation Company (“IFFIm”), a ZAR 1.7 billion (USD equivalent 223 million) two year uridashi issue. The funds raised by the issue will be used by the GAVI Alliance for health and immunisation programmes in 70 of the poorest countries around the world to save millions of lives. [English]
“Vaccine bonds” offered in Japan will help save children’s lives in the developing world.
27 February 2008
A "vaccine bond" expected to be offered in Japan next month aims to accelerate efforts to immunise children in the world’s poorest countries against deadly diseases, the first initiative of its kind in Japan to use the capital markets to raise funds for a specific development purpose. [English]
Vaccine Bonds to speed up access to life saving vaccines in the poorest countries around the world.
29 January 2008
Daiwa Securities Group, the International Finance Facility for Immunisation Company, the GAVI Alliance, and the World Bank, announce IFFIm’s expected inaugural issuance of notes under its Global Debt Issuance Programme targeting mainly Japanese retail investors. [English] [Japanese]