HSBC has launched a Vaccine Investment ISA that will give investors the opportunity to help vaccination programmes in developing countries. Through the International Finance Facility for Immunisation and the GAVI Alliance, every £1000 invested will help immunise more than 130 children against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, and Haemophilus influenzae type b.
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The credit crisis is putting millions of lives at risk as funding for humanitarian aid dries up. But an innovative new ISA is letting investors help - without making a direct donation.
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The Swiss-based Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunisation (GAVI) wants investors to buy "vaccine bonds." Banking-giant HSBC is partnering with the group to sell bonds to British investors that return more than 16-percent over a 5 year period.
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UK banks are proposing to investors donor-backed bonds to raise money for vaccines in developing countries, according to the UK non-profit International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm).
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The credit crisis is putting millions of lives at risk as funding for humanitarian aid dries up. But an innovative new ISA is letting investors help - without making a direct donation.
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Tony Levene went to Sierra Leone see how cash from a unique Vaccine Isa makes a direct difference.
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A new ethical investment Isa will offer the opportunity to make money and save lives in poor countries.
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Another week, another curious ISA offering with HSBC's launch of a not-for-profit Vaccine Investment ISA. The idea is a spin-off from the 2000 G8 summit. HSBC is collaborating with the World Bank to provide funding for the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, which supports vaccination programmes in 70 developing countries around the world. But this isn't a donation.
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HSBC has launched a pioneering new ethical investment ISA, a child vaccination ISA, which offers the opportunity to make money and at the same time help vaccinate children and save lives in the poorest countries of the world.
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A new Isa is being launched by HSBC to enable savers to help vaccinate children in developing countries.
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A new ISA is being launched which will enable savers to help vaccinate children in some of the world's poorest countries, it has been announced.
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Savers who still have not used their ISA allowance can now get a 16.2 per cent return while helping to save lives.
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HSBC is considering launching further UK retail targeted 'front-loaded' Isas, which allow savers to get a competitive return on their funds whilst helping charities.
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A new Vaccine Investment ISA aims to raise £50m to help vaccinate children in poor countries and offer investors in the UK a strong financial return.
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A new ISA is being launched which will enable savers to help vaccinate children in some of the world's poorest countries, it has been announced.
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IFFIM aims to raise £50m to vaccinate children in the world's poorest countries through the issuance of "vaccine bonds" to retail investors.
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Mr. Brown praises the Pope for having been one of the first subscribers to his International Finance Facility Bonds - a fund set up three years ago to provide immunisation for millions of children in the developing world.
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He gave the Pope a framed copy of a letter from an Ethiopian woman, thanking him for purchasing the first Vaccine Bond issued by the International Finance Facility (IFF), which Mr Brown helped to set up. "This is tangible proof of the common commitment of the Holy See and the United Kingdom in favour of international development," Mr Brown said. "Thanks to this bond more than $1.6bn (£1.1bn) has been subscribed, and 500 million children will have been vaccinated between 2006 and 2011".
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Five years ago, he went to Rome to enlist papal support for his International Finance Facility - a scheme for funding the UN's millennium development goals by selling government backed bonds on international markets. He was back in 2007 to support the Vatican's project underwriting the development of drugs needed in the world's poorer nations.
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Japanese investors who hope to make money through good deeds will soon have a choice of "vaccine bonds" issued in three currencies, with the proceeds going to immunize children in the developing world.
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A unique bond that provides investors with both financial returns and the personal satisfaction of helping children in poor countries through immunization will tap the Japanese market again next month.
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Top-rated 'vaccine bonds' that aim to raise over $250m to help vaccinate children in poor countries will go on sale in Japan in February.
The IFFIm was created to accelerate the availability of predictable, long-term funds for health and immunisation programmes through the GAVI Alliance (formerly the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization) in 70 of the poorest countries around the world.
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The Gavi Alliance, a non-profit organisation that raises money to immunise children in poor countries, has found that tapping capital markets is an efficient way to “frontload” donations and is revisiting the market for the second time in a year after piquing the interest of Japanese investors.
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A pioneering scheme to tap investors for funds for lifesaving vaccines said Friday it would return to Japan for another offering of bonds that have been bought by rock stars and Pope Benedict XVI.
The funds will be used to support the work of the GAVI Alliance, which is backed by the World Bank, UNICEF, the World Health Organization, governments, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and vaccine manufacturers.
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Top-rated bonds to raise $250 million or more to help vaccinate children in poor countries will go on sale for Japanese retail investors next month and could be issued in three currencies, organisers said on Friday.
Proceeds from IFFIm's bond sales go to support the work of the GAVI Alliance, a public-private partnership formerly known as the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation.
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Measles deaths worldwide fell by 74% between 2000 and 2007, from an estimated 750 000 to 197 000. In addition, the Eastern Mediterranean region, which includes countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, and Sudan, has cut measles deaths by a remarkable 90% during the same period. By reducing measles deaths from 96 000 to 10 000, the region has achieved the United Nations goal to reduce measles deaths by 90% by 2010, three years early.
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon praised the work of the GAVI Alliance and International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm) for delivering on a promise to provide reliable financing for children’s vaccination.
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New vaccine bonds aimed at European retail investors will probably hit the market in the first half of 2009 instead of 2008 as originally planned because of the turmoil in world markets.
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Finding the financial means to achieve global health targets poses a huge challenge. Government donations can take years or even decades after formal approval to actually arrive. To overcome this hurdle and quickly raise huge sums for child vaccination programs, the International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm, pronounced ‘if im’) raises funds from private investors by offering them bonds backed by government pledges. Alan Gillespie, chairman of the board at IFFIm, interfaces between the source of the funds, the capital markets and the distributor, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (The GAVI Alliance). [Read More ]

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In his first UN address as British prime minister, Gordon Brown says that the International Financial Facility for Immunisation is a model for what can be achieved in public-private cooperation across health, education, and infrastructure. [English]

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