Press Releases

AMC Telebriefing
Agenda, speaker bios, and instructions for listening to a recording of the call (PDF 159Kb)
Wednesday 2 April 2008 3:30 PM CET / 9:30 EST
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Five nations and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launch Advance Market Commitment for vaccines to combat deadly disease in poor nations
Canada, Italy, Norway, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today committed US$1.5 billion to launch the first Advance Market Commitment (AMC) to help speed the development and availability of a new vaccine which is expected to save the lives of 5.4 million children by 2030.
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Norwegian Government to provide NOK 350 million for purchase of vaccines
The Second Plenary Meeting of the Leading Group on Solidarity Levies to Fund Development was opened by Minister of International Development Erik Solheim in Oslo today. He announced that the Government is to support Advanced Market Commitments for Vaccines (AMCs), a scheme that guarantees future public purchases of vaccines for developing countries. The Government will propose to the Storting that Norway commits to a multi-year contribution totalling NOK 350 million.

AMC Telebriefing
Agenda, speaker bios, and instructions for listening to a recording of the call
Wednesday, 7 February 2007
11:00 am Washington, DC / 4:00 pm London / 5:00 pm Europe
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Media Advisory
Vaccines Launch of the First Global AMC Project for the Poorer Nations
The first global project for the development of vaccines against endemic diseases known as AMC (Advanced Market Commitments for Vaccines), promoted in the G7 framework to save millions of lives in the poorest countries and support their economic development with new methods, will be officially launched in Rome on Friday 9 February.   [Italiano]