- UPS partnership with Gavi builds on successful efforts to
expand and improve vaccine delivery in Uganda and some of the
world’s most underserved communities
- To date, UPS cold chain best practices have resulted in
regularly scheduled vaccine deliveries, significant stockout
reductions and an increase of 100,000 in monthly vaccine
distribution rates
- Commitment leverages US$2 million from the Gavi Matching Fund,
resulting in US$5 million in support
- Program taps into UPS’s deep expertise in healthcare supply
chain management and commitment to humanitarian and development
goals
The UPS Foundation, which leads the global citizenship programs
for UPS (NYSE: UPS), and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, announced
today a commitment of US$3 million in new funding and in-kind
logistics support spanning two years, provided by UPS and The UPS
Foundation to Gavi. The new support will enable Gavi to continue to
strengthen supply chain networks that deliver life-saving vaccines
to children in the world’s poorest countries, and expand coverage
of essential childhood vaccines with the mission of eliminating
childhood deaths from avoidable diseases.
The UPS Foundation’s contribution of US$2 million in cash and
US$1 million in UPS in-kind services, combined with a match of US$2
million from the Gavi Matching Fund, results in a total of US$5
million toward an expansion of previous shared efforts by the
organizations. The contribution will apply to Gavi’s 2021 to 2025
strategic period. The Gavi Matching Fund was created in 2011 to
encourage businesses to invest in global immunization.
This commitment extends The UPS Foundation’s and UPS’s long-time
partnership with Gavi and draws on the company’s deep expertise in
healthcare supply chain management. The UPS Foundation’s corporate
partnership with Gavi began in 2014. Since that time, UPS has
provided funding and technical expertise aimed at establishing
reliable cold chain networks, expanding last mile delivery of
vaccines, broadening the pool of trained supply chain managers in
priority countries and spearheading innovation.
“Strong and efficient supply chains are essential to Gavi’s
work,” said Dr. Seth Berkley, CEO of Gavi. “With support from The
UPS Foundation, we have in recent years been able to greatly
enlarge and improve supply chains that Gavi-eligible countries rely
on to deliver vaccines, even in some of the most remote areas of
the world. We’re extremely grateful to The UPS Foundation, whose
close partnership with Gavi has yielded truly groundbreaking
accomplishments. We’re excited to move ahead with the next chapter
of this enormously fruitful relationship.”
“As a purpose-driven, global organization, our support for
Gavi’s mission can help advance our society in the most important
way – our children’s future – and catalyze more private sector
support,” said Eduardo Martinez, President of The UPS Foundation
and UPS Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer. “We aspire to
create pathways for the public sector and civil society to better
connect with the private sector, to create more efficient systems,
and enable innovations that improve the delivery of vital health
services and commodities like vaccines.”
With the support of the Ugandan government and Minister of
Health, in July 2018, UPS and Gavi developed a pilot last mile
vaccine delivery network in three districts around Kampala, Uganda,
serving three million people and focused on improving the
percentage of Ugandan children who receive childhood vaccines.
Working with the Ugandan Ministry of Health, UPS, Gavi and UPS’s
authorized service contractor established a vaccine delivery system
reaching more than 150 clinics. The pilot, which was well received
by local health networks, utilized cold chain best practices,
vehicles with refrigerators, temperature monitoring tools, stock
management systems to track inventory and trigger ordering before
vaccines are out of stock.
The UPS Foundation’s contributions have supported, among other
activities, the Strategic Training Executive Program (STEP)
Leadership Development program, which builds supply chain managers’
capacity to provide end-to-end management of vaccine supply
chains.
This new contribution from The UPS Foundation, combined with the
Gavi Matching Fund, will be used to support Gavi’s supply chain
initiatives across the 2021-2025 period, strengthening the
Alliance’s capacity to engage with the private sector and replicate
the successful Uganda model to exponentially increase availability
of vaccines for children in other countries.
About UPS
UPS (NYSE: UPS) is a global leader in logistics, offering a
broad range of solutions including transporting packages and
freight; facilitating international trade, and deploying advanced
technology to more efficiently manage the world of business.
Headquartered in Atlanta, UPS serves more than 220 countries and
territories worldwide. UPS was awarded America’s Best Customer
Service company for Shipping and Delivery services by Newsweek
magazine; Forbes Most Valuable Brand in Transportation; and top
rankings on the JUST 100 list for social responsibility, the Dow
Jones Sustainability World Index, and the Harris Poll Reputation
Quotient, among other prestigious rankings and awards. The company
can be found on the web at ups.com or pressroom.ups.com and its
corporate blog can be found at longitudes.ups.com. The company’s
sustainability eNewsletter, UPS Horizons, can be found at
ups.com/sustainabilitynewsletter. To get UPS news direct,
follow @UPS_News on Twitter. To ship with UPS, visit
ups.com/ship.
About The UPS Foundation
Since its founding in 1907, UPS has built a legacy as a caring
and responsible corporate citizen, supporting programs that provide
long-term solutions to community needs. Founded in 1951, The UPS
Foundation leads its global citizenship programs and is responsible
for facilitating community involvement to local, national, and
global communities. In 2019, UPS and its employees, active and
retired, invested more than $123.8 million in charitable giving
around the world. The UPS Foundation can be found on the web at
UPS.com/Foundation and @UPS_Foundation on Twitter.
About Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is a public-private partnership that
helps vaccinate half the world’s children against some of the
world’s deadliest diseases. Since its inception in 2000, Gavi has
helped to immunise a whole generation – over 760 million children –
and prevented more than 13 million deaths, helping to halve child
mortality in 73 developing countries. Gavi also plays a key role in
improving global health security by supporting health systems as
well as funding global stockpiles for Ebola, cholera, meningitis
and yellow fever vaccines. After two decades of
progress, Gavi is now focused on protecting the next generation
and reaching the unvaccinated children still being left
behind, employing innovative finance and the latest technology –
from drones to biometrics – to save millions more lives, prevent
outbreaks before they can spread and help countries on the road to
self-sufficiency. Learn more at www.gavi.org and
connect with us on Facebook and Twitter.
The Vaccine Alliance brings together developing country and
donor governments, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the World
Bank, the vaccine industry, technical agencies, civil society, the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other private sector
partners. View the full list of donor governments and other leading
organizations that fund Gavi’s work here.
June Holder, U.S. Public Relations, UPS
+1 404-828-4805
jholder@ups.com
Gregg Svingen, International Public Relations, UPS
+32 2776-9616
gsvingen@ups.com
James Fulker, Media Manager, Gavi
+41 79 429 55 05
jfulker@gavi.org
Fred Tissandier, Head, Global & Country Media Engagement, Gavi
+41 79 300 82 53
ftissandier@gavi.org
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