GAVI has vaccinated 1 billion people.

Vaccinations carried out in programmes GAVI supported count as 'vaccinated by GAVI'. True: GAVI's dated official reports or announcements, or independent sources such as WHO or UNICEF, show that by 26 June 2024 GAVI-supported programmes had vaccinated at least 1 billion people (children count as people). Mostly true: the cumulative figure is about 1 billion, at or slightly above it, but counted on a slightly different basis (for example children immunised versus doses or people). Mostly false: the documented figure was clearly below 1 billion as of that date (for example only hundreds of millions), or it counts something substantially different, such as doses rather than people, and the people-count is well below 1 billion. False: the evidence shows GAVI's reach was far below 1 billion people.

Set before the research began.

1. E1 Vaccine Alliance reaches more than one billion children Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance · 13 June 2023

   “Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance has helped to vaccinate over one billion children with routine vaccines since it was established in 2000”

2. E2 Vaccine Alliance reaches more than one billion children Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance · 13 June 2023

   “In total, Gavi has enabled roughly 6 billion vaccinations around the world, protecting children and adults against 19 infectious diseases.”

3. E3 Fully-funded Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, is a lifeline for child survival, says WHO World Health Organization · 28 March 2025

   “Since 2000, Gavi has protected an entire generation – over 1 billion children – against infectious diseases, helping to cut by half child mortality in 78 lower-income countries.”

Gavi's dated release of 13 June 2023 says the Alliance had helped to vaccinate over one billion children with routine vaccines since 2000 (E1). That is before the 26 June 2024 date the claim is judged as of. WHO separately confirms that Gavi has protected over 1 billion children since 2000 (E3). The criteria count children as people, so the documented reach meets the 1 billion threshold; the larger 6 billion figure counts vaccinations, not people (E2).