[GAVI] Paris / Geneva -- Gavi's new Investment Opportunity outlines plans for the Vaccine Alliance to protect 500 million children, saving over 8 million lives between 2026 and 2030. At a Forum co-hosted by Gavi, the African Union and the French Republic, Gavi announced it will need at least US$ 9 billion in new donor funding for this work. In response, the United States of America, France, Spain, the private sector and philanthropy pledged early support worth at least US$ 2.4 billion towards this goal. The Forum also saw the