SDG National Commitments Form: Submission #21

Please outline briefly the commitment(s) made in the areas outlined above We are supporting the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the prevention of new pandemics and the global strengthening of health systems, including by expanding national vaccine production in partner countries, enhancing the capacities of financial institutions and regulatory measures by global health stakeholders (e.g. WHO) and preventing and combating health risks at the interface between animals, humans and the environment (One Health approach).

• Germany is supporting African partner countries to cover 60% of their own vaccine and pharmaceutical needs by 2040, e.g. via the Team Europe MAV+ Initiative, which has total funding of €1.2 billion (Germany’s contribution is over €550 million since 2021).

• To improve pandemic prevention and response, Germany is supporting the Pandemic Fund with a total of €119 million (Germany’s pledge: €69 million in 2022 and €50 million in 2023) and is also supporting negotiations on an international pandemic agreement and the parallel revision of the International Health Regulations (IHR).

• By contributing to the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF), Germany is playing its part in achieving the goal of significantly reducing avoidable deaths of mothers, newborns, children and adolescents by 2030. In 2022 and 2023, Germany contributed a total of €50 million to the GFF. Germany is co-host of the resource mobilisation campaign in 2023. Germany intends to contribute more funding in 2024.

• Germany is also supporting the One Health approach to prevent health risks at the interface between animals, humans and the environment, e.g. by tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR, known as the silent pandemic) through the AMR Multi-Partner Trust Fund of the Quadripartite Organisations (WHO, FAO, WOAH, UNEP) or the Nature for Health Initiative.