Gavi approved around $180 million for vaccine factories in Africa. The brand-new funding helps African countries build capacity to produce their own vaccines. A two-day meeting confirmed the plan. The key push aims to reduce dependence on imported shots. Recent numbers show how strict vaccine rules lowered child vaccination rates in some places. Gavi must now handle support for local production while boosting immunization numbers up. Local factories may somewhat slow the goal of reaching about 500 million more children by around 2025.