WHO backs equitable COVID vaccine access, says poorest countries to get doses within weeks

During a virtual Q&A regarding COVID-19 vaccines, WHO IVB Director, Kate O'Brien and Deputy Executive Director of ICDDR, Alejandro Cravioto, said that poorest nations across world can expect ir vaccines between end of January and middle of February. “re are a number of vaccines that actually work against disease”, said Kate during virtual Q&A. Talking about COVAX, which is a globally-pooled vaccine distribution effort, Kate said, “ facility has access to over two billion doses of vaccine. That’s how countries in Africa and South Asia, and or countries around world of se 92 that are less able to afford vaccines, are actually going to get vaccines”.

All that you need to kw about COVAX

COVAX is an initiative co-led by WHO, Gavi vaccine alliance and Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Invations (CEPI). Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Chair of Gavi Board, said that Gavi aims to “serve twin goals of moving forward rapidly with our need to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines”. board also said that it has approved provision of US$ 150 million in initial funding to jumpstart support COVAX AMC-eligible countries.

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Recently, WHO chief Tedros ham said COVID-19 pandemic entered a new phase where “solidarity needed like never before”. Talking about COVAX, he said that initiative h alrey been backed by 190 countries and ecomies. He demanded quick supply vaccines so that roll-out could begin at earliest and those at high-risk, could be protected. 

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COVAX is one of three pillars of Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator that aims at invative and equitable access to COVID-19 diagstics, treatment and vaccine. WHO chief, who expressed concerns about vaccine nationalism, h previously asked international communities to contribute a sum of $4 million in a bid to aid purchase of vaccines for distribution in lower and middle-income countries through COVAX vaccine facility.   WHO Director-General also stressed that if all countries act toger, n humankind could beat virus and prohibit to mutate furr. “Morally, ecomically, socially & for global security, we must act toger right w", he said.

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