NEW YORK, Aug 19 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday urged countries to join a global pact aimed at ensuring less wealthy countries have access to Covid-19 vaccines, warning about the risks from so-called “vaccine nationalism.” Here is a look at the WHO’s plan and the approaches...
Wednesday, 19 Aug 2020 11:13 AM MYT
NEW YORK, Aug 19 — The World Health Organisation yesterday urged countries to join a global pact aimed at ensuring less wealthy countries have access to Covid-19 vaccines, warning about the risks from so-called “vaccine nationalism.” Here is a look at the WHO’s plan and the approaches by wealthier nations.The Covax global vaccines facility is a programme designed to pool funds from wealthier countries and non-profits to develop a Covid-19 vaccine and distribute it equitably around the world.
Covax is part of a broader programme, called the Access to Covid-19 Tools Accelerator, that works to ensure that vaccines, treatments, diagnostic tests and other healthcare resources are broadly available to combat the pandemic.They have focused on securing vaccines for their own citizens, striking deals for the first doses even as data has yet to prove the vaccines to be effective.
Russia and China are also working on vaccines and have already begun vaccinating some of their citizens.The ACT Accelerator is financed by a variety of nonprofits and governments. It is aiming to raise about US$31 billion.
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