![]() Women from Venezuela’s indigenous Warao refugee community attend a COVID-19 educational session in Brazil. “It is now imperative…to secure full funding for COVAX and more vaccines – right now – for lower income countries at the Advance Market Commitment Summit on 2 June”, read the statement. Up against ‘catastrophic’ consequencesĪlthough more vaccine doses will be available later this year, the statement said, “if we do not address the current, urgent shortfall the consequences could be catastrophic”.Īt the World Health Assembly last Friday, governments recognized the political and financial urgency of supporting COVAX with doses and dollars. And because vaccine access is important to stem the tide, “we must focus on ensuring countries who have not benefitted from these life-saving tools do so now, and with urgency”, the statement said.Īlthough COVAX, the global mechanism for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, has proven itself time and again, the harrowing surge in India has severely impacted its supply to the point that by the end of June it will face a 190-million-dose shortfall. While cases of COVID-19 are declining in some countries, South Asia is suffering a traumatic surge. In a further development, WHO, GAVI the vaccine alliance and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) issued a joint statement warning against “patchy achievements made so far”. Surge in South Asia threatens COVAX initiative “By working together, we can vaccinate the world, end the pandemic, and kick-start a strong recovery”, the Secretary-General concluded. While this sector has been “central to every breakthrough” throughout the pandemic, he reminded that it achieved this by collaborating with countries, communities and the public sectors. Guterres highlighted that the private sector could leverage its influence and expertise, use its communication channels to share accurate information and donate its service and resources, to encourage innoculation. “I am ready to mobilize the entire United Nations System to support this effort, but we need political will to move forward”, he said. He said a global vaccination plan was needed, beginning with a G20 Task Force comprised of countries with vaccine production and manufacturing capacities, the WHO and Access to COVID-19 Tools ( ACT) partners, as well as international financial institutions. In poorer countries, even health workers and people with underlying conditions cannot access them”, he said, adding, “this is not only unjust, it’s self-defeating and dangerous – to everyone”.įast, equitable vaccination is the only way “to prevent new and more dangerous variants from emerging and wreaking further havoc”, in rich and poor countries alike, said Mr. “Just ten countries have administered more than 75 per cent of all vaccine doses. ![]() Guterres bemoaned “a large and growing vaccine gap between rich and poor countries”. However, despite the World Health Organization’s ( WHO) authorization for 13 vaccines and the “incredible success” of rollouts in more than 170 countries, Mr. Having delivered safe and effective vaccines in record time, science has shone a light for some parts of the world. Vaccine equity to prevent ‘further havoc’ ![]() ![]() Pollack Mary K.The UN chief recognized the many lives that have been saved: “To have you leading this meeting is a guarantee of success because what our partnership has always represented is indeed the very symbol of the values we represent”. Shultz Ines Wingert David Eik Bharvi Chavre Brandon Shaw Pam Norman Ryan Vinh Erika Dade Laura Garcia Alex Johnson Jonathan Gilmour Larry Eason Artis Curiskis Ryan Scholl Lou Hamann Ryan Panchadsaram Blake Truitt Catherine C. Mullaly, MD FRCPC MPH MS Ryan Kailath Theo Michel Maggie Kubicek Alejandra Arevalo Divya Ramjee Dr. Rivera John Keefe Libby Blazes Catherine M. McLaughlin Jason Santa Maria Shreyas Pasumarthi Gabe O'Leary Jessica Malaty Rivera Jacqueline Wilkinson Jeffrey Ndubisi Kate Zwaard Lauren Bradley Ganda Suthivarakom Aryan Melissa Odell Michael T. Skip volunteer list Rick Palmer Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky Amber Leigh Turner Danielle Bloch Aviva Geiger Schwarz Robinson Meyer Mat “Wilto” Marquis Toph Tucker Jeremy Lederman Chase Harrington Manan Alam Aliya Uteuova David Phillips Laila Barkoudeh Noah Kim Samuel J Klein Sarah Burch Kyong Mazzaro Sarah R. The most complete data about COVID-19 in the US.
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