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the role of COVAX in COVID vaccination
COVAX is one of three pillars of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, which was launched in April 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The ACT Accelerator brings together governments, global health organisations, manufacturers, scientists, private sector, civil society and philanthropy, with the aim of providing innovative and equitable access to COVID-19 diagnostics, treatments and vaccines.
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COVAX aims to accelerate the development and manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines, and to guarantee fair and equitable access for every country in the world.
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COVAX's initital goal is to procure and deliver 2 billion doses of vaccines by the end of 2021.
As of August 31, 230 million COVAX vaccines have been shipped to 139 countries.
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COVAX is co-led by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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COVAX offers:
- Doses for at least 20% of the countries' populations
- Diverse and actively managed portfolio of vaccines
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COVAX offers:
- Vaccines delivered as soon as they are available
- End the acute phase of the pandemic
- Rebuild economies
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By joining COVAX, self-financing countries are guaranteed sufficient doses to protect a certain proportion of their population, depending upon how much they buy into it.
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On the other hand, funded countries will receive enough doses to vaccinate up to 20 per cent of their population in the longer term. This is subject to funding availability,
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COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC) is to support the participation of 92 lower-middle and low-income economies in the COVAX facility ensuring these countries get equal access to vaccines.
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