Vaccinsamarbetet Covax har slut på pengar
Kassan har sinat hos det internationella vaccinsamarbetet Covax, rapporterar TT.
– Just nu har vi i princip inga pengar, säger Seth Berkley, vd på den FN-stödda vaccinalliansen Gavi, som upprättat samarbetet tillsammans med Världshälsoorganisationen WHO.
Covax har delat ut en miljard vaccindoser till fattiga länder, men det är bara hälften av det mål som sattes för slutet av 2021. De har tidigare uppgett att skälet är hård konkurrens om doser från rika länder.
Enligt Berkley behövs motsvarande 47 miljarder kronor för att finansiera fortsatt vaccindistribution.
bakgrund
Covax
Wikipedia (en)
COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access, abbreviated as COVAX, is a worldwide initiative aimed at equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines directed by the GAVI vaccine alliance, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), and the World Health Organization (WHO). It is one of the three pillars of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator, an initiative begun in April 2020 by the WHO, the European Commission, and the government of France as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. COVAX coordinates international resources to enable low-to-middle-income countries equitable access to COVID-19 tests, therapies, and vaccines. UNICEF is the key delivery partner, leveraging its experience as the largest single vaccine buyer in the world and working on the procurement of COVID-19 vaccine doses, as well logistics, country readiness and in-country delivery.
By 19 October 2020, 184 countries had joined COVAX.COVAX began distributing vaccines in February 2021. Though COVAX promised 100 million doses by the end of March, this goal was not reached until 6 July. By mid-August 2021, COVAX delivered 200 million vaccine doses to nearly 140 countries instead of the 600 million doses initially projected. The continued shortage of COVID-19 vaccines delivered through COVAX is blamed on "vaccine nationalism" by richer nations, and the diversion of 400 million Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine doses, produced under license by the Serum Institute of India (SII), for domestic use in India.
Omni är politiskt obundna och oberoende. Vi strävar efter att ge fler perspektiv på nyheterna. Har du frågor eller synpunkter kring vår rapportering? Kontakta redaktionen