Safely Reopening Requires Testing, Tracing and Isolation, Not Just Vaccines 11 February 2021
by Peter Sands, Executive Director of the Global Fund & Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator
No matter how effective vaccines are, they are not enough.
The recent surge of positive COVID-19 vaccine developments has sent waves of relief throughout a pandemic-weary world. However, no matter how effective these vaccines are, they will not be enough to end this global pandemic and for many of the world’s most vulnerable communities, they won’t arrive fast enough.
The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines were developed in record time. However, these announcements highlight significant challenges: delivering two-dose vaccines with stringent cold-chain requirements to almost eight billion people, many of whom reside in communities with underfunded and strained health systems, is no small feat. Even if we address the logistical challenges, the reality is that it ta
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‘We sink or we swim together’: 5 things you need to know about COVAX
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2nd March, 2021 07:52:41
COVAX has been trending in stories about the COVID-19 pandemic in recent days, particularly in relation to the shipment of vaccines to Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, the first to arrive in Africa.
Here’s a UN News recap of what COVAX is, and why it is so important.
1) What is COVAX?
COVAX (COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access) is the vaccines element of the ACT-Accelerator programme, led by the WHO and international partners, to develop a set of tools to fight the virus. WHO says that the programme has supported the fastest, most coordinated, and successful global effort in history to fight a disease, reports UN News.
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