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iPolitics By Janet E Silver. Published on Dec 14, 2020 5:26pm International Development Minister Karina Gould (Matthew Usherwood/iPolitics)
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About $485 million will help developing countries procure and distribute COVID vaccines, International Development Minister Karina Gould announced today.
Over half that, $255 million, will be for the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, a program launched by the World Health Organization in April to ensure poor countries have access to treatments and vaccines.
Gould said the remaining $230 million is for UNICEF to buy three million antibody therapeutics for developing countries, once the treatments are approved.
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Canada boosts foreign aid by $485 million with new funds to global COVID-19 effort
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated Dec 14, 2020 at 11:28 am EDT
OTTAWA Canada’s foreign aid budget is swelling noticeably today with International Development Minister Karina Gould’s announcement of $485 million in new funding towards the global effort to provide COVID-19 vaccines to poor countries.
The new funds are going towards the Access to COVID-19 Tools, or “ACT Accelerator,” which was created in April by the World Health Organization, the French government, the European Commission and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The ACT Accelerator is part of a global effort to ensure low- and middle-income countries have equitable access to medical treatments during the pandemic.