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English News and Press Release on World about Health and Epidemic; published on 27 May 2021 by GAVI, UNICEF and 2 other organizations
May 27, 2021 COVID-19 patients receive oxygen at a place of worship in Ghaziabad, India, in this courtesy file picture. NEW YORK — The COVID-19 pandemic has brought “a tsunami of suffering”, taken over 3.4 million lives and 500 million jobs, while wiping trillions of dollars from global balance sheets, Secretary-General António Guterres told business leaders on Thursday, appealing for equitable vaccine distribution worldwide. “This is indeed much more than a health crisis. It’s a social crisis and an economic crisis, with dramatic long-term consequences for live...
Date Time COVAX statement: Call to action to equip COVAX to deliver 2 billion doses in 2021 Countries that are advanced in their vaccination programmes are seeing cases of COVID-19 decline, hospitalisations decrease and early signs of some kind of normality resume. However, the global picture is far more concerning. At no point in this pandemic have we seen such an acute need to look to the future challenges and not rest on the patchy achievements made so far. We are seeing the traumatic effects of the terrible surge of COVID-19 in South Asia – a surge which has also severely impacted globa...
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”. Vaccine equity to prevent ‘further havoc’ Having delivered safe and effective vaccines in record time, science has shone a light for some parts of the world. However, despite the World Health Organization’s (WHO) authorization for 13 vaccines and the “incredible success” of rollouts in more than 170 countries, Mr. Guterres bemoaned “a large and growing...
Background and Introduction Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is a public-private partnership committed to saving children's lives and protecting people's health by increasing equitable use of vaccines in lower-income countries. The Vaccine Alliance brings together developing country and donor governments, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the World Bank, the vaccine industry, technical agencies, civil society, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and other private sector partners. Gavi uses innovative finance mechanisms, including co-financing by recipient countries, to secure sustainable fund...