The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has announced that it will take the lead in collecting and distributing the Covid-19 vaccine. The agency says that when the vaccine is available, all countries should be able to get the vaccine safely, quickly and on a fair basis.
On Friday night, September 4, Henrietta Four, the company's executive director, tweeted: In our joint effort for vaccination, UNICEF will use its unique strengths to ensure that all countries receive the initial doses of vaccine in a safe, fast and equitable manner. "
UNICEF is the world's largest recipient of immunizations, purchasing more than 200 million doses of immunizations annually for a single state for its annual immunization activities.
However, the United States had earlier announced on September 1 that it would not participate in the Kovacs. Ever since President Trump announced the withdrawal of the United States from the World Health Organization, he has been working alone to invent and collect vaccines and medical drugs to combat the disease.
The World Health Organization and health experts say that in order to combat the epidemic, all countries should adopt a policy of vaccinating the most vulnerable segments of the population, rather than vaccinating everyone in one country.
A statement from UNICEF stated that CoVAX will lead the Global Vaccine Facility in purchasing and supplying Covid-19 vaccine to 92 low- and middle-income countries. At the same time, UNICEF will coordinate the collection of vaccines in 60 high-income countries around the world. According to the agency, the 70 countries have expressed interest in participating in the Covax facility and will fund it from their own budgets for Ticker financing.
UNICEF will lead the work in collaboration with the World Health Organization, the Vaccine Alliance The Vaccine Alliance (GAVI), the Coalition for Epidemic Preparatory Innovations (CEPI), PAHO, the World Bank, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other partners. The Covax facility is open to all countries, so that no country is deprived of the Covid vaccine.
Bangladesh is also expected to get vaccinated from this Kovacs facility. However, Bangladesh has been maintaining contact with different countries for vaccination. It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post.
Twenty-seven manufacturers plan to produce vaccines with UNICEF by 2023, so that in the next one to two years, UNICEF will be able to produce "unprecedented amounts" of vaccines. This will also require huge investment from producers.
As an important step, UNICEF says that by September 18, the countries that have agreed to their own funding will conclude an agreement with the CoVAX facility to increase the capacity to produce vaccines on a large scale through risky investments.
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