This is within reach, but only if a life in Mumbai matters as much as a life in Brussels, if a life in Sao Paulo matters as much as a life in Geneva, and if a life in Harare matters as much as a life in Washington DC.
I come to this role to serve and to be part of a team that will ensure that the fruits of our collective work bring meaningful access and dignity in health in this pandemic that is felt in every village, town and city.”
The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator is a global coalition of organizations focused on developing and deploying the diagnostics, treatments and vaccines needed to end the acute phase of the pandemic.
Pooling the expertise of its partners, the ACT-Accelerator has quickly ushered in rapid, affordable tests and effective medicines for low and middle-income countries and established the COVAX facility for the equitable procurement and distribution of vaccines in low- and lower-middle-income countries.
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迄今为止，ACT加速计划的影响包括通过COVAX向144个国家和领地提供超过6.8亿剂疫苗；
The ACT-Accelerator’s impact so far includes delivering more than 680 million vaccine doses to 144 countries and territories through COVAX; halving the cost of COVID-19 rapid tests, transferring technology to low and middle-income countries, and delivering more than 137 million tests through the Diagnostics Consortium; increasing essential oxygen, personal protective equipment (PPE) and treatment supplies, including through the advance purchase of nearly 3 million doses of dexamethasone and more than US$4 billion worth of support from the Global Fund’s COVID-19 Response Mechanism (C19RM).
The ACT Accelerator partnership was formed at the onset of the pandemic in response to a call from G20 leaders, and was launched by WHO, the European Commission, France, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in April 2020.
The ACT-Acceleratorpartner agencies are: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, CEPI, FIND, Gavi, the Global Fund, UNICEF, Unitaid, Wellcome, the WHO and the World Bank.
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第73届世界卫生大会将加强突发卫生事件防范工作
73rd World Health Assembly set to strengthen preparedness for health emergencies