COVID-19 vaccines: the time to deliver vaccines equitably is now
Date:
10/01/2021
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros: "I urge COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers to prioritise supply through COVAX; countries that have contracts for more vaccines than they need should donate them to COVAX immediately and stop making bilateral deals. COVAX is ready. The time to deliver vaccines equitably is now!"
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Getting vaccines, medicines and tests ready for emergency use
Date:
21/12/2020
Making vaccines, tests and medicines available can take a long time, even when there’s a health emergency like COVID -19. To ensure rapid access for all, the World Health Organization has developed the Emergency Use Listing - EUL - and this video explains how EUL works.
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Equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines
Date:
07/12/2020
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We need to prevent COVID-19 vaccine nationalism
Date:
19/08/2020
We need to prevent #COVID19 vaccine nationalism.
For this reason, the World Health Organization is working with governments and the private sector through the ACT-Accelerator to ensure that new innovations are available to everyone, everywhere starting with those at highest risk.
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