Sunday, February 7, 2021

Here's why Canada has access to the COVAX program


CTV News shows and explains why country of Canada has access to the COVAX program. Canada could receive at least 1.9 million doses of Coronavirus COVID-19 vaccine from COVAX, an initiative to guarantee equitable access to doses, especially for certain developing nations.

(COVAX) COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access, abbreviated as COVAX, is an important global initiative aimed at equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines led by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), and others. It is one of the 3 important pillars of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator, an initiative begun in April 2020 by the World Health Organization (WHO), the European Commission, and the government of France as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. COVAX aims to coordinate useful international resources to enable the equitable access of COVID-19 diagnostics, treatments, and COVID-19 vaccines.

COVAX is certainly co-led by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), and others.

By 15 July 2020, 165 countries (representing 60% of the world's human population) had joined COVAX.

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