UNICEF is heading to provide the COVID Vaccine to Low-Income Countries

UNICEF is the world’s largest buyer of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic vaccine. The officials now announced to provide the vaccine to low-income countries. More than 2 billion doses of vaccine are said to be required annually for approximately 100 countries.

The officials of UNICEF have announced to lead the supply of the COVID-19 vaccine so that all the countries will have equal and fast access to the vaccine. Therefore, it will not be wrong to consider the UNICEF a world’s fastest and largest supplier.

The COVID-19 Pandemic is considered to be one of the worst pandemics of the recent era. It shakes the world badly and makes the businesses collapse at once. Now, the pharmaceutical scientists in all over the entire world are rubbing their minds to invent the vaccine of the COVID-19 Pandemic as soon as possible. It is said that the scientist is very near to invent the vaccine as the human experiment of the process is in the process.

The official of UNICEF collaborated with the Revolving Fund of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to lead the supply of the vaccine which shows promising results. The supply of the vaccine will be done on the behalf of the COVAX Global Vaccine Facility; they will purchase the vaccine as a support mechanism for the lower-middle-income countries.

Moreover, UNICEF will also play the role of procurement coordinator as the 80 higher-income countries have shown their interest to finance the supply of the vaccine to the lower-income countries with the help of the COVAX facility.

This project is considered to be the world’s largest and fastest operation of its kind as more than 170 economies are involved in the COVID-19 Pandemic vaccine’s distribution effort.

In one statement UNICEF’s executive director Henrietta Fore said; “This is an all-hands on deck partnership between governments, manufacturers and multilateral partners to continue the high-stakes fight against COVID-19 Pandemic.”

Further, she added, “In our collective pursuit of a vaccine, UNICEF is leveraging its unique strength in vaccine supply to make sure that all countries have safe, fast, and equitable access to the initial doses when they are available.”

These efforts of UNICEF are the joint venture of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Word Health Organization (WHO), PAHO, Gavi the Vaccine Alliance, the bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank, and other partners.

It is necessary to say that almost 28 manufacturers have shared their plan that indicates the annual production of COVID-19 Pandemic through 2023 and UNICEF is the supplier of that drug in the market. On the other hand, UNICEF has also shown its interest to collectively produce unprecedented quantities of the vaccine for the upcoming 1-2 years.

UNICEF also shows that the next step would be to ensure the self-financing economies to sign up for the COVAX Facility until 18th September. It will allow the COVAX to increase the manufacturer of the drug at a broader scale.

The Gavi’s Chief Executive Officer Seth Berkley said, “Together we can work to end the acute stage of this pandemic, including its devastating impact on individuals, communities, and economies.”

The officials of UNICEF along with the other contributors are taking the necessary steps to ensure the equal, safe, and fastest distribution of the COVID-19 pandemic around the globe, especially to the lower-income countries.

 

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