Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, “If high-income countries make a fair contribution to the ACT-A initiative, this partnership will help close the vaccine, testing and medicine shortages in middle- and low-income countries.” said. In the continuation of his explanation, Ghebreyesus “If these tools are distributed fairly around the world, we can eliminate Kovid-19 from being a global emergency this year” he said.
4.7 BILLION TESTS HAVE BEEN MADE SINCE THE EPIDEMIC
In the written statement published on the WHO’s website, information was given about the renewed strategy and budget planning of the Accelerating Access to Kovid-19 Fighting Tools (ACT-A) initiative.
While it is stated that a significant part of the world’s population still cannot reach the vaccine, test and treatment equipment of Kovid-19, “4.7 billion Kovid-19 tests have been carried out in the world since the start of the epidemic. In low-income countries, which constitute only 0.4 percent of the population of these countries, 22 million tests were done.” expressions were used.
In addition, it was noted that only 10 percent of the total population in low-income countries can get the Kovid-19 vaccine.
ATTENTION TO VACCINE INEQUALITY
It was emphasized that inequality in access to vaccines and other means of combating Kovid-19, in addition to causing loss of life due to the virus, also led to the risk of the emergence of new and more dangerous variants of Kovid-19.
16.8 billion dollars was requested from developed countries to close the financial financing gap between high and low income countries in the fight against the epidemic by September 2022.
It is stated that middle-income countries are aimed to provide 6.5 billion of the 23 billion dollars of aid demanded by ACT-A by self-financing.
If the requested money is collected, a 600 million-dose Pandemic Vaccine Pool will be created in the short term, contributing to the vaccination targets of 70 percent of the world’s populations by the middle of this year, as well as 700 million Kovid-19 tests, 433 million cubic meters of oxygen, 1.7 million protective suits. and other equipment necessary for the treatment of 120 million Kovid-19 patients.
THE GLOBAL EMERGENCY OF COROVIRU MAY END THIS YEAR
WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, emphasizing that the spread of the Omicron variant of Kovid-19 has made the need for access to virus-fighting tools much more urgent, “If high-income countries contribute fairly to the ACT-A initiative, this partnership will help close the vaccine, testing and drug shortages in middle and low-income countries. It will help.” used the phrases.
Ghebreyesus, “Thanks to science, the world has had the opportunity to access the tools to fight against Kovid-19. If these tools are distributed fairly in the world, we can eliminate Kovid-19 from being a global emergency this year.” made its assessment.
The ACT-A initiative launched its call for help to achieve global equality in the fight against the epidemic in October 2021.
Source: AA