Today, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO, and Dr. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, jointly organized the inaugural assembly of the COVID-19 Accelerator Facilitation Council (ACT). SECyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa and SEErna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway and included an opening address through UN Secretary-General Guterres.
ACT-Accelerator is a proven and operational global collaboration that accelerates the development, production and fairness of COVID-19 tests, remedies and vaccines.
It was introduced on 24 April 2020 through WHO with the European Commission, France and the
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Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO, said: “Every day nearly 5,000 lives are lost due to COVID-19 and the world economy is expected to contract by a trillion dollars this year. The argument for making an investment to end the pandemic has never been stronger. Act-Accelerator is the most productive way to ensure equitable access to vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics, but lately it faces a $35 billion investment hole. Total investment in ACT-Accelerator would shorten the pandemic and amortize that investment temporarily as the global economy recovers. “
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, said: “Today’s publication of the Facilitation Council brings us closer to our overall goal: access to vaccines, tests and coronavirus remedies for all who wish, wherever they may be. The EU will use its full strength to unite to help keep the world in combination against the coronavirus with the presidency of Norway and South Africa representing the North and South of the world, and the experience of WHO and our foreign partners, no country or region will be left in this fight.
UN Secretary-General Guterres said: “Now we want $35 billion more to move from configuration to scale and impact. There’s a genuine urgency in those figures. Without a $15 billion injection over the next 3 months, starting immediately, missing the window of opportunity. “
Cyril Ramaphosa, president of South Africa, said: “It is imperative that humanity feels that if and when a vaccine develops, all countries, adding my own continent, Africa, gain advantages from it and do not fall behind. requires that a vaccine be considered a smart audience to gain benefits from all. We cannot achieve a universal aptitude policy when a COVID-19 vaccine can only be obtained in countries with sufficient resources. “
President Paul Kagame of Rwanda noted: “This is indeed one of the most vital projects being carried out in the world today and ever. “He added: “The difference between good fortune and failure lies in building a strong public fitness infrastructure that can cope with any Fitness Challenge in a sustainable way. Strong fitness systems combined with transformative associations such as this accelerator are essential. »
SE Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway, said: “The ACT-Accelerator has already achieved impressive effects. The world has shown that it is able to combine in times of crisis. Norway will work tirelessly to establish and monitor them, and for all countries and actors to be heard, so that we can maximize our effects in combination. “
Today’s assembly was held at one point for the ACT-Accelerator, as it reviewed an updated strategy and investment history for its escalation phase. The document will be finald on 17 September 2020 and published some time later. General has demonstrated that a high-level occasion will be held on 30 September 2020 at the next General Assembly.
The Council’s role is to facilitate paintings of ACT-Accelerator’s political leadership and the promotion of collective responses in the global interest and for the mobilization of additional resources.
The Council is composed of representatives of the European Commission, the World Health Organization, Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Nepal, Norway, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, St. Kitts and Nets, Tuvala, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan and Vietnam, in addition to The Wellcome Trust Council, the World Economic Forum and the Bill