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- Recently, the Union Health Minister announced to resume the export of COVID-19 vaccines under ‘Vaccine Maitri’ in order to fulfil the commitment towards COVAX.
About COVAX Initiative
- It is co-led by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) and the World Health Organisation (WHO).
- Aim: To accelerate the development and manufacture of Covid-19 vaccines and to guarantee fair and equitable access for every country in the world.
- COVAX is the vaccines pillar of the Access to Covid-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator.
- The ACT Accelerator is a global collaboration to accelerate the development, production, and equitable access to Covid-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines.
- Features:
- Diverse and actively managed portfolio of vaccines.
- End the acute phase of the pandemic.
- Rebuild economies.
- Significance:
- It will reduce the loss of life and help to get the pandemic under control.
- Global equitable access to a vaccine, mainly protecting health care workers and those most at risk is the only way to mitigate the public health and economic impacts.
‘Vaccine Maitri’
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Source: TH
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