The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator
- February 10, 2022
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator
TOPIC: Science & Tech
Context- The WHO, on Wednesday, urged rich countries to pay their fair share of the money needed for its plan to conquer Covid by contributing $16 billion as a matter of urgency.
Concept-
Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator:
- The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, is a WHO led global collaboration to accelerate development, production, and equitable access to COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines.
- Launched in April 2020, the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator brings together governments, scientists, businesses, civil society, and philanthropists and global health organizations (the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CEPI, FIND, Gavi, The Global Fund, Unitaid, Wellcome, the WHO, and the World Bank).
- ACTA gave birth to the Covax facility, designed to ensure poorer countries could access vaccines.
- Following the ACT-Accelerator launch, UNICEF and PAHO became delivery partners for COVAX, the vaccines pillar.