Less Than 10% of Vaccine Dose Donations Promised to COVAX Have Been Delivered

Panelists address the vaccine equity panel at the World Health Summit in Berlin, including Seth Berkley (top right) and Ethopian health minister Lia Tadesse (bottom left).

 

Link to the source article >> https://healthpolicy-watch.news/less-than-10-of-covax-donation/

Of the 1.3 billion COVID-19 vaccine dose donations promised to COVAX by wealthy countries, only 150 million doses have actually arrived – around 9% – Gavi CEO Dr Seth Berkley told the World Health Summit in Berlin on Monday.

Ensuring that countries delivered their promised doses “now” was COVAX’s “core ask”, said Berkley, who added that the global vaccine facility was also pushing vaccine manufacturers for greater transparency about deliveries.

“Our perception is that delays often occur in [COVAX], whereas manufacturers provide vaccines through their bilateral mechanisms,” he added.

Germany’s Dr Lars-Hendrik Röller, Director-General for Economic and Financial Policy in the Federal Chancellery, said that it was very important that the G7 countries delivered on their dose-sharing commitments.

The G20 countries meet in Rome over the weekend, and Röller said he was heading to the city on Tuesday to start pre-meeting negotiations on both vaccine equity and climate financing.

Return to the list of articles