The world needs a COP-like process for pandemic preparedness
Climate change is making another pandemic likely — the question is not "if," but "when?" To prepare, the world needs a COP-level process for pandemic preparedness.
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is a public-private global health partnership committed to saving children's lives and protecting people's health by increasing access to immunization in poor countries. It brings together developing country and donor governments, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the World Bank, the vaccine industry, research and technical agencies, civil society organizations and private philanthropists.
Climate change is making another pandemic likely — the question is not "if," but "when?" To prepare, the world needs a COP-level process for pandemic preparedness.
The big question is not whether Africa should have more vaccine manufacturing capacity but how. Vaccine markets can be precarious, and “build it and they will come” approaches rarely work...
To mark International Women's Day we celebrate the diverse group of women working on the COVAX initiative to ensure fair distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.