Japan pledges $130M to support global access to COVID-19 vaccines
Singapore, Oct. 21 -- The global effort to ensure equitable global access to COVID-19 vaccines received a boost with the announcement of a major pledge by the Government of Japan.
Speaking at the Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Friends of Universal Health Coverage (UHC), the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan unveiled a commitment of $130 million to the Gavi COVAX Advance Market Commitment (COVAX AMC), a financing mechanism that will reserve and accelerate safe and efficient vaccines against COVID-19 to countries across the Global South.
In order to reserve and access one billion doses for AMC-eligible economies, the Gavi COVAX AMC has set an initial fundraising goal of $2 billion by the end of 2020 to reserve and accelerate doses...
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