Ahead of President Biden’s global COVID-19 summit on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly , today, campaigners from the People’s Vaccine Alliance are calling on world leaders to go beyond empty promises and deliver bold action to boost the manufacturing of vaccines and increase access around the world.
This came as international vaccine initiative, COVAX, announced it is half a billion doses short of meeting even its already low target of enough doses for 23 per cent of people in developing countries. At the same time, the G7 are on track to waste 100 million doses by the end of the year. The Alliance wants Biden and world leaders to: reach an urgent agreement on a waiver of intellectual property rules ahead of the TRIPS council in October, so that all qualified manufacturers, especially those in developing countries, are able to produce vaccines.
Meanwhile, the Coalition of Civil Society Groups , yesterday, commended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria , Godwin Emefiele, for sustaining economic growth and development.
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