COVAX Facility Current Affairs, GK & News
WHO Chief lauds India for supporting “Vaccine Equality”
The Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, lauded India and the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, for sharing the Covid-19 vaccines and supporting the “Vaccine Equality” across the world. Highlights The Chief of WHO also hoped that other countries will follow the same path to distribute the vaccines equally. WHO chief ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2021
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • International Current Affairs
Topics: AstraZeneca • COVAX Facility • COVID-19 vaccine • Director-General of World Health Organisation • Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus • Vaccine Equality • Vaccine nationalism
UN asks G20 nations to prepare ‘Global Covid-19 Vaccination Plan’
The Secretary-General of United Nations, Antonio Guterres, has asked the G20 nations to prepare a “Global Covid-19 Vaccination Plan” on February 17, 2020. Highlights The UN asked do so while it condemned the wildly uneven and unfair distribution of COVID-19 vaccines across the countries. He stated that, the 10 wealthier countries have administered 75 percent ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: AstraZeneca • COVAX Facility • COVID-19 • Global Covid-19 Vaccination Plan • Pfizer-BioNTech • UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres • United Nations
UNICEF’s COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard
The UNICEF has recently launched the COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard as the designated COVAX procurement coordinator and procurement agent. About the Dashboard It is an interactive tool for countries and industries to follow the developments of the rapidly evolving COVID-19 vaccines. It will also act as a platform to learn about the efforts of the ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: ACT-Accelerator Initiative • CEPI • COVAX • COVAX Facility • GAVI • UNICEF • World Health Organisation (WHO)
Asia-Pacific Vaccine Access Facility, APVAX
The Asian Development Bank recently launched Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility to provide equitable support to the developing countries as they procure and deliver vaccines. The bank has allocated 9 billion USD for the scheme. What is Asia-Pacific Vaccine Access Facility? It will support developing countries in Asia and will put in efforts to procure ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: ACT accelerator • APVAX • Asia-Pacific Vaccine Access Facility • Asian Development Bank (ADB) • COVAX • COVAX Facility • COVID-19 vaccine • World Health Organisation (WHO)
WHO is in talks with countries to join its COVAX Facility
The World Health Organization is renewing its invitation to countries to join its COVID 19 Vaccine facility, a mechanism designed to guarantee rapid, fair and equitable access to the COVID 19 vaccines. The facility, named as COVAS facility, is meant to provide affordable access to vaccines to all the people in the world. What is ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: COVAX • COVAX Facility • COVID-19 • COVID-19 vaccine • WHO • World Health Orgabnization