Politico July 5, 2022
The ACT-Accelerator has struggled to secure funding as Covid cases have declined from the height of the pandemic.
The ACT-Accelerator faced significant obstacles to get vaccines to low- and middle-income countries, but it eventually succeeded in shipping over one billion shots.
The World Health Organization program for the fast-tracking and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics is likely to close in its current form in the fall, according to two individuals familiar with the matter.
The program, known as the ACT-Accelerator, is a collaboration among the WHO, governments and global health organizations that works to ensure equitable access to Covid tools. It faced significant...