The first shipment of vaccine doses by the international COVAX facility reached Ghana on Wednesday
Under cloudy skies, the first precious doses of Covid-19 vaccines to be distributed by the WHO co-sponsored COVAX facility on the African continent arrived Wednesday morning at Accra’s Kotoka International Airport.
The arrival of some 600,000 doses marked a milestone in a nearly year-long effort by WHO, UNICEF, GAVI and other partners to mount the largest global vaccine campaign in history – and ensure that scarce and often pricey COVID-19 vaccine doses are distributed more equitably.
“This day is the culmination of many months of planning, research, negotiation & coordination,” tweeted WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who co-launched COVAX initiative nearly a year ago. “But it’s just the beginning. We still have a lot of work to do to realize our shared vision for VaccinEquity by starting vaccination in all countries within the first 100 days of the year.”