With Aid From Gates, WHO Foundation Launches Fundraising Campaign to Support Global Vaccine Distribution
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A new mass fundraising campaign aims to inspire 50 million people around the world to make small donations to Covax, the international effort to push for equitable global distribution of Covid-19 vaccinations. Called Go Give One, the campaign was launched Wednesday by the WHO Foundation, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and other corporate, religious, and world leaders.
The campaign will contribute to the $3 billion in Covax funding needed to vaccinate almost 30 percent of people in 92 low-income countries sometime next year. That support will come from donors like those who contribute to the Go Give One campaign as well as cost-sharing agreements. Meanwhile, the $6.3 billion that’s so far been committed to Covax has come primarily from global governments, in addition to the World Health Organization, Unicef, t
Gates helps launch drive for global vaccine distribution
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