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Canada becomes first country to support COVID-19 therapeutics via new UNICEF fund Low- and middle-income countries set to benefit from Canadian contribution in support of global equitable access to lifesaving COVID-19 medical supplies 05 May 2021
NEW YORK/COPENHAGEN, 5 May 2021 – The Government of Canada has made the first-ever contribution to the therapeutics pillar of UNICEF’s newly-launched Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator Supplies Financing Facility (“ACT-A SFF”). The generous contribution of $230 million CAD ($182 million US) is earmarked specifically for the procurement and delivery of COVID-19 therapeutics for low- and middle-income countries.
This contribution comes in the context of UNICEF’s work with other ACT-A partners to ensure early access to COVID-19 therapeutics. The funds will support the procurement and delivery of supplies for therapeutic interventions, such as Oxygen therapy-related supplies and Dexamethasone. One of the initial
Canada becomes first country to support COVID-19 therapeutics via new UNICEF fund
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Low- and middle-income countries set to benefit from Canadian contribution in support of global equitable access to lifesaving COVID-19 medical supplies
NEW YORK/COPENHAGEN, 5 May 2021 – The Government of Canada has made the first-ever contribution to the therapeutics pillar of UNICEF’s newly-launched Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator Supplies Financing Facility (“ACT-A SFF”). The generous contribution of $230 million CAD ($182 million US) is earmarked specifically for the procurement and delivery of COVID-19 therapeutics for low- and middle-income countries.
This contribution comes in the context of UNICEF’s work with other ACT-A partners to ensure early access to COVID-19 therapeutics. The funds will support the procurement and delivery of supplies for therapeutic interventions, such as Oxygen therapy-related supplies and Dexamethasone. One of the initial transactions supported
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New Delhi: UNICEF has launched a fund to support low- and middle-income countries access to COVID-19 health supplies, including vital tests, treatments and vaccines. The fund, which leverages UNICEF’s Procurement Services to purchase supplies, provides an opportunity for donors to join the largest health and vaccines supply operation the world has ever seen.
The Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator Supplies Financing Facility (“ACT-A SFF”) aims to initially raise US$2.5 billion by the end of 2021. Of this, US$1 billion is intended for vaccines and associated immunization campaign supplies including those not covered financially by the COVAX Facility, such as AMC92 country cost-sharing doses through COVAX and support for self-financing participants’ vaccine and delivery costs. Another US$1 billion is for diagnostics and US$500 million is for therapeutics.
UNICEF fund aims to raise US$2 5 billion for COVID-19 health supplies; low- and middle-income countries set to benefit unicef.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from unicef.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.