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Vaccines are finally here and now the challenge is to make sure that everyone can get access to them. In this, reliable data insights will be essential.
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With COVID vaccine programs now underway in the US and the UK, the question of how to ensure equitable and efficient distribution around with the world is vitally important. That’s the focus of a new collaboration between Gavi (Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation) and Salesforce to help manage critical data needed to meet an ambitious goal of getting 2 billion vaccines to 190 countries by the end of 2021.
Created in 2000, Gavi is an alliance of partnerships tapping into both public and private sector bodies, including the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, the World Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In June, Gavi launched COVAX, a global alliance to ensure that people everywhere can get access to COVID-19 vaccines, regardless of the wealth or otherwise of the country