On June 20, the Global Forum on Vaccine Sovereignty and Innovation opened in Paris, France, with the goal of mobilizing approximately $11.9 billion from governments and organizations to fund vaccination programs in poor countries over the next five years.
A significant step forward.
A separate $1.2 billion funding plan to boost vaccine production in Africa was announced at the event. The forum, jointly organized by France, the African Union (AU), and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), also known as the Vaccine Summit, was attended by French President Emmanuel Macron and several African heads of state, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and representatives from vaccine banks and manufacturers.
The forum is expected to launch the African Vaccine Accelerator Programme (AVMA). Based on lessons learned from the Covid-19 pandemic, this programme is a significant step toward African sovereignty in the health sector. AVMA will provide funding for regional vaccine production on the continent. In close consultation with African centers for disease prevention and control, the programme will contribute to the AU's goal of producing at least 60% of Africa's vaccine doses by 2040. In addition, a separate $1 billion funding plan to boost vaccine production in Africa will also be announced at the event.
The forum will mark the start of GAVI's vaccine rollout campaign for the 2026-2030 period. GAVI typically helps low-income countries purchase vaccines to protect their populations from deadly diseases. Since 2020, approximately 1 billion children have been vaccinated through GAVI's support program. Thanks to this, GAVI has made significant progress in the fight against infectious diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, and cholera, which are at increased risk of spreading due to climate change.
Fighting against many diseases
GAVI Executive Director Sania Nishtar said the organization aims to provide vaccines faster and in greater quantities to African nations, including expanding the rollout of malaria vaccines, starting in Cameroon this year. At the same time, it aims to promptly resume routine immunization programs such as measles vaccinations, which were interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic. GAVI wants to reach as many children as possible, helping them fight off as many diseases as possible in the shortest amount of time.
GAVI also plans to further expand the alliance's activities in the coming years, such as establishing a stockpile of monkeypox vaccine. The organization may also add a dengue fever vaccine to the program as climate change increases the risk of outbreaks in many countries. GAVI also plans to establish a $500 million pandemic response fund to act quickly in the face of major disease outbreaks.
According to the medical journal The Lancet (UK), global vaccination efforts have saved approximately 154 million lives over the past 50 years, including 101 million infants. A WHO study also highlighted that thanks to vaccines, smallpox has been eradicated, polio has been almost eliminated, and with the recent development of vaccines against malaria and cervical cancer, humanity is pushing back against many diseases.
Compiled by THANH HANG
Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/them-hy-vong-ho-tro-vaccine-cho-quoc-gia-ngheo-post745572.html
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