Anuradha Gupta is Deputy CEO, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.

Protecting Lower-Income Countries with COVID-19 Vaccines Requires Global Solidarity

Facial masks and new vaccines are critical tools for ending the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: Nataliya Vaitkevich/Pexels
Anuradha Gupta, Deputy CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance gives oral cholera vaccine (OCV) drops to a child at the launch of the December 2019 vaccination campaign in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. ©Gavi/2019/Isaac Griberg
Anuradha Gupta

The medical and moral imperative for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines is why COVAX was created. Co-led by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, together with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), COVAX is a truly global solution.

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