Manila Bulletin
PH joins global COVID-19 vaccine access facility
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has approved the Philippines' participation in the Gavi COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) Facility, ensuring fair and equitable access to vaccines.
This participation includes the allocation of necessary funds for the initiative.
The COVAX Facility aims to deliver two billion doses of safe and effective vaccines to all participating countries by the end of 2021.
Priority will be given to healthcare workers, with the program then expanded to cover 20% of the population of participating countries.
Further doses will be made available based on country need, vulnerability, and COVID-19 threat, and the program will maintain a buffer for emergency use.
The initiative has gained the support of more than 150 countries.
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