{"id":11792,"date":"2020-06-26T09:39:21","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T07:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saludporderecho.org\/?p=11792"},"modified":"2020-06-29T11:59:28","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T09:59:28","slug":"covid-19-proposals-for-achieving-equitable-global-access-for-treatments-vaccines-and-diagnostics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saludporderecho.org\/en\/covid-19-proposals-for-achieving-equitable-global-access-for-treatments-vaccines-and-diagnostics\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Proposals for achieving equitable global access for treatments, vaccines and diagnostics"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A)<\/a><\/span> was launched by the World Health Organization (WHO), governments and global health actors as an \u2018unprecedented and inclusive partnership\u2019 to address some of the challenges linked with the management of the COVID-19 emergency and the development and delivery of needed treatments, vaccines and diagnostics.<\/p>\n

The partnership will need to address and find equitable solutions to several challenges: from the imminent need to develop, test and produce safe and effective tools to explore different ways of funding and pricing; from the scaling up manufacturing to meet global demand to organising supply chains that\u00a0 ensure health products are distributed fairly and made available to all people, especially the most vulnerable, in all countries and free of charge at the point of care.<\/p>\n

This briefing<\/strong><\/a><\/span> sets out the principles and practices which should be operationalised within ACT-A to maximise the collective effort to ensure maximum global health impact and equitable reach. Specifically, the ACT-A partnership should:<\/p>\n