The World Health Organization (WHO) is going through a tremendous economic crisis these days. The situation is that he himself has to come forward and ask the countries to arrange money. Along with asking for help, the World Health Organization has even said that if the money is not received, the lives of about 50 lakh people will be in danger.
The World Health Organization said it was in dire need of money. In the next one year, about $ 23 billion is needed immediately for the end of the corona epidemic. With this amount, 50 lakh lives can be saved.
WHO chief Dr. Tedros Adhanam Ghebreyesus bluntly told the G-20 countries that you should help us by showing leadership and release funds. He said that we cannot leave poor countries alone. Let us tell you that the meeting of G-20 countries will be held in Rome city of Italy later this week. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also attend this meeting.
Dr. Tedros said, we need money for corona vaccine, testing and treatment. This can prevent about 50 lakh deaths in the future. The G-20 countries have the political and economic capabilities to act against this pandemic. He said that we are at a crucial moment. Making the world safe requires decisive leadership. Access to the WHO-led COVID Tools Accelerator aims to develop, produce, procure and distribute tools to combat the pandemic. He said the $23.4 billion fund is far less than the world’s trillions of dollars in economic losses.
Dr. Tedros said, “Funding the ACT-Accelerator is essential for a global health security for all of us. Now is the time to take action. So far only 0.4% of the test and 0.5% of vaccine doses have been used in low-income countries, which make up 9% of the world’s population. WHO said that its plan is to target ACT-A to poor countries.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said, this disparity is more visible in the African continent, where only 8% of the population has received a single dose of the corona vaccine. Only 5 out of 54 African countries are projected to meet WHO’s goal of fully vaccinated 40% of their population by the end of the year.
ACT-A spawned the Covax Facility, which was designed to ensure that the vaccine reached even poorer countries, after earlier predictions proved true that richer countries would grab the vaccine production line And poor countries will get nothing. According to the report, so far, Covax has delivered 425 million doses in 144 regions.
WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan said the plan promised to deliver more than a billion donated doses, but only about 15% have actually been successful. He also said that 62 countries have started giving boosters and other countries are thinking of taking steps on it. Swaminathan said that about one million booster doses were being injected every day, three times the number of vaccines being administered in low-income countries.
WHO wants relief on boosters by the end of the year, to be given free to poor countries. The United Nations health agency has authorized six vaccines for emergency use during the pandemic. The organization’s vaccine chief Mariangela Simao said the agency is evaluating eight candidates, including India’s Bharat Biotech, on which it hopes to finalize the process next week.