The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, used a session of the G20 summit on Saturday to reinforce a message the organization has been insisting on recently: the importance of having better distribution of vaccines against covid- 19. In his speech, he highlighted that solving the “vaccination crisis” and ending the pandemic must be a priority.
He also noted that the lowest-income countries, most of them in Africa, received only 0.4% of the total of 7 billion vaccines already applied against the virus. More than 80% of immunizers went to the G20 countries, he recalled.
According to him, equality in the distribution of vaccines “is not charity, but the best interest of each country.”
The WHO Director-General thanked the G20 for supporting the health entity’s goal of vaccinating 40% of the population of all countries by the end of this year and 70% by mid-2022. But he noted that 82 countries are at risk of not hit the goal.
The lack of availability of vaccines for them is the main problem, he highlighted.
He also urged countries that have made previous pledges to donate vaccines to do so as soon as possible.
It also requested funds for the WHO instrument to speed up testing, treatments and vaccines for those most in need, as well as other points, including the financial strengthening of WHO itself.
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