COVAX awarded 2021 North-South Prize for enhancing global equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines
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Organizations
- Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
- UNICEF
- WHO
- The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)
The COVAX Facility has been awarded the 2021 North-South Prize of the Council of Europe in recognition of its efforts to ensure that COVID-19 vaccines are available worldwide, including in low-income countries, and for striving for a more equitable world to protect people’s lives. The North-South Prize of the Council of Europe is awarded each year to two nominees, one from the North and one from the South, for their exceptional commitment to promoting North-South solidarity.
“From the very first weeks and months of the pandemic, we have been responding to the direct risks of COVID-19. Through COVAX, we are helping lead the largest vaccine procurement and supply operation in history, using our unique expertise as the world’s biggest vaccine buyer and our on-the-ground delivery capacity.”
Catherine M. Russell
Executive Director, UNICEF